Joseph Henshaw (1603–1679) was

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in the

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from 1663 until his death. Henshaw was educated at

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and Magdalen Hall of

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, receiving a B.A. in 1624 and a

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in 1639. He subsequently was

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to the

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and

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; held benefices in

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; was delinquent in debts for which he had to compound for his estate in 1646. In 1660, he was precentor and

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and dean of

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. From that office he ascended to bishop of Peterborough. His ''Horæ Succisivæ'' (1631) was edited by

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for republication in 1839, and ''Meditations miscellaenous, holy and humane'' (1637); they were reprinted at Oxford in 1841. ''Horæ Succisivæ'' was also translated into Danish by the vicar at

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in western Norway in the 17th century when British theological works were being distributed among Norwegian clergy.

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1608 births 1679 deaths Clergy from Peterborough Bishops of Peterborough Deans of Chichester 17th-century Church of England bishops {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub

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