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Sancroft, William
Sancroft, William (1617–93). Archbishop of Canterbury. Sancroft was a graduate and fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1637), but during the Interregnum moved to Suffolk (1651) and then to Europe (1657). He became master of Emmanuel (1662), dean of York, then of St Paul's (December 1664), where he worked closely with Wren on the new cathedral, consequently refusing the bishopric of Chester (1668). As archbishop (1678), he hoped to refurbish clerical learning and Anglican discipline, especially through the church courts. He crowned James II (1685), but refused to sit on his Court of Ecclesiastical Commission. Leader of the seven bishops petitioning the king against the Declaration of Indulgence (1688), he was committed to the Tower, tried, but acquitted. After James's departure, Sancroft refused to swear allegiance to William, was deprived of his see (1690), and, as the leading non-juror, lived in Suffolk until his death.
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JOHN CANNON. "Sancroft, William." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Sancroft, William." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-SancroftWilliam.html JOHN CANNON. "Sancroft, William." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-SancroftWilliam.html |
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Sancroft, William
Sancroft, William (1617–93). Archbishop of Canterbury. Sancroft was a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1637), but during the Interregnum moved to Suffolk (1651) and then to Europe (1657). He became master of Emmanuel (1662), dean of York, then of St Paul's December 1664), where he worked closely with Wren on the new cathedral. As archbishop (1678), he crowned James II (1685), but refused to sit on his Court of Ecclesiastical Commission. Leader of the seven bishops petitioning the king against the Declaration of Indulgence (1688), he was committed to the Tower, tried, but acquitted. After James's departure, Sancroft refused to swear allegiance to William, was deprived of his see (1690), and, as the leading non‐juror, lived in Suffolk until his death.
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JOHN CANNON. "Sancroft, William." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Sancroft, William." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-SancroftWilliam.html JOHN CANNON. "Sancroft, William." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-SancroftWilliam.html |
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Sancroft, William
Sancroft, William (1617–93), Abp. of Canterbury from 1678 to 1690. His primacy was distinguished by a major effort to renew the strength of the C of E, both politically and spiritually. On the accession of the RC James II (1685), he altered the Coronation rite so that the Communion could be omitted. He led the Seven Bishops who opposed the Declaration of Indulgence in 1688, but he nevertheless refused to recognize William of Orange as king and was deprived of his archbishopric as a Nonjuror. He supported schemes to perpetuate the Nonjuring succession and in 1692 he formally delegated his archiepiscopal authority to William Lloyd, the deprived Bp. of Norwich.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Sancroft, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Sancroft, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-SancroftWilliam.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Sancroft, William." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-SancroftWilliam.html |
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