Archbishop William Sancroft

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Archbishop William Sancroft was a 17th-century English churchman who served as Archbishop of Canterbury and became notable for his opposition to James II’s religious policies and his role among the non-juring bishops.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican bishop ⓘ
Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
human ⓘ
nonjuring bishop ⓘ
appointedBy Charles II of England ⓘ
associatedWith nonjuring schism in the Church of England ⓘ
birthDate 1617-01-30 ⓘ
birthPlace Fressingfield, Suffolk, England ⓘ
burialPlace Fressingfield, Suffolk, England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1693-11-24 ⓘ
deathPlace Fressingfield, Suffolk, England ⓘ
educatedAt Emmanuel College, Cambridge ⓘ
endTime 1690-02-01 (as Archbishop of Canterbury, de facto) ⓘ
era Stuart period ⓘ
familyName Sancroft ⓘ
fieldOfWork ecclesiastical administration ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName William Sancroft ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor being one of the Seven Bishops who petitioned against James II ⓘ
leadership among the nonjuring bishops ⓘ
opposition to James II’s Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
refusal to swear allegiance to William III and Mary II ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
monarchDuringTenure Charles II of England ⓘ
James II of England ⓘ
Mary II of England ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
notableEvent refusal to publish the Declaration of Indulgence in his province ⓘ
suspension and deprivation from the archbishopric for nonjuring ⓘ
opposedTo Declaration of Indulgence (1687–1688) ⓘ
James II’s religious policies ⓘ
ordination Anglican priest ⓘ
participantIn trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
partOf Seven Bishops ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral ⓘ
Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge ⓘ
predecessor Gilbert Sheldon ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
replacedBy John Tillotson ⓘ
residence Fressingfield, Suffolk ⓘ
Lambeth Palace ⓘ
startTime 1678-01-27 (as Archbishop of Canterbury) ⓘ
wroteAbout Church of England governance ⓘ
loyalty and oaths of allegiance ⓘ

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William Sancroft → fullName → William Sancroft ⓘ
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Seven Bishops → member → William Sancroft ⓘ
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trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → defendant → William Sancroft ⓘ
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Coronation of William III and Mary II → officiatedBy → William Sancroft ⓘ
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John Tillotson → precededBy → William Sancroft ⓘ
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Sancroft → notableBearer → William Sancroft ⓘ
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