FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM (1656 - 1723), bishop and antiquary
Date of birth: 1656
Date of death: 1723
Gender: Male
Occupation: bishop and antiquary
Area of activity: History and Culture; Religion; Scholarship and Languages
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born 1 January 1656 - the D.N.B. has a full account of his life. He was bishop of St Asaph 1708-14, and afterwards of Ely; he was a zealous Whig, and suffered in consequence in the last years of Anne's reign. As bishop of St Asaph, he was 'far above the standards of his age'; in his charge of 1710 he exhorted his clergy to preach in Welsh. He was interested in the history of his diocese, and there are notes by him on that subject in the palace library of St Asaph; he gave much help to Browne Willis and other antiquaries; and in 1713 published The life and miracles of St. Wenefrede , in which he attacked the making of pilgrimages to Holywell. He was a remarkably eloquent preacher, and a number of his sermons appeared in print. He died 4 August 1723.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Wikipedia Article: William Fleetwood
Further Reading
- William Fleetwood, The Bishop of St. Asaph's charge to the clergy of that diocese, in 1710. And now made publick, by His Lordship's permission (London 1712)
- William Fleetwood, James Davies (translator), Dafydd Lewys (ed.), Pregeth a bregethwyd ynghapel Ty-Ely yn Holbourn yn Llundein, ar Ddydd Merchur ym Mehefin y 7, 1716. Sef Dydd y Diolchgarwch Cyhoeddus am fendith Duw ar gynghorion ac arfeu ei fawrhydi yn llonyddu y gwrthryfel annaturiol diweddar (Mwythig 1716)
- William Fleetwood, Michael Jones (translator), Y cymmunwr ystyriol, neu, Eglurhad athrawiaeth sacrament Swpper yr Arglwydd yn ei holl rannau, allan o Weinidogaeth y Cymmun. Mewn ymddiddan rhwng Gŵr Eglwysig ag un o'i blwyfolion (Llundain 1716)
Works
Published date: 1959
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