19 March 1711 A.D. Thomas Ken Passes—Non-Juror Bishop; Rebuking Kings; I will not be a “Royal Pimp”
19 March 1711 A.D. Thomas Ken Passes—Non-Juror Bishop; Rebuking Kings; I will not be a “Royal Pimp” Kiefer, James. “Thomas Ken, Bishop and Non-juror.” Justus Anglican. N.d. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/128.html . Accessed 18 Mar 2015. Thomas Ken in the course of his lifetime was both rewarded and punished for his firm adherence to principle. He was born in 1637 and reared by his half-sister Anne and her husband the well-known angler Izaak Walton. He became a clergyman and served for a year at the Hague as chaplain to Princess Mary, niece of King Charles I I of England and wife of the Dutch King William of Orange. During this year he publicly rebuked King William for his treatment of his wife Queen Mary, which may be why he was chaplain there for only a year. Upon his return to England, he was made Royal Chaplain to King Charles. The King had a mistress, Nell Gwyn, and for his convenience wished to lodge her in his chaplain's residence. Thomas sent the King a ...