Writer, scholar, and devine, Henry Wharton was born at Worstead and was descendant from Thomas, 2nd Baron Wharton and the son of the Reverend Edmund Wharton, vicar of Worstead, Norfolk. He was educated by his father, and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1687 and in 1688 he made the acquaintance of the archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft. The archbishop made Wharton one of his chaplains, and presented him to the Kentish living of Sundridge and later to Chartham in the same county.
Wharton's most valuable work and still being used by historians today, is his Anglia sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 1691. Some of these were written by Wharton himself; others were borrowed from early writers. His other writings include, in addition to his criticism of the History of the Reformation, A treatise of the celibacy of the clergy (1688); The enthusiasm of the Church of Rome demonstrated in some observations upon the life of Ignatius Loyola (1688) ; and A defence of pluralities (1692, new ed. 1703). The Lambeth Library houses sixteen volumes of Wharton's manuscripts.
The archbishop Tillotson attended his funeral and Purcell composed the anthems.
Wharton's most valuable work and still being used by historians today, is his Anglia sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 1691. Some of these were written by Wharton himself; others were borrowed from early writers. His other writings include, in addition to his criticism of the History of the Reformation, A treatise of the celibacy of the clergy (1688); The enthusiasm of the Church of Rome demonstrated in some observations upon the life of Ignatius Loyola (1688) ; and A defence of pluralities (1692, new ed. 1703). The Lambeth Library houses sixteen volumes of Wharton's manuscripts.
The archbishop Tillotson attended his funeral and Purcell composed the anthems.
Writer, scholar, and devine, Henry Wharton was born at Worstead and was descendant from Thomas, 2nd Baron Wharton and the son of the Reverend Edmund Wharton, vicar of Worstead, Norfolk. He was educated by his father, and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1687 and in 1688 he made the acquaintance of the archbishop of Canterbury, William Sancroft. The archbishop made Wharton one of his chaplains, and presented him to the Kentish living of Sundridge and later to Chartham in the same county.
Wharton's most valuable work and still being used by historians today, is his Anglia sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 1691. Some of these were written by Wharton himself; others were borrowed from early writers. His other writings include, in addition to his criticism of the History of the Reformation, A treatise of the celibacy of the clergy (1688); The enthusiasm of the Church of Rome demonstrated in some observations upon the life of Ignatius Loyola (1688) ; and A defence of pluralities (1692, new ed. 1703). The Lambeth Library houses sixteen volumes of Wharton's manuscripts.
The archbishop Tillotson attended his funeral and Purcell composed the anthems.
Wharton's most valuable work and still being used by historians today, is his Anglia sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 1691. Some of these were written by Wharton himself; others were borrowed from early writers. His other writings include, in addition to his criticism of the History of the Reformation, A treatise of the celibacy of the clergy (1688); The enthusiasm of the Church of Rome demonstrated in some observations upon the life of Ignatius Loyola (1688) ; and A defence of pluralities (1692, new ed. 1703). The Lambeth Library houses sixteen volumes of Wharton's manuscripts.
The archbishop Tillotson attended his funeral and Purcell composed the anthems.
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