Anthony Watson (bishop)

Anthony Watson (died 1605) was an English bishop.

Life

He was born in Durham. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1567, graduated B.A. in 1572, becoming a Fellow, and graduated M.A. in 1575.^[1]

He was rector of Cheam from 1581, presented by John Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley. He continued to reside there for the rest of his life.^[2]^[3] At that point Nonsuch Palace belonged to Lumley, and Watson wrote a significant Latin description of it,^[4] from the 1580s, and surviving in manuscript. In 1592 Lumley presented him as rector of Storrington.^[5]

He became Lord High Almoner in 1595, and Bishop of Chichester in 1596.^[5]^[6] He participated in the Hampton Court Conference of 1604.^[7]

Notes

↑ "Watson, Anthony (WT567A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "Cheam A brief history". London Borough of Sutton. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
↑ "Cheam". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
↑ Magnificae at plane regiae domus quae vulgo vocatur Nonesuch brevis et vera descriptio, published Garden Hist, 27(1), 1999, 168–178, ISSN 0307-1243.
1 2 Dictionary of National Biography, article Watson, Anthony.
↑ Diocese of Chichester vs Blanc Ltd. "Home - Diocese of Chichester". Retrieved 2 April 2016.
↑ "Welcome to ICONS - Icons of England". Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

Bishops of Chichester

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High Medieval	Stigand of Selsey Godfrey Ralph de Luffa Seffrid Hilary John of Greenford Seffrid Simon of Wells Nicholas de Aquila Richard Poore Ranulf of Wareham Ralph Neville Robert Passelewe Richard de la Wich John Climping Stephen Bersted Gilbert of St Leonard

Late Medieval	John Langton Robert de Stratford William Lenn William Reade Thomas Rushhook Richard Mitford Robert Waldby Robert Reed Stephen Patrington Henry Ware John Kemp Thomas Polton John Rickingale Thomas Brunce Simon Sydenham Richard Praty Adam Moleyns Reginald Pecock John Arundel Edward Story Richard FitzJames

Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham

Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner

Deans of Bristol

Early modern	William Snow John Whiteheare/Whythere George Carew Henry Joliffe John Sprint Anthony Watson Simon Robson Edward Chetwynd Matthew Nicholas Henry Glemham Richard Towgood Samuel Crossman Richard Thompson William Levett George Royse The Hon Robert Booth Samuel Creswick Thomas Chamberlayne William Warburton Samuel Squire Francis Ayscough Cutts Barton John Hallam

Late modern	Charles Layard Bowyer Sparke John Parsons Henry Beeke Thomas Musgrave John Lamb Gilbert Elliot Francis Pigou Wynne Willson Edward Burroughs Henry de Candole Harry Blackburne Evered Lunt Douglas Harrison Horace Dammers Wesley Carr Robert Grimley David Hoyle

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