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He took orders, and in 1682 went to Paris as chaplain to the ambassador Richard Graham, Viscount Preston (1648-1695). Here he became acquainted with many of the savants of the capital, and was much interested in French clerical affairs. He also collated some Paris manuscripts of the Greek Testament for John Fell, bishop of Oxford.
He returned to England in 1685; in 1688 he became preacher at Gray's Inn, and in 1689 he received a canonry of Christ Church, Oxford. In 1693 he was appointed rector of St James's, Westminster. Ten years later he became dean of Exeter, and in 1705Events Construction begins on Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. It is completed in 1724 The Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 is passed by the English Parliament, which naturalized Sophia of Hanover and the "issue of her body" as British subjects. he was consecrated bishop of LincolnLincoln (pronounced "Lincun") is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, a bridging point over the River Witham that flows to Boston. Under the Romans, Lincoln was a flourishing colony named Lindum and was at the northern end of the Fos. He was translated to the see of CanterburyCanterbury is the name of various places in the world, including: the city of Canterbury in England which: is home to Canterbury Cathedral. gave its name to the music genre, the Canterbury Scene. the city of Canterbury in New South Wales, Australia the re in 1716Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. Crieff, Scotland was burned to the ground in revenge for the Jacobite defeat at the Battle of Sheriffmuir. Kangxi Dictionary was published this year. This dictionary laid the fundamental on the death of Thomas TenisonThomas Tenison ( September 29, 1636- December 14, 1715) was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During the period of his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs. He was born at Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, and educ.
During 1718Events May 15 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun. July 21 Treaty of Passarowitz signed November 22 Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as " Blackbeard") is killed in battle when a British bo he negotiated with leading French churchmen about a projected union of the Galilean and English churches to resist the claims of Rome (see JH Lupton, Archbishop Wake and the Project of Union, 1896). In dealing with nonconformity he was tolerant, and even advocated a revision of the Prayer Book if that would allay the scruples of dissenters.
His writings are numerous, the chief being his State of the Church and Clergy of England ... historically deduced (London, 1703). He died at LambethLambeth Palace is the palace of the Archbishop of Canterbury, located in Lambeth, in London on the Thames opposite the Palace of Westminster. It was acquired by the archbishopric around 1200. The south bank of the Thames, not part of historic London, deve on January 24 1736/7.