Abbot, George (1562 - 1633)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1562-10-29
Death Date: 1633-08-04

Notes

Banished to Ford Manor, Kent 5 July 1627--March 1628 and metropolitical authority entrusted to 5 bishops Oct. 1627--18 Dec. 1628

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Master, University College, Oxfordshire 1597-9-6 1609
Dean, Hampshire 1599/1600-3-6 1609-12-3
Vice-Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1601 1602
Vice-Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1603 1604
Vice-Chancellor, Oxfordshire 1605 1606
Bishop, Coventry & Lichfield Diocese 1609-5-17 (date elected; consecrated 3 Dec. 1609; temporaliti) 1609/10-01-5 (date elected as Bishop of London)
Bishop, London Diocese 1609/10-1-5 (date elected; enthroned 12 Feb. 1609/10) 1610/11-03-18 (date elected as Archbishop of Canterbury)
Archbishop, Province of Canterbury 1610/11-3-18 (date elected; installed 9 April 1611) 1633-08-4 Deprived of authority Oct. 1627--18 Dec. 1628
Privy Councillor, England 1611-6-23 1627-07-5
First Lord of the Treasury, England 1618-7 1620-12-14
Privy Councillor, England 1628-12-11 1633-08-4 Did not attend council upon this reappointment

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Ford Manor, Kent
  • Croydon Palace, Surrey
  • Lambeth Palace, Surrey

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1622-1623 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Lord of Canterbury's Trumpeter/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord of Canterbury's Trumpeter/s Abbot, George (1562 - 1633) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547–1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856–72.
Foster, Joseph, ed. Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. 4 vols. Oxford & London: Parker, 1891–2.
Fryde, E.B., D.E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, eds. Handbook of British Chronology. Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 2. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996.
Le Neve, John. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857. 12 vols. London: U of London Institute for Historical Research, 1969–.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)