Anthony Watson (bishop)
Anthony Watson | |
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| Bishop of Chichester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Chichester |
| In office | 1596 – 1605 (death) |
| Predecessor | Thomas Bickley |
| Successor | Lancelot Andrewes |
| Other post(s) | Dean of Bristol (1590–1598) Lord High Almoner (1595–1605) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 15 August 1596[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1549 |
| Died | 10 September 1605 (aged approximately 56) Cheam, Surrey, England[1] |
| Buried | St Dunstan's, Cheam[1] |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Edward[2] |
| Spouse | unmarried[2] |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Anthony Watson (died 10 September 1605)[2] was an English bishop.
Early life and education[edit]
He was born in Durham. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1567, graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1572, and was ordained a deacon and priest on 7 May 1573 at Peterborough. He became a Fellow of Christ's (1573–1583), and graduated Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1575; he was incorporated at Oxford in 1577, later becoming a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) in 1582 and a Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1596.[2]
Priest[edit]
He was Rector of Cheam, Surrey from 1581, presented by John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley. He continued to reside there for the rest of his life.[3][4] At that point Nonsuch Palace belonged to Lumley, and Watson wrote a significant Latin description of it,[5] from the 1580s, and surviving in manuscript. He became Dean of Bristol in April 1590; in 1592 Lumley presented him as Rector of Storrington, Sussex (which post he held until his death); he also served as canon chancellor (in the Wedmore Secunda prebend) of Wells (July 1592[1]–1596).[2]
Bishop[edit]
He became Lord High Almoner in 1595, and Bishop of Chichester in 1596;[1][6] serving as both until death.[2] He attended Elizabeth I during her terminal illness[1] and at her death bed[2] and participated in the Hampton Court Conference of 1604.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Dictionary of National Biography, article Watson, Anthony.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Watson, Anthony (WT567A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Cheam A brief history". London Borough of Sutton. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
- ^ "Cheam". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ Magnificae at plane regiae domus quae vulgo vocatur Nonesuch brevis et vera descriptio, published Garden Hist, 27(1), 1999, 168–178, ISSN 0307-1243.
- ^ Diocese of Chichester vs Blanc Ltd. "Home — Diocese of Chichester". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ^ "Welcome to ICONS — Icons of England". Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
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