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death were seized into the hands of the archbishop 22nd Dec. 1568 '\
See vacant twenty-one yean. 1589 John Underhill, S.T.P., rector of Lincoln collcoc, was
32Eiiz. elected 8th Dec. 1589, confirmed on the 23rd, and con- secrated at Lambeth the next day 1 ' 1 . He died about the beginning of May 1592, and was buried in his own cathedral.
See vacant eleven yean. A conge d'elire was issued 1st Dec. 1603. 1604 John Bridges, S.T.P., dean of Salisbury, was elected
1 Jac. 1. 4th Jan. 1603-4, received the royal assent on the 24th of that month- 1 , was confirmed 10th Feb., and con- secrated at Lamboth on tho 12th of the same month' 2 - ; the temporalities were restored to him 16th March following- 1 . He died at March-Baldon near Oxford 25th March 1618, and was buried there 24 . The conge d'elire is dated 4th Aug. 1618- 5 . 1619 Johx Howsox, S.T.P., was elected 12th Sept. 1618;
17 Jac. I. had the royal assent 15th Oct. 161 8-", and obtained the temporalities 28th March ('May) 1619-*; was confirmed 7th May 1619, consecrated at Lambeth on the 9th of the same month-" ; and in 1628 he was translated to Durham. The license to elect, vice bishop Howson translated to Durham, is dated 18th Sept. i628 2 9. 1628 Richard Corbet, S.T.P., dean of Oxford, was elected
4 Car. I. 24th Sept. 1628, received the royal assent 2nd Oct. 30 , confirmed 1 7th Oct., and consecrated at Lambeth on the 19th of the same month 31 ; in 1632 he was trans- lated to Norwich. A conge d'elire for the election of
another bishop issued 8th May 1632 32 .
18 Reg. Parker, f. 2. 26 Pat. 16 Jac. I. p. 25. m. 2.
19 Reg. Whitgift, f. 70. 27 Pat. 17 Jac. I. p. 13. m. 1.
20 Pat. 1 Jac. I. p. 16. 28 Reg. Abbot, II. f. 14.
21 Ibid. p. 24. m. 1. 29 Pat. 4 Car. I. p. 38. N. 3.
22 Reg. Whitgift, III. f. 84. 30 Ibid. p. 37. N. 2.
2 3 Pat. 1 Jac. I. p. 24. m. 1. 3i Reg. Abbot, II. f. 162.
24 Ex Epitaphio. 32 Pat. 8 Car. I. p. 13. N. 9.
25 Pat. 16 Jac. I. p. 25. m. 3.
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