Gilbert Sheldon

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Gilbert Sheldon was a 17th-century English Archbishop of Canterbury and influential churchman who played a key role in restoring and shaping the Church of England after the English Civil War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 17th-century Anglican theologian
Archbishop of Canterbury
English Anglican priest
human
almaMater Oxford University NERFINISHED
burialPlace Croydon Parish Church
canonizedBy none
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth 1598-06-19
dateOfDeath 1677-11-09
educatedAt All Souls College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Trinity College, Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName Sheldon
givenName Gilbert
hasHonor member of the Privy Council
influenced Anglican uniformity legislation
Restoration religious policy in England
knownFor close association with King Charles II
influential role in shaping post–Civil War Church of England
leading churchman of the Restoration era
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Church of England episcopate
Privy Council of England
notableWork involvement in the Savoy Conference (1661)
patronage of the Sheldonian Theatre
role in the Restoration settlement of the Church of England
support for the Act of Uniformity 1662
occupation clergyman
theologian
participantIn English Restoration
re-establishment of the Church of England after the English Civil War
placeOfBirth Elmore, Staffordshire
Staffordshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Lambeth Palace
London
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury (1663–1677)
Bishop of London
Bishop of London (1660–1663)
Bishop of London (nominated)
Bishop of London in the Church of England
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Dean of the Chapel Royal
Warden of All Souls College, Oxford
religion Anglicanism
Church of England
residence Lambeth Palace
Oxford
sexOrGender male
supportedBy Charles II of England

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