Thomas White (1628–1698) was Bishop of Peterborough from 1685 to 1690.

Life

He was educated at

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. White held the following livings: * Vicar of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent, 1660–66. * Rector of All-Hallows-the-Great, London, 1666–79. * Rector of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bottesford, 1679–85. *

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, 1683–85. In 1683 White became chaplain to

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. He was appointed Bishop of Peterborough in 1685. He was one of the

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who petitioned against the

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issued by James II in 1688, and with the others was tried and sensationally acquitted. Although the trial had contributed to the ''

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'', he was one of the non-juring bishops, refusing to take the oath of allegiance to William III and

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in 1689 and so was deprived of his see in February 1690. He died eight years later.

References

;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Thomas Bishops of Peterborough British nonjuror bishops 1628 births 1698 deaths 17th-century Church of England bishops Archdeacons of Nottingham Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge