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John Bridgeman (2 November 1577 – 11 November 1652)[1] was an English Anglican clergyman.
Born in Exeter, he was the eldest son of Thomas Bridgeman and grandson of Edward Bridgeman.[1] He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Master of Arts,[2] and then at the University of Oxford, receiving there a Doctor of Divinity.[3] Bridgeman became rector of Wigan in 1615 and also of Bangor in 1621.[3] Two years before, he had been consecrated Bishop of Chester, a post he held until his death in 1652.[4] During his tenure, he initialised suspensions against the puritans Thomas Paget, John Angier and Samuel Eaton.[5]
On 29 April 1606, he married Elizabeth Helyar, daughter of Reverend William Helyar,[6] and had by her five sons.[3] Bridgeman died at Moreton, Shropshire and was buried at Kinnersley.[3] His oldest son Orlando was a judge and baronet[7] and his third son Henry Bridgeman a bishop.[3]
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"Bridgeman, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. - ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Bridgeman, John". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b c d e Collins, Arthur (1812). Sir Egerton Brydges. ed. Collin's Peerage of England. vol. I. London: T. Bensley. pp. 367–369.
- ^ Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities: Containing Rolls of the Official Personal of the British Empire. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman's. pp. 377.
- ^ Summers, Montague (2003). Geography of Witchcraft. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 350. ISBN 0766145360.
- ^ "ThePeerage". http://www.thepeerage.com/p14910.htm#i149094. Retrieved 29 November 2006.
- ^ Debrett, John (1828). Debrett's Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. vol. I (17th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. pp. 239.
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| Preceded by Thomas Morton | Bishop of Chester 1619–1652 | Succeeded by Brian Walton |
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| Name | Bridgeman, John |
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| Date of birth | 2 November 1577 |
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| Date of death | 1657 |
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