Accepted Frewen
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Accepted Frewen (baptised 26 May 1588 – 28 March 1664) was a priest in the Church of England and Archbishop of York from 1660 to 1664.
Life
Frewen was born at Northiam, in east Sussex, the son of John Frewen who was the rector there. The unusual forename is an example of the type of puritan name not uncommon in the area in the late sixteenth century; his brother was called Thankful Frewen.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow in 1612.<ref>Template:Acad</ref> Anthony Wood describes him as being at that time "puritanically enclin'd".<ref name=lower>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1617 and 1621 the college allowed him to act as chaplain to Sir John Digby, ambassador in Spain. In Madrid he preached a sermon that pleased Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I, who, on his accession, appointed him one of his chaplains.<ref name="EB1911">{{#if: |
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In 1625 he became canon of Canterbury Cathedral and Vice-President of Magdalen College, and in the following year he was elected president. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University in 1628 and 1629, and again in 1638 and 1639. In 1631 he was appointed (additionally) Dean of Gloucester. It was mainly by his instrumentality that the University plate was sent to the king at York in 1642.<ref name="EB1911"/>
Two years later (in 1644) he was consecrated Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and resigned his presidency (and deanery). He was deprived of his See by Parliament on 9 October 1646, as episcopacy was abolished for the duration of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Parliament declared his estates forfeited for treason in 1652, and Cromwell afterwards set a price on his head. The proclamations, however, designated him Stephen Frewen, and he was consequently able to escape into France. At the Restoration in 1660, he was restored to the See of Lichfield and Coventry, reappeared in public, and later the same year was elected Archbishop of York; he took that see by the confirmation of his election on 4 October 1660.<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref> In 1661 he acted as chairman of the Savoy conference.<ref name="EB1911"/>
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- 1588 births
- 1664 deaths
- People from Northiam
- Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Bishops of Lichfield
- Archbishops of York
- 17th-century Anglican archbishops
- Participants in the Savoy Conference
- Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Presidents of Magdalen College, Oxford
- Vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford
- 17th-century Church of England bishops