The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury / by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onlsow, late speaker of the House of Commons ... a description of the hospital which he ... endowed in ... Guildford; correct copies of the charter and statutes of the same ... To which are added the lives of his ... brothers, Dr. R. Abbot ... and Sir M. Abbot.
- Arthur Onslow
- Date:
- 1777
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The life of Dr. George Abbot, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury / by the Rt. Hon. Arthur Onlsow, late speaker of the House of Commons ... a description of the hospital which he ... endowed in ... Guildford; correct copies of the charter and statutes of the same ... To which are added the lives of his ... brothers, Dr. R. Abbot ... and Sir M. Abbot. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![King’s produced* but in all probability it anfwered his m.ajdly’s end in writing it, as it is an inconteir- able proof of the confidence he had in the perfon it was written to. At leaft thus much is certain, that Dean Abbot, flood fo high in the King’s favour, that on the death of Dr Overton, Bifhop of Litchfield and Coventry, which happened the latter end of April, 1609* his majefly thought of Dr. Abbot for his fuc~ ceffor, and he was accordingly confecrated Bifhop of thofe united fees, on December 3, in the fame year. But this it feems did not appear in the King’s eyes a fuflicient recompence, for the fervicesrendered him by fo able a man •, and therefore, before he had let 3 month in this bifhoprick, he was tranflated to Lond¬ on, that lee becoming void by the death of Dr. Tho mas Ravis, and he was accordingly removed thither on the 20th of January following. It was but a Ihort time that he pofiefled both thefe bifhopricks* and yet in that fhort time, he fo remarkably diftin- guifhed himfelf by the diligent performance of his function, by confiant preaching, and by expreffing the utmoit readinefs to promote learning, and learned men, that he obtained a general good character, as appears from feveral memorials of thofe times [ / h While [f ] As appears from fevered- memorials of thofe times. ] While lie was Bifhop of Coventry and Litchfield, it appears, that he follicited Abp. Bancroft, to bellow a prebend upon Dr. Thomas James, who was Sir Thomas Bodley’s Librarian at Oxford. In the year 1610, Thomas Tifdale, of Glimpton, in Oxfordfhire, Bfq; bequeathed five thou land pounds to Dr. George Abbot, then Bifhop of London, Sir John Bennet, and Dr. A^ray, te puTchaie lands for the maintainance of feven fellows and fix icholars ; which money was laid out in the purchafe of two hun¬ dred and fifty pounds a year. _ Afterwards, Richard Wightwick, H. 0. rcflox of Eali-Tde, in Berkihire, gave lands to the yearly vatu*?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30508605_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
