1633
? Car. I.William Laud, bishop of London, was nominated by the King to this see 6th Aug. 1633; elected by the chapter on the 19th of the same month; and confirmed 19th Sept.[1]. He was accused of high treason by the house of commons i8th Dec. 1640, and committed to the Tower, where he was confined four years: at length, after a tedious trial in the house of lords, the judges unanimously acquitted him of high treason. He was, however, condemned to die, and was beheaded on Tower hill l0th Jan. 1644-5, and his body
was buried in the church of Allhallows, Barking; but
in July 1663 it was removed thence to St. John's college chapel, Oxford. Upon the Restoration, the see having been vacant about sixteen years, a congé d'élire was issued 3rd Sept. 1660; in pursuance of which,
1660
? Car. II.William Juxon, bishop of London, having been nominated to this see, was elected 13th Sept., and confirmed on the 20th of the same month[2]. He died at Lambeth palace 4th June 1663, aged 81 years, and was buried in St. John's college chapel, Oxford[3]. The congé d'élire on the death of archbishop Juxon issued 14th July 1663 ; and
1663
? Car. II.Gilbert Sheldon, bishop of London, having been nominated to Canterbury, was elected 11th Aug. 1663, and confirmed in that see on the 31st of that month[4]. He died at Lambeth 9th Nov. 1677, and was buried in the church at Croydon in Surrey[5].
1678
? Car. IIWilliam Sancroft, S.T.P., dean of St. Paul's, London, was consecrated in Westminster abbey 27th Jan.
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