Jonathan Trelawny

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Jonathan Trelawny was a 17th-century English bishop and one of the Seven Bishops famously tried and acquitted for resisting King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence.

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Jonathan Trelawny canonical 3
John Trelawney 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican bishop
Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Winchester
English politician
human
member of the Seven Bishops
associatedWith Declaration of Indulgence
birthDate 1650-03-24
birthPlace Cornwall
England
Pelynt
causeOfNotability acquittal in a landmark trial for seditious libel in 1688
countryOfCitizenship England
deathDate 1721-07-19
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Westminster School
familyName Trelawney
surface form: Trelawny
father Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Baronet
givenName Jonathan
honorificPrefix The Right Reverend
memberOf Trelawny family of Cornwall
mother Mary Seymour
name Jonathan Trelawny self-link
notableFor being one of the Seven Bishops tried in 1688
resisting King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence
occupation bishop
politician
parliamentaryRole Member of Parliament for East Looe
Member of Parliament for West Looe
participantIn Glorious Revolution
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688)
surface form: Trial of the Seven Bishops
positionHeld Bishop of Bristol
Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Winchester
Chaplain to King Charles II
Dean of St Buryan
Rector of South Hill
Rector of St Ives
religion Church of England
religiousDenomination Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
spouse Rebecca Hele
supported Church of England opposition to James II
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
title Bishop of Bristol
surface form: Lord Bishop of Bristol

Bishop of Exeter
surface form: Lord Bishop of Exeter

Bishop of Winchester
surface form: Lord Bishop of Winchester

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Seven Bishops member Jonathan Trelawny
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) defendant Jonathan Trelawny
Squire Trelawney fullName Jonathan Trelawny
this entity surface form: John Trelawney
Jonathan Trelawny name Jonathan Trelawny self-link