Overall, John, ? 1561-1619 (Bishop of Norwich)
Person
Dates
- Existence: ? 1561 - 1619
Biography
John Overall (?1561-1619), Bishop of Norwich, was born in Hadleigh, Suffolk and baptised there in 1561. He went to Cambridge, first attending St John's College and then Trinity, and graduated BA in 1579. He was made a minor fellow of Trinity in 1581. After holding a number of University posts Overall was made Regius Professor of Divinity 1595, a position he held until he resigned 1607. He was also appointed Master of St Catherine's College, Cambridge in 1598. Overall was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in 1602, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in 1614 and finally Bishop of Norwich in 1618. He died 1619.
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Collection of tracts, Sixteenth to eighteenth centuries
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.03.85
Scope and Contents
(1) ‘Of the prerogative of parliament’, in a dialogue between a councillor of state and a Justice of the Peace, by Sir Walter Raleigh; (2) ‘The Lord Arlington’s case, Thursday, January the 15th, 1673’; (3) ‘Mr Harrington’s argument in Banco Regis on a quare impedt.’ (in a case involving the bishop of Exeter, Hayman and Hele), with explanations, the point discussed being the power of a bishop to refuse institution on account of insufficiency of learning in the clerk presented; (4) ‘A...
Dates:
Sixteenth to eighteenth centuries
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