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unusual facts about Bishop of Bath



Hugh of Wells

Hugh was the son of Edward of Wells and elder brother of Jocelin of Wells, Bishop of Bath.


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Act of Uniformity 1558

The bishop of Llandaff, Anthony Kitchin, refused to officiate at Parker's consecration; thus instead bishops deposed and exiled by Mary assisted: William Barlow, former Bishop of Bath and Wells, John Scory, former Bishop of Chichester, Miles Coverdale, former Bishop of Exeter, and John Hodgkins, former Bishop of Bedford.

Lords Spiritual

In 1688, the issue arose during the trial of the Seven Bishops—William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury; Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet, Bishop of Winchester; Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells; John Lake, Bishop of Chester; William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester; Francis Turner, Bishop of Ely and Thomas White, Bishop of Peterborough—by a common jury.

Stillington

Robert Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells and Lord Chancellor of England.

Stowheath

The first lord of Stowheath manor was Robert Burnell in the 13th Century, Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Bath and Wells.