William Cotton (bishop)
William Cotton (died 1621) was an English bishop.
Life
William Cotton was brought up in Finchley, Middlesex.[1] He graduated M.A. at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1575.[2] He was Archdeacon of Lewes from 1578 to 1598, when became Bishop of Exeter.[3]
He was confrontational in his relationship with the Puritans of his diocese. He took rooted objection to the nomination as Bodley lecturer of John Hazard.[4] Cotton suspected Hazard of “false doctrine”, of intrusion into congregations that already had preachers, and association with the seventh-day Sabbatarian John Traske, which Hazard denied; George Abbot as Archbishop of Canterbury had licensed Hazard to preach, but Cotton was not satisfied with that.[5][6]
He died in 1621. His sons included William Cotton and Edward Cotton, both of whom became archdeacons of Totnes.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22508
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- ↑ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67120
- ↑ Christopher Hill, Society and Puritanism in Pre-Revolutionary England (1969 edition), p. 102.
- ↑ http://users.rcn.com/rwtrask/jtraske.htm
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Exeter 1598–1621 |
Succeeded by Valentine Carey |
