John Lake (bishop)

The Right Reverend

John Lake
The Right Reverend; John Lake;
Bishop of Chichester
	Portrait by Mary Beale
Diocese	Diocese of Chichester
In office	1685–1689
Predecessor	Guy Carleton
Successor	Simon Patrick
Other post(s)	Bishop of Sodor and Man (1682–1684); Bishop of Bristol (1684–1685)
Orders
Ordination	1647
Consecration	7 January 1683
Personal details
Born	baptized 5 December 1624; Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire
Died	30 August 1689 (aged 64)
Buried	St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

John Lake (1624 – 30 August 1689) was a 17th-century Bishop of Sodor and Man, Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Chichester in the British Isles.

Life

He was born in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at St John's College, Cambridge,^[1] where he was tutored by the poet John Cleveland, whose biography he later wrote and whose works he edited and published. He graduated B.A. in 1642.

Lake was an ardent Royalist and fought valiantly for King Charles I at Basing House and Wallingford.

On leaving the army, Lake entered the Church. He was ordained in 1647, and graduated D.D. (litterae regiae) at Cambridge in 1661. He held the following livings:

Vicar of Leeds, 1661–1663.
Rector of St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate, 1663–1670.
Prebendary of Holborn (in St Paul's Cathedral), 1667–1682.
Rector of Prestwich, 1668–1685.
Prebendary of Fridaythorpe (in York Minster), 1670–1685.
Prebendary of Halloughton (in Southwell Minster), 1670–1682.
Master of Bawtry Hospital, 1674–1683.
Archdeacon of Cleveland, 1680–1682.

Lake was appointed Bishop of Sodor and Man on 7 January 1683. He was translated to Bristol on 12 August 1684 and to Chichester on 19 October 1685. He was one of the Seven Bishops who opposed the Declaration of Indulgence and were imprisoned by King James II. However, during the Glorious Revolution, he voted for a regency for the Kings's son. He refused to accept William and Mary and was suspended from office on 1 August 1689. Lake died on 30 August following.

Bishop Lake, from a portrait of the "Seven Bishops".

References

^ "Lake, John (LK637J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

External links

Lives of the Seven Bishops committed to the Tower in 1688: Dr. John Lake

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Bridgeman	Bishop of Sodor and Man 1682–1684	Succeeded by Baptist Levinz
Preceded by William Gulston	Bishop of Bristol 1684–1685	Succeeded by Jonathan Trelawny
Preceded by Guy Carleton	Bishop of Chichester 1685–1689	Succeeded by Simon Patrick

[1] "Lake, John (LK637J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[1]

v t e Archdeacons of Cleveland
High medieval	Hugh the Chanter Ralph de Baro John son of Letold Ralph Jeremy Geoffrey de Muschamp John de Gray Ralph de Kyme Hugh Murdac William of Ely Matthew Scot Serlo/Serlo John de Langeton the elder Roger Rufinus of Tonengo Thomas de Grimston
Late medieval	Stephen de Mauley Adrian de Fieschi Innocent de Fieschi William de Weston John Ellerker Thomas de Holwell William de Ferriby William de Catton William Kexby Roger de Ripon Robert de Manfeld Adam Spencer John Marshall John Fitzthomas Alexander Herle Thomas Walkington Clement Stanton Richard Pittes William Pelleson William Duffield Stephen Wilton William Brande William Poteman William Constable Henry Carnebull Geoffrey Blythe John Hole Thomas Crossley
Early modern	John Reynald Richard Rawlins James Denton Thomas Bedyll/Bedell William Cliffe Richard Langridge John Warner Christopher Malton Ralph Coulton Richard Remington Richard Byrde John Phillips Henry Thurscross Timothy Thurscros John Neale Robert Feild John Lake Barnabas Long John Burton James Fall John Richardson Jaques Sterne Francis Blackburne Robert Peirson
Late modern	Charles Baillie-Hamilton Francis Wrangham Leveson Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Henry Todd Edward Churton William Hey Henry Yeoman William Hutchings Thomas Lindsay Basil Carter Edmund Hope George Townley William Palin Stanley Linsley John Southgate Ron Woodley Chris Hawthorn Paul Ferguson Richard Rowling (Acting) Samantha Rushton Clay Roundtree (Acting) Amanda Bloor

v t e Bishops of Bristol
For the sole Bishop suffragan of Bristol, see Henry Holbeach
Bristol (1542)	Paul Bush John Holyman Richard Cheyney John Bullingham Richard Fletcher John Thornborough Nicholas Felton Rowland Searchfield Robert Wright George Coke Robert Skinner Thomas Westfield Thomas Howell Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Gilbert Ironside (Er) Guy Carleton William Gulston John Lake Gilbert Ironside (Yr) John Hall John Robinson George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw Charles Cecil Thomas Secker Thomas Gooch Joseph Butler John Conybeare John Hume Philip Yonge Thomas Newton Lewis Bagot Christopher Wilson Spencer Madan Reginald Courtenay Folliott Cornewall George Pelham John Luxmoore William Lort Mansel John Kaye Robert Gray Joseph Allen Diocese dissolved; see Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
Bristol (1897)	George Forrest Browne George Nickson Clifford Woodward Frederick Cockin Oliver Tomkins John Tinsley Barry Rogerson Mike Hill Lee Rayfield (acting) Vivienne Faull

v t e Bishops of Chichester
Bishops of Selsey	Wilfrid Eadberht Eolla Sigeferth Aluberht Oswald Gislhere Tota Wihthun Æthelwulf Cynered Guthheard Wighelm Beornheah Wulfhun Guthheard Ælfred Brihthelm Eadhelm Æthelgar Ordbriht Ælfmær Æthelric I Grimketel Heca Æthelric II Stigand See translated
High Medieval	Godfrey Ralph de Luffa Seffrid Hilary John of Greenford Seffrid Simon of Wells Nicholas de Aquila Richard Poore Ranulf of Wareham Ralph Neville Robert Passelewe Richard de la Wich John Climping Stephen Bersted Gilbert of St Leonard
Late Medieval	John Langton Robert de Stratford William Lenn William Reade Thomas Rushhook Richard Mitford Robert Waldby Robert Reed Stephen Patrington Henry Ware John Kemp Thomas Polton John Rickingale Thomas Brunce Simon Sydenham Richard Praty Adam Moleyns Reginald Pecock John Arundel Edward Story Richard FitzJames
Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham
Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner

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