296 DURHAM. received the royal assent 15th Aug. 1628-*^. He was consecrated 1 7th Sept. in that year, and died 6th Feb. 1 63 1— 2, selat. 75, and was buried in St. Paul's cathe- dral, London. His will was proved in 1633 ♦'. 1632 Thomas Morton, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield^ 8 Car. I. having been elected to the see of Durham, obtained permission 29th June 1632 to receive confirmation within the province of Canterbury ^'^, and was accord- ingly confirmed 2nd July in the chapel attached to Durham-house, London 'J; on the 1 2th of the same month he obtained the temporalities. He died 22nd Sept. 1659, ^'tat. 95, and was buried at Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire '^ His will, dated 26th Feb. 1658-9, was proved ist Oct. 1660 John Cosin, dean of Peterhorough and master of Peter - 12 Car. II. house^ Cambridge^ was consecrated bishop of Durham 2nd Dec. 1660. He died in London 15th Jan. 1671-2, aetat. 77, and was buried 29th April at Bishop's Auck- land ^ The see icas vacant upwards of two years after the death of bishop Cosin. 16^4. Nathaniel Crew^< bishop of Oxford, was translated 26 Car II. to Durham 22nd Oct. 1674^"; confirmed and conse- crated 6th Dec. following. He died 18th Sept. 1722, setat. 88, and was buried at Stene in Northampton- shire^". 1722 William Talbot, bishop of Salisbtiry, was promoted 8 Geo. I. to Durham on the death of Lord Crew 23rd Sept. ^^ Pat. 4 ('ar. I. p. 37. N^. 2. of bishops Kellow, Hatfield, Sir- "*' Audley. 24. law and Lonjjjley, in the archives "^2 Reg. Al)l)ot, pars iii. at Lambeth. ^-"^ Reg. Ebor. *^ lie was the son of John ■^•^ See his Life, 410. p. 128. Oew, baron of Stene, and suc- "** I^ond. Gazette. Mis will cceded to that barony on the and those of his predecessors death of his elder brother. Thomas Morton and William ^7 Reg. Dunelm. •lames are in the Prerogative ^"^ Ivx Epitaphio. Office, London, and the wills
