Anthony Sparrow - Wikipedia

The Right Reverend Anthony Sparrow
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 (1612-05-07)7 May 1612 Depden, Suffolk
Died	19 May 1685(1685-05-19) (aged 73) Bishop's Palace, Norwich
Buried	Bishop's Palace, Norwich
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Susan Querall (m. 1645)
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge

Anthony Sparrow (1612–1685) was an English Anglican priest. He was Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Exeter.^[1]

Career

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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]

Marriage and progeny

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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]

Bibliography

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A Sermon Concerning Confession of Sins, and the Power of Absolution (1637)
A Rationale on the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England (1655)
"A Collection of Articles, Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances, and Constitutions Ecclesiastical, with other Publik Records of The Church of England, Chiefly in the Times of K. Edward. VIth. Q. Elizabeth. and K. James." ...Published to Vindicate The Church of England and to promote Uniformity and peace in the same. (1661; London, Printed by R. Norton for Timothy Garthwait at the Little North-doore of St. Paul's Church 1661)

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ginn, Richard J; Kelsey, Sean (2004). "Sparrow, Anthony (1612–1685)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/26086.
^ "Sparrow, Anthony (SPRW625A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.307, pedigree of Drew

External links

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Anthony Sparrow's major works at Project Canterbury

Church of England titles
Preceded by Seth Ward	Bishop of Exeter 1667–1676	Succeeded by Thomas Lamplugh
Preceded by Edward Reynolds	Bishop of Norwich 1676–1685	Succeeded by William Lloyd

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Bishops of Crediton	Werstan (bishop at Tawton) Putta (bishop at Tawton) Eadwulf Æthelgar Ælfwold I Sideman Ælfric Ælfwold II Ælfwold III Eadnoth Lyfing of Winchester Leofric see translated to Exeter
High Medieval	Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton
Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman
Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay
Late modern	John Fisher George Pelham William Carey Christopher Bethell Henry Phillpotts Frederick Temple Edward Bickersteth Herbert Edward Ryle Archibald Robertson Lord William Cecil Charles Curzon Robert Mortimer Eric Mercer Hewlett Thompson Michael Langrish John Ford (acting) Nick McKinnel (acting) Robert Atwell Mike Harrison

v t e Bishops of Norwich
Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Aethelweald Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Æthelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford
Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich
High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane
Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton
Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James Alan Winton (acting) Graham Usher

Presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge

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Late Medieval	Henry de Bradenham Alan de Ely Simon de Creake Firmin de Lavenham Gilbert de Marewell Richard Lyng Walter Elvedon Thomas de Winchester Thomas de Methelwold Henry de la Zouche William Graa de Trusthope John Hambleton John de Lincoln Hugh Sturmy Thomas Grene Hugh Gaudeby Thomas Hetersete Richard Maudeleyn Thomas Hetersete (again) Eudo de la Zouche Roger Wodehele Thomas Rodborne Clement Denston John Wiggenhall John Selot Nicholas Goldwell John Jeffreys Thomas Shenkwyn John Finneys William Stillington Thomas Larke Richard Woleman Miles Spencer
Early modern	Thomas Aldriche John Still Tertullian Pyne Cuthbert Norris Theophilus Kent Anthony Sparrow John Spencer Nicholas Clagett Brampton Gurdon John Chapman John Gooch George Glover
Late modern	Lord Arthur Hervey Frank Chapman Arthur Livingstone George Hodges William Farmiloe Eric Buckley Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton, Bishop of Dunwich Hugh Norton Harry Barton David Maddock, Bishop of Dunwich Kenneth Child Donald Smith Richard Garrard John Cox David Brierley David Jenkins

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