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John Williams (22 March 1582 – 25 March 1650) was a Welsh clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621–1641, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1621–1625, and Archbishop of York 1641–1646. He was the last bishop to serve as lord chancellor.
- Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of...
- Bishop of Lincoln
John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, and later Archbishop of York, is one of the key figures in the Library's history, having largely financed the building of what is now the Old Library. Born in Aberconwy he attended school in Ruthin before graduating from St John's in 1601, and taking his MA in 1605.
In 1612 he became chaplain to lord-chancellor Ellesmere, his tutor in statesmanship. In 1620 the deanery of Westminster was added to his accumulation of benefices; and the next year the king appointed him lord keeper in succession to Bacon, and also bishop of Lincoln; he still retained the deanery.
John Williams (22 March 1582 – 25 March 1650) was a Welsh clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621–1641, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1621–1625, and Archbishop of York 1641–1646. He was the last bishop to serve as lord chancellor.
On 19 June Williams showed that he had no love for Sir John Mennes [q. v.], appointed governor of three counties in North Wales by Rupert on his way to Marston Moor. On 20 April 1645 he mentions the appointment of Sir John Owen—no friend of his—to the government of Conway (The Unpublished Correspondence between Archbishop Williams and the Marquis of Ormond, ed. Beedham, 1869).
Williams was Bishop of Lincoln from 1621 to 1641, and Archbishop of York from 1641 until his death in 1650 (although episcopacy was abolished by Parliament in 1646). See this entry at Wikipedia and this page at St John’s College, Cambridge.
