Thomas White (1628–1698) was Bishop of Peterborough from 1685 to 1690.

Life

He was educated at St John's College, Cambridge. White held the following livings: * Vicar of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark-on-Trent, 1660–66. * Rector of

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, London, 1666–79. * Rector of

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, 1679–85. * Archdeacon of Nottingham, 1683–85. In 1683 White became chaplain to

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. He was appointed Bishop of Peterborough in 1685. He was one of the seven bishops who petitioned against the

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issued by James II in 1688, and with the others was tried and sensationally acquitted. Although the trial had contributed to the '' Glorious Revolution'', he was one of the non-juring bishops, refusing to take the oath of allegiance to William III and Mary II in 1689 and so was deprived of his see in February 1690. He died eight years later.

References

;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Thomas Bishops of Peterborough British nonjuror bishops 1628 births 1698 deaths 17th-century Church of England bishops Archdeacons of Nottingham Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge