15 September 1663 A.D. Humphrey Henchman Confirmed as 110th Bishop of London; Christ College, Cambridge; Ejected as Canon of Salisbury (1623)

15 September 1663 A.D. Humphrey Henchman Confirmed as 110^th Bishop of London; Christ College, Cambridge; Ejected as Canon of Salisbury (1623); Translated from Salisbury (1669-1663); Nominated 16 Jun & Confirmed 15 Sept 1663; Great Plague and Great Fire in London; Died in Office 7 Oct 1675

Humphrey Henchman

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Humphrey Henchman
Bishop of London
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of London
Elected	1663
Term ended	1675 (death)
Predecessor	Gilbert Sheldon
Successor	Henry Compton
Other posts	Bishop of Salisbury 1660–1663
Orders
Consecration	1660
Personal details
Born	1592 Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire
Died	1675 Aldersgate Street, London
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Thomas Henchman
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

Humphrey Henchman (1592 – 1675) was a Church of England clergyman and bishop of London from 1663 to 1675.

Contents 

• 1 Early life
• 2 Ecclesiastical career
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 Notes
• 6 External links

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.

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]

See also

Anglicanism portal

List of bishops of London

References

John Spurr, ‘Henchman, Humphrey (bap. 1592, d. 1675)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004

Notes

1.  Jump up ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=40265

2.  Jump up ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography

3.  Jump up ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". Royal Society. Retrieved 18 November 2010. 

External links

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Special/LondonsBurning/People/150796/page1.htm

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