William Sancroft

Religious Leader

1617 – 1693

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Who was William Sancroft?

William Sancroft was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, 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.

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Born
Jan 30, 1617
Fressingfield
Religion
  • Anglicanism
Education
  • Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Lived in
  • Suffolk
Died
Nov 24, 1693
Ufford Hall

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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