William Lloyd (bishop of Worcester)

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William Lloyd
Bishop of St Asaph, Lichfield and Coventry and Worcester
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Installed1689
Orders
Consecration3 October 1680
by  William Sancroft
Personal details
Born(1627-08-18)18 August 1627
Died30 August 1717(1717-08-30) (aged 90)
Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire
Buriedchurch of Fladbury, near Evesham, Worcestershire
DenominationChurch of England
Parentsfather Richard Lloyd, grandfather David Lloyd of Henblas, Anglesey.
Childrenat least one son
Alma mater Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford

William Lloyd (18 August 1627 30 August 1717) was an English divine who served successively as bishop of St Asaph, of Lichfield and Coventry and of Worcester.

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Life

Lloyd was born at Tilehurst in Berkshire, in 1627, the son of Richard Lloyd, then vicar, [1] who was the son of David Lloyd of Henblas, Anglesey. By the age of eleven, he had understanding in Greek and Latin, and somewhat of Hebrew, before attending Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford (later becoming a Fellow of Jesus College). [2] He graduated with an M.A. in 1646. In 1663 he was prebendary of Ripon, in 1667 prebendary of Salisbury, in 1668 archdeacon of Merioneth, in 1672 dean of Bangor and prebendary of St Paul's, London, in 1680 bishop of St Asaph, in 1689 lord-almoner, in 1692 bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and in 1699 bishop of Worcester. [3] As Bishop of Lichfield, he rebuilt the diocesan residence at Eccleshall Castle, which had been destroyed in the Civil War. [4]

Lloyd was an indefatigable opponent of the Roman Catholic tendencies of James II of England, and was one of the seven bishops who, for refusing to have the Declaration of Indulgence read in his diocese, was charged with publishing a seditious libel against the king. [3] However, he was acquitted in 1688, which was one of the events that lead to the fall of James II.[ citation needed ]

He engaged Gilbert Burnet to write The History of the Reformation of the Church of England and provided him with much material. He was a good scholar and a keen student of biblical apocalyptic literature and himself "prophesied" to Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, William Whiston, and John Evelyn the diarist. Lloyd was a staunch supporter of the Glorious Revolution. [3]

He lived to the age of ninety-one and died at Hartlebury Castle on 30 August 1717. He was buried in the church of Fladbury, near Evesham in Worcestershire, of which his son was rector and where a monument is erected to his memory with a long inscription. [5] [6]

Newer perspectives

In a 2024 article published in the The Welsh History Review historian Prof. William Gibson states that William Lloyd's role needs to be re-evaluated from that of a "mainstream Anglican bishop who sought unanimity with other churchmen in response to James II’s policies" to that of an active conspirator against the King. Gibson believes this to be the case due to several actions Lloyd took during the events leading up to the Glorious Revolution. He notes that these actions include: [7]

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References

  1. Ford, David Nash (2020). Mid-Berkshire Town and Village Histories. Nash Ford Publishing.
  2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Lloyd-Lytton
  3. 1 2 3 4 Wikisource-logo.svg One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lloyd, William". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 832.
  4. "Eccleshall Castle" . Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 Chalmer's Biography 1812, William Lloyd (1627–1717); vol. 20, p. 347; majority text
    http://words.fromoldbooks.org/Chalmers-Biography/l/lloyd-william.html (Retrieved 5 March 2011 13:17:17)
    Note: This reference was used to update some data in the info box above also.
  6. Mullett, Michael. "Lloyd, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16860.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. 1 2 "A WELSH PLOTTER IN 1688: BISHOP LLOYD OF ST ASAPH". Welsh History Review/Cylchgrawn Hanes Cymru. 32 (1): 74–97. 2024. doi:10.16922/whr.32.1.3 via Ingenta connect.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Dean of Bangor
16731680
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of St Asaph
16801692
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
16921699
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Worcester
16991717
Succeeded by