Ralph Brideoake
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Ralph Brideoake (1613-1679) was an English churchman, who became bishop of Chichester.
He was born in Cheetham Hill, Lancashire and graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford.
He was High Master at Manchester Free School from 1638[1], but lost the position because of his Royalist affiliation. He became chaplain to James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, a Royalist leader. Brideoake with Stanley's family was besieged at Lathom House [2], in 1644. He interceded unsuccessfully with William Lenthall, Speaker of Parliament, for a stay of the execution of the captured Earl, in 1651[3]. Brideoake then became chaplain to Lenthall.
He was vicar of Witney[4], from 1654[5]. On the Restoration in 1660 he became rector of Standish. He was made Dean of Salisbury in 1667, and bishop of Chichester in 1676.
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Manchester Grammar School - High Masters
- ^ Chronology 1678
- ^ Lathom, Knowsley and the Stanleys
- ^ http://www.oxfordshirepast.net/wit_social.html
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
