Seven Bishops

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Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop group of Anglican bishops

The Seven Bishops were a group of senior Anglican clergymen who famously opposed James II’s Declaration of Indulgence in 1688, becoming symbols of resistance to royal overreach in England.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Francis Turner 0
John Lake 0
Jonathan Trelawny 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Bishop ⓘ
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group of Anglican bishops ⓘ
associatedWith Glorious Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688
charge seditious libel ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
date 1688 ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 17th century ⓘ
impact encouraged opposition leading to the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
undermined James II's authority ⓘ
jurisdiction Church of England ⓘ
languageOfPetition English ⓘ
legalProceeding trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
surface form: King's Bench trial of 1688
legalStatusInTrial acquitted ⓘ
locationOfTrial Court of King’s Bench ⓘ
surface form: Court of King's Bench
member Francis Turner ⓘ
John Lake ⓘ
Jonathan Trelawny ⓘ
Thomas Ken ⓘ
Thomas White ⓘ
William Lloyd ⓘ
Archbishop William Sancroft ⓘ
surface form: William Sancroft
memberOf Seven Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Seven Bishops ⓘ
monarchOpposed James II of England ⓘ
notableFor collective resistance to royal religious policy ⓘ
opposed Declaration of Indulgence ⓘ
surface form: James II's Declaration of Indulgence

royal dispensing power over religious laws ⓘ
petitionAddressedTo James II of England ⓘ
politicalContext events leading to the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
reign of James II of England ⓘ
reasonForOpposition belief that the Declaration of Indulgence was illegal ⓘ
defense of parliamentary authority over law ⓘ
religion Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ
surface form: Anglicanism
significantEvent trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
surface form: Petition against the Declaration of Indulgence

trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) ⓘ
surface form: Trial of the Seven Bishops
symbolized defense of the Church of England ⓘ
resistance to royal overreach ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seven Bishops → memberOf → Seven Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Francis Turner
Seven Bishops → memberOf → Seven Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Ken
Seven Bishops → memberOf → Seven Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas White
Seven Bishops → memberOf → Seven Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: William Lloyd
Seven Bishops → memberOf → Seven Bishops self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: William Sancroft
Archbishop William Sancroft → partOf → Seven Bishops ⓘ
subject surface form: William Sancroft