- John Sharp (archbishop)
John Sharp (
February 16 ,1643 -February 2 ,1714 ), English divine,Archbishop of York , was born atBradford , and educated atChrist's College, Cambridge . He was the grandfather ofGranville Sharp .He was ordained deacon and priest on
12 August 1667 , and until 1676 was chaplain and tutor in the family of Sir Heneage Finch at Kensington House. Meanwhile he became archdeacon of Berkshire (1673), prebendary of Norwich, rector ofSt Giles's-in-the-Fields , and in 1681 dean of Norwich.In 1686, when chaplain to James II, he was suspended for ten months on a charge of having made some reflections on the king, and in 1688 was cited for refusing to read the
Declaration of Indulgence .Under
William and Mary he succeeded Tillotson asDean of Canterbury in 1689, and (after declining a choice of sees vacated by non-jurors who were his personal friends) followedThomas Lamplugh as archbishop of York in 1691. He made a thorough investigation of the affairs of his see, and regulated the disordered chapter ofSouthwell .He preached at the coronation of Queen Anne and became her almoner and confidential adviser in matters of church and state. He welcomed the
Armenia n bishops who came to England in 1713, and corresponded with thePrussia n court on the possibility of the Anglican liturgy as a means of reconciliation betweenLutherans andCalvinists . He died at Bath on2 February 1714 .His works (chiefly sermons) were published in 7 volumes in 1754, and in 5 volumes at Oxford in 1829.
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