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Anthony Sparrow (1612–1685) was an English Anglican priest. He was Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Exeter.[1]
Anthony Sparrow | |
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Bishop of Norwich | |
Diocese | Norwich |
In office | 1676–1685 (death) |
Predecessor | Edward Reynolds |
Successor | William Lloyd |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Exeter (1667–1676) |
Orders | |
Consecration | 3 November 1667 by Gilbert Sheldon |
Personal details | |
Born | baptized | 7 May 1612
Died | 19 May 1685 73) Bishop's Palace, Norwich | (aged
Buried | Bishop's Palace, Norwich |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse |
Susan Querall (m. 1645) |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Born in 1612, Sparrow was educated and became a fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge, and was ordained a priest in February 1635.[2] He was an adherent to the Laudianism movement. In April 1644 under the parliamentarian purge of the university, he was ejected for non-residence by Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester.[1] In 1647, he was ejected from rectory of Hawkedon for using the outlawed Book of Common Prayer. Following the Restoration, he was reinstated in 1660; and held the post of Archdeacon of Sudbury from then until 1667. In 1667, he became Bishop of Exeter and in 1676 he was promoted to bishop of Norwich.[1] He died on 19 May 1685. In his will, he left £100 to the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral.[1]
He married and left at his death several daughters as his co-heiresses, one of whom was Joan Sparrow (d. 1703), wife of Edward Drew (d. 1714) of The Grange, Broadhembury, Devon, a Canon of Exeter Cathedral.[3]
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