Charles Fotherby (1619) was a

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clergyman who became Dean of Canterbury (1615–1619).

Life

Fotherby's date of birth is not recorded but he is stated to have been 70 when he died. His father was Martin Fotherby of

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in Lincolnshire. His younger brother, Dr Martin Fotherby (c.1560-1620), was also a prebendary of Canterbury, and later bishop of Salisbury. He studied at

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(sizar 1573, scholar 1575, B.A. 1576/77, M.A. 1580, B.D. 1587). He became a fellow of Trinity in 1579. He was vicar of several Kentish parishes and became

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and a prebendary of the

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in 1595 and

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in 1615. He married Cecilia Walker of Cambridge, by whom he had ten children, but only his eldest son, John, and four daughters survived him. He died in 1619 and was buried in the Lady Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral. His monument is described as 'a bone-encrusted tomb-chest

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is a fine example of that obsessive early seventeenth-century morbidity which repelled later, more squeamish observers'. As Dean, he is recorded as reinvigorating the musical life of the Cathedral.''A History of Canterbury Cathedral'', ed. P. Collinson, N. Ramsay, M. Sparks. (OUP 1995, revised edition 2002) 441.

Career

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fotherby, Charles 16th-century English Anglican priests 17th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Canterbury Deans of Canterbury Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge 1540s births 1619 deaths