[258] Parl. Hist., ii. 1206. The bishops were: Dr. John Williams, Archbishop of York; Dr. T. Moreton, Bishop of Durham; Dr. J. Hall, Bishop of Norwich; Dr. Robert Wright, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield; Dr. John Owen, Bishop of St. Asaph; Dr. William Piers, Bishop of Bath and Wells; Dr. John Coke, Bishop of Hereford; Dr. M. Wren, Bishop of Ely; Dr. Robert Skinner, Bishop of Oxon; Dr. G. Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester; Dr. J. Towers, Bishop of Peterborough; Dr. M. Owen, Bishop of Llandaff.
In Parl. Hist., ii. 998, Warner is mentioned as Bishop of Peterborough, but he was Bishop of Rochester. See list of the thirteen impeached in August.
[259] Parl. Hist., ii. 1080.
[260] Lords' Journals, Feb. 16th.
[261] It is related of this eccentric person that, as master of a household, he never allowed the presence of a female servant.—See Worthies of Sussex, by Mark Antony Lower.
[262] Harl. MSS. in Lysons, iii. 56.
[263] There is a curious letter from Towers, then Dean of Peterborough, dated December 30, 1633, in which he seeks to make interest with Sir John Lambe, Dean of the Arches, for the succession of the bishopric. He says he should be almost as glad to see his friend Dr. Sibthorpe in the deanery as himself in the palace. State Papers Dom., Chas. I.
[264] Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, part ii. 78. The few particulars we have given respecting the bishops rest chiefly on his authority.
[265] Hacket's Memorial, ii. 226.
[266] The following State Papers Dom., (Chas. I.), was written at the same time:—