Thomas Morton | |
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Bishop of Durham | |
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Diocese | Diocese of Durham |
In office | 1632–1646 (Episcopacy abolished)[1] |
Predecessor | John Howson |
Successor | Vacant (Civil War) |
Other post(s) | Dean of Gloucester (June 1607–1609) Dean of Winchester (1609–1616) Bishop of Chester (1616–1619) Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield (February 1619–1632) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1594 |
Consecration | 1616 |
Personal details | |
Born | 20 March 1564 |
Died | 20 September 1659 Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire, England | (aged 95)
Buried | Easton Maudit parish church |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Residence | Richard Morton & Elizabeth née Leedale |
Spouse | never married |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Thomas Morton (20 March 1564 – 20 September 1659) was an English churchman, bishop of several dioceses. Well-connected and in favour with James I, he was also a significant polemical writer against Roman Catholic views. He rose to become Bishop of Durham, but despite a record of sympathetic treatment of Puritans as a diocesan, and underlying Calvinist beliefs shown in the Gagg controversy, his royalism saw him descend into poverty under the Commonwealth.