Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
Description
Also Bishop of Salisbury, 1660-3. Died in 1675.
Wikipedia
Humphrey Henchman (1592 – 1675) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675.
[edit] Early life
He was born in Burton Latimer (or possibly nearby Barton Seagrove), Northamptonshire, the son of Thomas Henchman, a skinner, and educated at Christ's College, Cambridge where he achieved BA in 1613 and MA in 1616. He became a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge in 1617.
[edit] Ecclesiastical career
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 to escape the country after the Battle of Worcester of 1651. On the Restoration of 1660, he was made Bishop of Salisbury[2] and in 1663 translated to be Bishop of London, where he saw both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London.
He was also made Privy Councillor and Almoner to the King. In March, 1665 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.[3]
[edit] See also
[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
- ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27henchman%27%29. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
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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 |
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Henchman, Humphrey |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Bishop of Salisbury; Bishop of London |
| Date of birth | 1592 |
| Place of birth | Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire |
| Date of death | 1675 |
| Place of death | Aldersgate Street, London |