William Lloyd
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- For the contemporary Bishop of Llandaff, Peterborough and Norwich, see William Lloyd (bishop died 1710). For the writer, see William Watkiss Lloyd
William Lloyd (1627– 30 August 1717) was an English divine who served successively as bishop of St Asaph, of Lichfield and Coventry and of Worcester.
Lloyd was born at Tilehurst, Berkshire, in 1627, and was educated at Oriel and Jesus Colleges, Oxford. He graduated M.A. in 1646. In 1663 he was prebendary of Ripon, in 1667 prebendary of Salisbury, in 1668 archdeacon of Merioneth, in 1672 dean of Bangor and prebendary of St Paul's, London, in 1680 bishop of St Asaph, in 1689 lord-almoner, in 1692 bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and in 1699 bishop of Worcester.
Lloyd was an indefatigable opponent of the Roman Catholic tendencies of James II of England, and was one of the seven bishops who, for refusing to have the Declaration of Indulgence read in his diocese, was charged with publishing a seditious libel against the king and acquitted (1688).
He engaged Gilbert Burnet to write The History of the Reformation of the Church of England and provided him with much material. He was a good scholar and a keen student of biblical apocalyptic literature and himself " prophesied " to Queen regnant Anne of Great Britain, Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, William Whiston, and John Evelyn the diarist. Lloyd was a stanch supporter of the Glorious Revolution. His chief publication was An Historical Account of Church Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland when they first received the Christian Religion (London, 1684, reprinted Oxford, 1842). He died at Hartlebury castle.
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| Religious Posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Griffith Williams |
Dean of Bangor 1673–1680 |
Succeeded by Humphrey Humphreys |
| Preceded by Isaac Barrow |
Bishop of St Asaph 1680–1692 |
Succeeded by Edward Jones |
| Preceded by Thomas Wood |
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1692–1699 |
Succeeded by John Hough |
| Preceded by Edward Stillingfleet |
Bishop of Worcester 1699–1717 |
Succeeded by John Hough |
