Griffith Lewis
Griffith Lewis (d. 1607) a Church of England minister.
Lewis was presented to the sixth prebend of Westminster by Elizabeth I in 1577[1] and became one of her chaplains in ordinary around 1584.[2] He was the rector of Kingsland, Herefordshire.[3]
In 1594 Lewis was installed as Dean of Gloucester.[4] In 1596 he unsuccessfully appealed to Robert Cecil to be appointed bishop of Chester.[2] During his tenure he snubbed the authority of successive bishops by failing to appear at their visitations of the cathedral clergy.[5][6] He wrote his will in February 1607, requesting that he be buried in one of the cathedrals of Gloucester Worcester or Hereford. He was interred at Hereford Cathedral on 6 June 1607.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 7, Westminster". Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- 1 2 Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K. G., etc. preserved at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire. Vol. 6. 1895. p. 249.
- 1 2 Rudder, Samuel (1779). A New History of Gloucester. pp. 161–2.
- ↑ Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 1. p. 443 – via Wikisource.
- ↑ Wellander, David (1991). Gloucester Cathedral. p. 345.
- ↑ Eward, Suzanne (1985). No Fine but a Glass of Wine. p. 40.