Accepted Frewen (baptized 26 May 158828 March 1664) was a priest in the

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and

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from 1660 to 1664.

Life

Frewen was born at

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, in Sussex, the son of John Frewen who was the rector there. The unusual forename is an example of the type of

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name not uncommon in the area in the late sixteenth century; his brother was called Thankful Frewen. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he became a Fellow in 1612. Anthony Wood describes him as being at that time "puritanically enclin'd". In 1617 and 1621 the college allowed him to act as chaplain to Sir John Digby, ambassador in Spain. In

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he preached a sermon that pleased Prince Charles, afterwards

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, who, on his accession, appointed him one of his chaplains. In 1625 he became

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of Canterbury Cathedral and Vice-President of Magdalen College, and in the following year he was elected president. He was

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in 1628 and 1629, and again in 1638 and 1639. In 1631 he was appointed (additionally)

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. It was mainly by his instrumentality that the

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plate was sent to the king at

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in 1642. Two years later (in 1644) he was consecrated

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, and resigned his presidency (and deanery). He was deprived of his See by Parliament on 9 October 1646, as episcopacy was abolished for the duration of the Commonwealth and the

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. Parliament declared his estates forfeited for

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in 1652, and

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afterwards set a price on his head. The proclamations, however, designated him Stephen Frewen, and he was consequently able to escape into France. At the

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in 1660, he was restored to the See of Lichfield and Coventry, reappeared in public, and later the same year was

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; he took that see by the confirmation of his election on 4 October 1660. In 1661 he acted as chairman of the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frewen, Accepted 1588 births 1664 deaths People from Northiam Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Bishops of Lichfield Archbishops of York 17th-century Anglican archbishops Participants in the Savoy Conference Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Presidents of Magdalen College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford 17th-century Church of England bishops