William Sancroft


William Sancroft
Archbishop of Canterbury
Portrait by Bernard Lens II
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseCanterbury
In office1677–1690
PredecessorGilbert Sheldon
SuccessorJohn Tillotson
Orders
Consecration27 January 1677
by Henry Compton
Personal details
Born(1617-01-30)30 January 1617
Died24 November 1693(1693-11-24) (aged 76)
Ufford Hall, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
BuriedChurch of St. Peter and St. Paul, Fressingfield
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
EducationKing Edward VI School
Alma materEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Arms of William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury, St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth in Kent. 1740s glass by William Price the Younger in imitation of Elizabethan/Jacobean style[1]

William Sancroft (30 January 1617 – 24 November 1693) was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury,[2] and was one of the Seven Bishops imprisoned in 1688 for seditious libel against King James II, over his opposition to the king's Declaration of Indulgence. Deprived of his office in 1690 for refusing to swear allegiance to William and Mary, he later enabled and supported the consecration of new nonjuring bishops leading to the nonjuring schism.

  1. ^ "Panel of the Month | Vidimus".
  2. ^ "William Sancroft (1617 - 1693) | Famous Members | History & Archives | About | Emmanuel College, Cambridge". www.emma.cam.ac.uk.