John Cosin

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John Cosin, prince-bishop of Durham.

John Cosin (30 November 1594 – 15 January 1672) was an English churchman.

Life

He was born at Norwich, and was educated at Norwich School and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he was scholar and afterwards fellow.^[1] On taking orders he was appointed secretary to Bishop Overall of Lichfield, and then domestic chaplain to Richard Neile, Bishop of Durham. In December 1624 he was made a prebendary of Durham, and in the following year archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire (until 1660).

In 1628 he took his degree of D.D. He first became known as an author in 1627, when he published his Collection of Private Devotions, a manual stated to have been prepared by command of King Charles I, for the use of Queen Henrietta Maria's maids of honour. This book, together with his insistence on points of ritual in his cathedral church and his friendship with William Laud, exposed Cosin to the hostility of the Puritans; and the book was criticised by William Prynne and Henry Burton. In 1628 Cosin took part in the prosecution of a brother prebendary, Peter Smart, for a sermon against high church practices; and the prebendary was deprived.

On 8 February 1635 Cosin was appointed master of Peterhouse, Cambridge; and in 1640 he became Vice-Chancellor of the University. In October of this year he was promoted to the deanery of Peterborough. A few days before his installation the Long Parliament had met; and among the complainants who hastened to appeal to it for redress was the ex-prebendary, Smart. His petition against the new dean was considered; and early in 1641 Cosin was sequestered from his benefices. Articles of impeachment were presented against him two months later, but he was dismissed on bail. For sending the university plate to the king, he was deprived of the mastership of Peterhouse (13 March 1643).^[2] He went to France, preached at Paris, and served as chaplain to some members of the household of the exiled royal family. At the Restoration he returned to England, was reinstated in the mastership (3 August 1660), restored to all his benefices, and in a few months raised to the see of Durham (December 1660) – he therefore resigned from the Mastership of Peterhouse on 18 October 1660.

Cosin was responsible for a style of church woodwork unique to County Durham, a sumptuous fusion of gothic and contemporary Jacobean forms. The font cover in Durham Cathedral is a splendid example of this, as are the displays in the churches at Sedgefield and elsewhere. The Cosin woodwork at Brancepeth has sadly been destroyed by fire.

At the convocation in 1661 Cosin played a prominent part in the revision of the prayer-book, and endeavoured with some success to bring both prayers and rubrics into better agreement with ancient liturgies. He administered his diocese successfully for eleven years; and used a large share of his revenues to promote the interests of the Church, of schools and of charitable institutions.

He died in London in 1672. He had married Frances, the daughter of Marmaduke Blakiston. ^[3]

Attitudes

Though a classical high churchman and a rigorous enforcer of outward conformity, Cosin was uncompromisingly hostile to Roman Catholicism, and most of his writings illustrate this antagonism. In France he was on friendly terms with Huguenots, justifying himself on the ground that their non-episcopal ordination had not been of their own seeking, and at the Savoy conference in 1661 he tried hard to effect a reconciliation with the Presbyterians. He differed from the majority of his colleagues in his strict attitude towards Sunday observance and in favouring, in the case of adultery, both divorce and the re-marriage of the innocent party.

Writings

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Among his writings (most of which were published posthumously) are a Historia Transubstantiationis Papalis (1675), Notes and Collections on the Book of Common Prayer (1710) and A Scholastical History of the Canon of Holy Scripture (1657). A collected edition of his works, forming 5 vols of the Oxford Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology, was published between 1843 and 1855; and his Correspondence (2 vols) was edited by Canon Ornsby for the Surtees Society (1868–1870).

