Francis White (bishop)
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The Right Reverend Francis White |
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| Bishop of Ely | |
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| Diocese | Diocese of Ely |
| In office | 1631–1638 |
| Predecessor | John Buckeridge |
| Successor | Matthew Wren |
| Other posts |
Dean of Carlisle (1622–26) Bishop of Carlisle (1626–29) Bishop of Norwich (1629–31) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
c. 1564 Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire |
| Died | February 1638 Ely House, Holborn, London |
| Buried | St Paul's Cathedral |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Francis White (c. 1564 – 1638) was an English bishop and controversialist.
He was son of Peter White (died 19 December 1615), vicar of Eaton Socon, Bedfordshire, was born at Eaton Socon about 1564 (parish register begins in 1566). His father had five sons, all clergymen, among them John White (1570?–1615), chaplain to James I. Francis, after passing through the grammar school at St Neots, Huntingdonshire, was admitted pensioner at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, on 20 March 1579, aged 15. He graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1583, Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1586, and was ordained priest by John Aylmer, Bishop of London, on 17 May 1588.
His early preferments were the rectory of Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, a lectureship at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and the rectory of St. Peter's, Cornhill, London. In controversy against Catholicism he took a prominent part, and it produced his first publication. He graduated Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1618. Early in 1622 he was employed by James I as a disputant against John Percy alias Fisher (1569–1641), to stay the Roman Catholic tendencies of Mary, Countess of Buckingham. He held two conferences; the third (24 May 1622) was entrusted to William Laud. White's Replie to Fisher (1624) was dedicated to James I. On 14 September 1622 White was presented to the deanery of Carlisle (installed 15 October). He took part, in conjunction with Daniel Featley, in another discussion with Fisher, opened on 27 June 1623, at the house of Humphrey Lynde, in Sheer Lane, London.
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