William Lloyd (bishop)

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name = William Lloyd
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bishop_of = Bishop of St Asaph, Lichfield and Coventry and Worcester


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birth_date = 1627
birthplace = Tilehurst, Berkshire
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alma_mater = Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford

William Lloyd (1627– 30 August 1717) was an English divine who served successively as bishop of St Asaph, of Lichfield and Coventry and of Worcester.

Lloyd was born at Tilehurst, Berkshire, in 1627, and was educated at Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford (later becoming a Fellow of Jesus College). He graduated M.A. in 1646. In 1663 he was prebendary of Ripon, in 1667 prebendary of Salisbury, in 1668 archdeacon of Merioneth, in 1672 dean of Bangor and prebendary of St Paul's, London, in 1680 bishop of St Asaph, in 1689 lord-almoner, in 1692 bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and in 1699 bishop of Worcester.

Lloyd was an indefatigable opponent of the Roman Catholic tendencies of James II of England, and was one of the seven bishops who, for refusing to have the Declaration of Indulgence read in his diocese, was charged with publishing a seditious libel against the king and acquitted (1688).

He engaged Gilbert Burnet to write "The History of the Reformation of the Church of England" and provided him with much material. He was a good scholar and a keen student of biblical apocalyptic literature and himself "prophesied" to Queen regnant Anne of Great Britain, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, William Whiston, and John Evelyn the diarist. Lloyd was a staunch supporter of the Glorious Revolution. His chief publication was "An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland" when they first received the Christian Religion (London, 1684, reprinted Oxford, 1842). He died at Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire.

References

*1911

Persondata
NAME = Lloyd, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Bishop of St Asaph, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, Bishop of Worcester
SHORT DESCRIPTION = English Bishop
DATE OF BIRTH = 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH = Tilehurst, Berkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH = 30 August 1717
PLACE OF DEATH = Hartlebury Castle, Worcestershire, England