Francis Turner

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Anglican bishop Bishop of Ely human

Francis Turner was a 17th-century English bishop of Ely best known as one of the Seven Bishops who opposed James II’s Declaration of Indulgence and were subsequently tried and acquitted for seditious libel.

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Label Occurrences
Francis Turner canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican bishop ⓘ
Bishop of Ely ⓘ
human ⓘ
almaMater New College, Oxford ⓘ
appointedBy James II of England ⓘ
birthYear c. 1637 ⓘ
burialPlace Ely Cathedral ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathYear 1700 ⓘ
diocese Diocese of Ely ⓘ
educatedAt New College, Oxford ⓘ
facedChargeOf seditious libel ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
honorificPrefix The Right Reverend ⓘ
knownFor being one of the Seven Bishops ⓘ
opposition to James II’s Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
laterOpposed William III and Mary II’s regime ⓘ
legalOutcome acquittal ⓘ
memberOf Church of England ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableEvent trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
surface form: Trial of the Seven Bishops
notableWork Opposition to James II’s Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
opposedTo Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
surface form: James II’s Declaration of Indulgence
participantIn Glorious Revolution ⓘ
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
surface form: Trial of the Seven Bishops
politicalAlignment Jacobitism ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Ely ⓘ
Dean of Windsor ⓘ
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
supported James II of England ⓘ
surface form: James II of England (initially)

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Seven Bishops → member → Francis Turner ⓘ
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → defendant → Francis Turner ⓘ