George Montaigne

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George Montaigne
Archbishop of York
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George Montaigne during his time as Bishop of London.
Church Church of England
Diocese York
InstalledJuly 1628
Term ended24 October 1628
Predecessor Tobias Matthew
Successor Samuel Harsnett
Orders
Ordination28 June 1593
by  Richard Howland
Consecration14 December 1617
by  George Abbot
Personal details
Born1569
Died24 October 1628
London
Buried All Saints' Church, Cawood
Nationality English
Denomination Anglican
Ordination history of
George Montaigne
History
Diaconal ordination
Ordained by Richard Howland
Date28 June 1593
Place Peterborough
Priestly ordination
Ordained by Richard Howland
Date28 June 1593
Place Peterborough
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecrator George Abbot
Co-consecrators Marco Antonio de Dominis
John King
Lancelot Andrewes
John Buckeridge
John Overall
Date14 December 1617
Place Lambeth
Source(s): [1]

George Montaigne (or Mountain; 1569 – 24 October 1628) was an English bishop.

Contents

Life

Montaigne was born in 1569 at Cawood, Yorkshire. [2] He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, matriculating at Michaelmas 1586, graduating B.A. 1590, M.A. 1593, B.D. 1602, D.D. 1607, and holding a fellowship at Queens' 1592–1611. He was ordained deacon and priest at Peterborough in 1593. [3]

In 1597 he was chaplain to Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, on his expedition against Cadiz. He became rector of Great Cressingham in 1602. He was Gresham College Professor of Divinity in 1607, and in 1608 Master of the Savoy and chaplain to James VI and I. [2]

He was Dean of Westminster in 1610. He was appointed Bishop of Lincoln in 1617 and was consecrated on 14 December that year by Archbishop George Abbot, and co-consecrated by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Split Marco Antonio de Dominis. He was appointed Lord High Almoner in 1619, Bishop of London in 1621 and Bishop of Durham in 1627. [2]

When in 1628 the archbishopric of York fell vacant by the death of Tobias Matthew, Montaigne is said to have secured the nomination by remarking to Charles I, "Hadst thou faith as a grain of mustard seed, thou wouldst say unto this mountain, be removed into that sea [see]" (Matthew 17:20). He was duly elected to the archbishopric on 1 July, but died in London on 24 October 1628, and was buried in Cawood Church. [2]

He was one of the Arminian group of bishops who arose in opposition to the general Calvinism that prevailed in the Church of England in the early seventeenth century. One manifestation of his views were prosecutions in his London diocese for the disrespectful wearing of hats in services. [4]

Notes and references

  1. Robert David Redmile (September 2006). The Apostolic Succession and the Catholic Episcopate in the Christian Episcopal. Xulon Press. p. 181. ISBN   978-1-60034-516-6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bradley, E. B. (1894). "Montaigne, George"  . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 38. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. "Montaigne, George (MNTN586G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. Corns, Thomas N. (2003). A Companion to Milton. p. 115.
Academic offices
Preceded by Gresham Professor of Divinity
1607–1610
Succeeded by
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Westminster
1610–1617
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Lincoln
1617–1621
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of London
1621–1627
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Durham
1627–1628
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archbishop of York
1628
Succeeded by

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