John Hanmer (1574–1629) was a Welsh

bishop of St. Asaph The Bishop of St Asaph heads the Church in Wales diocese of St Asaph. The diocese covers the counties of Conwy and Flintshire, Wrexham county borough, the eastern part of Merioneth in Gwynedd and part of northern Powys. The Episcopal seat is loc ...

Life

Hanmer was born at Pentrepant, in the parish of

Selattyn Selattyn ( Welsh: ''Sylatyn'') is the name of a village close to Oswestry in Shropshire, England, on the England–Wales border. The village is near Offa's Dyke, which bounds the parish on the west. The parish includes the townships of Upper a ...

, near

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. He matriculated at

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...

, 2 June 1592, and became a fellow of

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in 1596, proceeding B.A. 14 July 1596, M.A. 5 April 1600, B.D. 1 Dec. 1615, and D.D. 13 November 1616. In 1605 he acted as junior proctor when George Abbot was vice-chancellor in a year made memorable by a visit of

James I James I may refer to: People *James I of Aragon (1208–1276) *James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327) *James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu *James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347) *James I of Cyprus (1334–13 ...

to the university. He became rector of

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, and in January 1614 was appointed prebendary of Worcester. He was also a chaplain to James I. On 20 January 1624 he was elected bishop of St. Asaph, in succession to Richard Parry. He was consecrated on 15 February by Archbishop Abbot at

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. On 16 February, he received the restitution of his temporalities, and, owing to the poverty of the see, was allowed to retain his prebend along with the archdeaconry of St. Asaph and other benefices ''

in commendam In canon law, commendam (or ''in commendam'') was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice ''in trust'' to the ''custody'' of a patron. The phrase ''in commendam'' was originally applied to the provisional occupation of an ecclesiastical ...

'', to the amount in all of £150l. per annum. cites Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1623–5, pp. 158, 160 He died at Pentrepant on 23 July 1629, and was buried the next day in Selattyn Church among the ashes of his forefathers. A brass in Selattyn Church spoke of his piety, activity, and happy end. He was of the same family as

Meredith Hanmer Meredith Hanmer (1543–1604) was a Welsh clergyman, known as a controversialist, historian, and translator. He was considered embittered, by the Lord-Deputy William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh; but he appears now as a shrewd observer ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanmer, John 1574 births 1629 deaths Anglican chaplains 16th-century English clergy Bishops of St Asaph Clergy from Shropshire Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford 17th-century Welsh Anglican bishops