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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

Titles

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - 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

  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Charles I [1625--49]. 23 vols. London: HMSO, 1858--97
  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1500-1714. 4 vols. Oxford & London: Parker, 1891--2
  • Handbook of British Chronology. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1996
  • Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541--1857. 12 vols. London: U of London Institute for Historical Research, 1969--
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.