George Morley (bishop)

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George Morley
George Morley, as Bishop of Winchester
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Portrait by Peter Lely
Church Church of England
Diocese Winchester
See Bishop of Winchester
In officeMay 1662 to October 1684
Predecessor Brian Duppa
Successor Peter Mews
Other post(s) Dean of Christ Church (26 July 1660–1660)
Bishop of Worcester (1660–1662)
Dean of the Chapel Royal (1663 – February 1668)
Personal details
Born(1598-02-27)27 February 1598
Died29 October 1684(1684-10-29) (aged 86)
Farnham, Surrey, England
Buried Winchester Cathedral
NationalityEnglish
Denomination Church of England
Residence Farnham Castle (at death)
ParentsFrancis Morley & Sarah née Denham
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford
Ordination history of
George Morley
History
Episcopal consecration
Date28 October 1660

George Morley, (27 February 1598 - 29 October 1684) was a senior member of the Church of England from London, who served as Bishop of Worcester from 1660 to 1662, and of Winchester from 1662 to 1684.

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Early life

Morley was born in London, England, in February 1598, to Francis Morley and Sarah Denham, and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. He graduated BA, 1618, and MA, 1621. Throughout the 1620s and 1630s he moved in the illustrious intellectual political circles of Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland at Great Tew. [1] During these years, he served as domestic chaplain to Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon. [1] In 1640, he was presented to the sinecure living of Hartfield, Sussex, and in the following year he was made canon of Christ Church, Oxford and exchanged Hartfield for the rectory of Mildenhall, Wiltshire. [2]

Civil Wars and Interregnum

He preached before the House of Commons in 1642, but his sermon gave offence, and when in 1647 he took a prominent part in resisting the parliamentary visitation of Oxford University he was deprived of his canonry and living. [2]

Leaving England, he joined the court of Charles II, and became one of the leading clergy at The Hague. Shortly before the Restoration he came to England on a highly successful mission to gain for Charles the support of the Presbyterians. In 1660, he regained his canonry, and soon became Dean of Christ Church. [3] [4] [2] In the same year, he became Bishop of Worcester. He was elected to the See on 9 October, confirmed 23 October, and consecrated a bishop on 28 October. [5] At the Savoy Conference of 1661 he was chief representative of the bishops. He was translated to the See of Winchester in 1662 and made Dean of the Chapel Royal in 1663, a position he held until dismissed by Charles II in 1668.

Works

His works are few and chiefly polemical, e.g. The Bishop of Worcester's to a friend for Vindication of himself from the Calumnies of Mr. Richard Baxter . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Spurr, John (2004). "Morley, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/19285.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Chisholm 1911.
  3. Salter, H. E.; Lobel, Mary D., eds. (1954). "Christ Church". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 228–238. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. Horn, Joyce M., ed. (1996). "Deans of Christ Church, Oxford". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: volume 8: Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses. Victoria County History. pp. 80–83. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  5. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 7, 1992, pp. 105–109

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Academic offices
Preceded by Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
1660
Succeeded by
Church of England titles
Vacant
Title last held by
John Prideaux
Bishop of Worcester
1660–1662
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Winchester
1662–1684
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Gilbert Sheldon,
Bishop of London
Dean of the Chapel Royal
1663–1668
Succeeded by
Herbert Croft,
Bishop of Hereford