Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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Also Bishop of Salisbury, 1660-3. Died in 1675.
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Wikipedia
Humphrey Henchman (1592, Burton Latimer – 1675, Aldersgate Street, London) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675.
[edit] Life
Ejected as a canon of Salisbury Cathedral, where he had been since 1623, during the First English Civil War, he joined the royalist forces, and had his estates confiscated.[1] He was one of those who helped the future Charles II of England to escape the country after the Battle of Worcester of 1651. On the Restoration of 1660, he was made Bishop of Salisbury.[2]
His time as Bishop of London saw both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London.
[edit] References
- John Spurr, ‘Henchman, Humphrey (bap. 1592, d. 1675)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40265
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
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| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Brian Duppa | Bishop of Salisbury 1660–1663 | Succeeded by John Earle |
| Preceded by Gilbert Sheldon | Bishop of London 1663–1675 | Succeeded by Henry Compton |