Thomas Cartwright (1634–1689) was an English bishop and diarist, known as a supporter of

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Life

He was born and went to school in

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, and studied at the

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. He was first at

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, and then at Queen's College where he was tutored by

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. He was ordained by Robert Skinner.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' He was vicar of

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from 1658 to 1662. In 1660 he was made vicar of

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by the Crown. He became an ardent supporter of the Restoration monarchy, and was made dean of Durham in 1672. He was appointed

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in 1686, by James II, whose favourite Anglican clergyman he was. The appointment caused much scandal, as his moral character was said to be very bad. He became a member of the King's Ecclesiastical Commission. In October 1687 he was one of three Royal Commissioners, with Robert Wright and

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, sent to

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. They removed all but three of the Fellows. After the

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he followed James II into exile. He died in

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, of

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, and is buried in

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. Despite his noted tolerance of the

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faith, he refused firmly to convert to that communion on his death bed.

Family

Cartwright married a woman named Wight, by whom he had a numerous family. His eldest son, John, was in holy orders, and obtained preferment by the influence of his father. Five other sons, Richard, Gervas, Charles, Thomas, Henry, and two daughters, Alicia and Sarah, are mentioned in Cartwright's ''Diary''.

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External links

Thomas Cartwright sermons, 1667
at Pitts Theology Library,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cartwright, Thomas 1634 births 1689 deaths Bishops of Chester British nonjuror bishops Deans of Ripon 17th-century Church of England bishops

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