Joseph Henshaw (1608–1679) was
bishop of Peterborough in the
East of England from 1663 until his death. Henshaw was educated at
London Charterhouse
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and Magdalen Hall of
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, receiving a B.A. in 1624 and a
D.D.
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in 1639. He subsequently was
chaplain to the
Earl of Bristol and
Duke of Buckingham
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; held benefices in
Sussex; was delinquent in debts for which he had to compound for his estate in 1646. In 1660, he was precentor and
dean of Chichester and dean of
Windsor
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. From that office he ascended to bishop of Peterborough.
His ''Horæ Succisivæ'' (1631) was edited by
William Barclay Turnbull for republication in 1839, and ''Meditations miscellaenous, holy and humane'' (1637); they were reprinted at Oxford in 1841. ''Horæ Succisivæ'' was also translated into Danish by the vicar at
Voss
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in western Norway in the 17th century when British theological works were being distributed among Norwegian clergy.
See also
*
List of bishops of Peterborough
*
List of Old Carthusians
References
External links
1608 births
1679 deaths
People from Peterborough
Bishops of Peterborough
Deans of Chichester
17th-century Church of England bishops
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