John Howson

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John Howson, engraving by Martin Droeshout.

John Howson (c.1557-6 February 1632) was an English academic and bishop.

Life

He was born in the London parish of St Bride's Church, and educated at St Paul's School.^[1]

He was a student and then canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and Vice-Chancellor in 1602. James I of England appointed him to Chelsea College.^[2] He became rector of Brightwell Baldwin in 1608.^[3]

Conflicts in Oxford with Calvinist clergy led to his being accused in 1615 before the King of popery, by George Abbot, the Archbishop of Canterbury. He was able to convince the King that the charges were misplaced, and began to rise in the hierarchy, where he was an influence on the Arminian side.^[4] He was Bishop of Oxford from 1619, and Bishop of Durham from 1628.

Family

His daughter Anne married Thomas Farnaby.^[1]

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Howson, John (1557?-1632)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ Anthony Milton, Catholic and Reformed: The Roman and Protestant Churches in English Protestant Thought, 1600-1640 (2002), p. 57.
↑ http://www.ontaworld.co.uk/england/oxfordshire/brightwellbaldwin/church1.html
↑ Kenneth Fincham, Nicholas Tyacke, Altars Restored: The Changing Face of English Religious Worship, 1547-c.1700 (2007), p. 125.

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Bridges	Bishop of Oxford 1619–1628	Succeeded by Richard Corbet
Preceded by George Montaigne	Bishop of Durham 1628–1632	Succeeded by Thomas Morton
Political offices
Vacant Title last held by Richard Neile	Lord Lieutenant of Durham 1628–1632	Succeeded by Thomas Morton

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Early modern	Robert King Thomas Goldwell Hugh Curwen John Underhill John Bridges John Howson Richard Corbet John Bancroft Robert Skinner William Paul Walter Blandford The Lord Crew Henry Compton John Fell Samuel Parker Timothy Hall John Hough William Talbot John Potter Thomas Secker John Hume Robert Lowth John Butler Edward Smallwell John Randolph

Late modern	Charles Moss William Jackson Edward Legge Charles Lloyd Richard Bagot Samuel Wilberforce John Mackarness William Stubbs Francis Paget Charles Gore Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Kenneth Kirk Harry Carpenter Kenneth Woollcombe Patrick Rodger Richard Harries John Pritchard

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Late Medieval Prince-Bishops	Richard Kellaw Lewis de Beaumont Richard de Bury Thomas Hatfield John Fordham Walter Skirlaw Thomas Langley Robert Neville Lawrence Booth William Dudley John Sherwood Richard Foxe

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

Persondata
Name	Howson, John
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	1632
Place of death

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