Accepted Frewen

The Most Reverend

Accepted Frewen
The Most Reverend; Accepted Frewen
Archbishop of York
Diocese	Diocese of York
Installed	1660
Term ended	1664
Predecessor	John Williams
Successor	Richard Sterne
Other post(s)	Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (1644–1646 & 1660); Dean of Gloucester (1631–1644)
Orders
Consecration	28 April 1644; by John Williams
Personal details
Born	1588; Northiam, Sussex
Died	28 March 1664; Bishopthorpe, West Riding of Yorkshire
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Frewen
Alma mater	Magdalen College, Oxford

Accepted Frewen (baptised 26 May 1588 – 28 March 1664) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of York from 1660 to 1664.

Life

Frewen was born at Northiam, in east Sussex, the son of John Frewen who was the rector there. The unusual forename is an example of the type of puritan name not uncommon in the area in the late sixteenth century; his brother was called Thankful Frewen.^[1] He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow in 1612.^[2] Anthony Wood describes him as being at that time "puritanically enclin'd".^[3] In 1617 and 1621 the college allowed him to act as chaplain to Sir John Digby, ambassador in Spain. In Madrid he preached a sermon that pleased Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I, who, on his accession, appointed him one of his chaplains.^[4]

In 1625 he became canon of Canterbury Cathedral and Vice-President of Magdalen College, and in the following year he was elected president. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1628 and 1629, and again in 1638 and 1639. In 1631 he was appointed (additionally) Dean of Gloucester. It was mainly by his instrumentality that the University plate was sent to the king at York in 1642.^[4]

Two years later (in 1644) he was consecrated Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and resigned his presidency (and deanery). He was deprived of his See by Parliament on 9 October 1646, as episcopacy was abolished for the duration of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.^[5]^[6] Parliament declared his estates forfeited for treason in 1652, and Cromwell afterwards set a price on his head. The proclamations, however, designated him Stephen Frewen, and he was consequently able to escape into France. At the Restoration in 1660, he was restored to the See of Lichfield and Coventry, reappeared in public, and later the same year was elected Archbishop of York; he took that see by the confirmation of his election on 4 October 1660.^[7] In 1661 he acted as chairman of the Savoy conference.^[4]

References

^ Fincham, Kenneth; Lake, Peter (2006). Religious politics in post-reformation England. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 113–4. ISBN 978-1-84383-253-9. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
^ "Frewen, Accepted (FRWN616A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Lower, Mark Antony (1865). The Worthies of Sussex. Lewes. p. 50. Retrieved 24 December 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Frewen, Accepted". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 210.
^ Plant, David (2002). "Episcopalians". BCW Project. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
^ King, Peter (July 1968). "The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642–1649". The English Historical Review. 83 (328). Oxford University Press: 523–537. doi:10.1093/ehr/lxxxiii.cccxxviii.523. JSTOR 564164.
^ "Frewen, Accepted". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10179. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

Hutchinson, John (1892). "Accepted Frewen" . Men of Kent and Kentishmen (Subscription ed.). Canterbury: Cross & Jackman. p. 5.

Academic offices
Preceded by William Langton	President of Magdalen College, Oxford 1626–1644	Succeeded by John Oliver
Preceded by William Juxon	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1628–1630	Succeeded by William Smyth
Church of England titles
Preceded by George Warburton	Dean of Gloucester 1631–1644	Succeeded by William Brough
Preceded by Robert Wright	Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1644–1646 & 1660	Succeeded by John Hacket
Preceded by John Williams	Archbishop of York 1660–1664	Succeeded by Richard Sterne

[1] Fincham, Kenneth; Lake, Peter (2006). Religious politics in post-reformation England. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 113–4. ISBN 978-1-84383-253-9. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[2] "Frewen, Accepted (FRWN616A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[lower-3] Lower, Mark Antony (1865). The Worthies of Sussex. Lewes. p. 50. Retrieved 24 December 2011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[EB1911-4] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Frewen, Accepted". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 210.

[5] Plant, David (2002). "Episcopalians". BCW Project. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

[6] King, Peter (July 1968). "The Episcopate during the Civil Wars, 1642–1649". The English Historical Review. 83 (328). Oxford University Press: 523–537. doi:10.1093/ehr/lxxxiii.cccxxviii.523. JSTOR 564164.

[7] "Frewen, Accepted". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/10179. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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Lichfield	Winfrith Seaxwulf Headda Aldwine Witta Hemele Cuthfrith Berhthun Hygeberht (Archbishop of Lichfield) Ealdwulf Herewine Æthelwold Hunberght Cynefrith Tunberht Wulfsige Burgheard Eadberht Wulfred Wilferth Ælfwine Wulfgar Cynesige Wynsige Elphege Godwin Leofgar Brihtmær Wulfsige Leofwin Peter (became Bishop of Chester) Peter, Bishop of Chester
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Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee
Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd James Cornwallis Henry Ryder Samuel Butler
Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave

v t e Bishops and Archbishops of York
Pre-Reformation bishops	Paulinus Chad Wilfrid Bosa John of Beverley Wilfrid II
Pre-Reformation archbishops	Egbert Æthelbert Eanbald I Eanbald II Wulfsige Wigmund Wulfhere Æthelbald Hrotheweard Wulfstan I Oscytel Edwald Oswald Ealdwulf Wulfstan II Ælfric Puttoc Cynesige Ealdred Thomas of Bayeux Gerard Thomas II Thurstan William FitzHerbert Henry Murdac William FitzHerbert Roger de Pont L'Évêque Geoffrey Plantagenet Simon Langton Walter de Gray Sewal de Bovil Godfrey Ludham William Langton Bonaventure Walter Giffard William de Wickwane John le Romeyn Henry of Newark Thomas of Corbridge William Greenfield William Melton William Zouche John of Thoresby Alexander Neville Thomas Arundel Robert Waldby Richard le Scrope Thomas Langley Robert Hallam Henry Bowet Philip Morgan Richard Fleming John Kemp William Booth George Neville Lawrence Booth Thomas Rotherham Thomas Savage Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Wolsey
Post-Reformation archbishops	Edward Lee Robert Holgate Nicholas Heath Thomas Young Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Piers Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew George Montaigne Samuel Harsnett Richard Neile John Williams Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Accepted Frewen Richard Sterne John Dolben Thomas Lamplugh John Sharp Sir William Dawes Bt Lancelot Blackburne Thomas Herring Matthew Hutton John Gilbert Robert Hay Drummond William Markham Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Thomas Musgrave Charles Longley William Thomson William Connor Magee William Maclagan Cosmo Lang William Temple Cyril Garbett Michael Ramsey Donald Coggan Stuart Blanch John Habgood David Hope John Sentamu Paul Ferguson (acting diocesan) Stephen Cottrell

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