John Thornborough
Bishop Thornborough.
John Thornborough (1551–1641) was an English bishop.
Life
Thornborough was born in Salisbury, and graduated from Magdalen College, Oxford.
In a long ecclesiastical career, he was employed as a chaplain by the Earl of Pembroke, and Queen Elizabeth. He was Dean of York, Bishop of Limerick in 1593, Bishop of Bristol in 1603, and Bishop of Worcester from 1617.[1]
He was tolerant of Puritans, encouraging his congregation to attend puritan lectures.[2] He also shielded the future biographer Samuel Clarke (1599–1683).[3]
A discourse plainely proving the euident vtilitie and vrgent necessitie of the desired happie vnion of the two famous kingdomes of England and Scotland, 1604
He wrote an alchemical book, Lithotheorikos of 1621.[4] He is known to have employed Simon Forman.[5] Robert Fludd dedicated Anatomiae Amphitheatrum (1623) to Thornborough.[6]
References
- ↑ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ The Civil War in Worcestershire, Malcolm Atkin, 1995, p25 Alan Sutton, Stroud, Gloucestershire. ISBN 0-7509-1050-X
- ↑ Politics, Society and Civil War in Warwickshire, 1620-1660, Ann Hughes, 2002, p85.
- ↑ Lithotheorikos, sive, Nihil, aliquid, omnia, antiquorum sapientum vivis coloribus depicta.
- ↑ PDF, p. 31.
- ↑ William H. Huffman, Robert Fludd and the End of the Renaissance (1988), p. 32.
Further reading
- A. L. Rowse, Bishop Thornborough: A Clerical Careerist, in Richard Ollard and Pamela Tudor-Craig (editors), For Veronica Wedgwood These Studies in Seventeenth-Century History (1986)
External links
"Thornborough, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Matthew Hutton |
Dean of York 1589–1617 |
Succeeded by George Meriton |
| Preceded by William Casey |
Bishop of Limerick 1593–1603 |
Succeeded by Bernard Adams |
| Vacant since 1593 Title last held by Richard Fletcher |
Bishop of Bristol 1603–1617 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Felton |
| Preceded by Henry Parry |
Bishop of Worcester 1617–1641 |
Succeeded by John Prideaux |
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