References

↑ "Cosin, John (CSN610J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Walker, John (1863). Robert Whittaker, ed. The sufferings of the clergy of the Church of England during the great rebellion. London. p. 169. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
↑ The baptismal, marriage, and burial registers of the Cathedral church of Christ and Blessed Mary the virgin at Durham, 1609-1896. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

External links

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Church of England titles
Vacant Title last held by Thomas Morton	Bishop of Durham 1660–1672	Succeeded by The Lord Crew
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Viscount Fauconberg	Lord Lieutenant of Durham 1661–1672	Succeeded by In Commission
Academic offices
Preceded by Matthew Wren	Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1635-1643	Succeeded by Lazarus Seaman
Preceded by Lazarus Seaman	Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1660	Succeeded by Bernard Hale

v t e Archdeacons of the East Riding

High Medieval	Ranulph William of York Hugh de Puiset John of Canterbury Ralph de Warneville Geoffrey Burchard de Puiset/du Puiset Eustace Hamo Walter de Wisbech Walter de Taney Walter de Woburn Simon of Evesham Robert of Scarborough John de Crowcombe/de Craucombe

Late Medieval	Bertrand de Fargis William de Ayremynne Denis Haverel Aymer Cardinal Robert John de Cestre William de Walcote Walter Skirlaw John de Hermesthorp William de Waltham Francis Cardinal Renzio de Alifia Bartholomew Cardinal Oleari OSB William Feryby Christopher Cardinal de Maronibus William de Waltham (again) Henry Bowet John Wodham Richard Tone Robert Clifton John Walter Edmund Audley Edward Pole William Poteman Henry Carnebull John Hole Richard Mayew Thomas Magnus

Early modern	John Dakyn William Rokeby Martin Parkinson John May Richard Remington Marmaduke Blakiston John Cosin Clement Breton Robert Hitch William Brearey Heneage Dering Jaques Sterne Robert Oliver Thomas Constable Darley Waddilove Francis Wrangham Robert Wilberforce Charles Long

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Early modern	Francis Alree/Abree/Leycester Gerard Carleton James Curthoppe John Boxall William Latymer Richard Fletcher Thomas Nevile John Palmer Richard Clayton George Meriton Henry Beaumont William Piers John Towers Thomas Jackson John Cosin Edward Rainbowe James Duport Simon Patrick Richard Kidder Samuel Freeman White Kennett Richard Reynolds Edward Gee John Mandeville Francis Lockier John Thomas Robert Lamb Charles Tarrant Charles Manners-Sutton Peter Peckard

Late modern	Thomas Kipling James Monk Thomas Turton George Butler Augustus Saunders John Perowne Marsham Argles William Ingram William Barlow Arnold Page James Simpson Noel Christopherson Dick Wingfield-Digby Randolph Wise Michael Bunker Charles Taylor

v t e Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Durham

High Medieval Bishops	Aldhun Edmund Eadred Æthelric Æthelwine

High Medieval Prince-Bishops	William Walcher William de St-Calais Ranulf Flambard Geoffrey Rufus William Cumin William of St. Barbara Hugh de Puiset Philip of Poitou Richard Poore John de Gray Morgan Richard Marsh William Scot Richard Poore Thomas de Melsonby Nicholas Farnham Walter of Kirkham Robert Stitchill Robert of Holy Island Antony Bek

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Early modern Prince-Bishops	William Senhouse Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Ruthall Thomas Wolsey Cuthbert Tunstall James Pilkington Richard Barnes Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew William James Richard Neile George Montaigne John Howson Thomas Morton John Cosin Nathaniel Crew William Talbot Edward Chandler Joseph Butler Richard Trevor John Egerton Thomas Thurlow Shute Barrington William Van Mildert

Late modern Bishops	Edward Maltby Charles Longley Henry Villiers Charles Baring Joseph Barber Lightfoot Brooke Westcott Handley Moule Hensley Henson Alwyn Williams Michael Ramsey Maurice Harland Ian Ramsey John Habgood David Jenkins Michael Turnbull Tom Wright Justin Welby Paul Butler

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 18053953 LCCN: n84134047 ISNI: 0000 0000 8097 7508 GND: 120456923

Persondata
Name	Cosin, John
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	30 November 1594
Place of birth
Date of death	15 January 1672
Place of death

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