Gilbert Sheldon
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The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Gilbert Sheldon |
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| Archbishop of Canterbury | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Province of Canterbury |
| Diocese | Diocese of Canterbury |
| Elected | 11 August 1663 (elected); 31 August 1663 (election confirmed) |
| Installed | 7 September 1663 (by proxy) |
| Term ended | 9 November 1677 (death) |
| Predecessor | William Juxon |
| Successor | William Sancroft |
| Other posts |
Dean of the Chapel Royal (1660–1663) Bishop of London (1660–1663) Master of the Savoy (1661–1663) Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1667–1669) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
19 June 1598 Stanton, Staffordshire |
| Died | 9 November 1677 (aged 79) Lambeth Palace, Surrey |
| Buried | Croydon parish church, Surrey |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Roger Sheldon |
| Profession | Theologian |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
| Ordination history of Gilbert Sheldon | |
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Diaconal ordination
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| Ordained by | John Howson (Oxford) |
| Date of ordination | 23 May 1624 |
| Place of ordination | Dorchester on Thames |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | Brian Duppa (Winch.) |
| Co-consecrators |
Accepted Frewen (York), Matthew Wren (Ely), John Warner (Rochester), Henry King (Chichester) |
| Date of consecration | 28 October 1660 |
| Place of consecration | Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey |
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Gilbert Sheldon (19 June 1598 – 9 November 1677) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1663 until his death.
He was born in Stanton, Staffordshire in the parish of Ellastone, on 19 June 1598, (according to an entry in Sheldon's family Bible, now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, which states in handwriting, 'Gilb. Sheldon, borne June 19, 1598.'), the youngest son of Roger Sheldon; his father worked for Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury. He was educated at Trinity College, Oxford; he matriculated at Oxford on 1 July 1614, graduated BA from Trinity College on 27 November 1617, and MA(Oxon) on 28 June 1620. In 1619 he was incorporated at Cambridge. In 1622 he was elected fellow of All Souls' College, where he took the degrees of BD on 11 November 1628 and DD on 25 June 1634. In 1622 he was ordained, and shortly afterwards he became domestic chaplain to Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry.
In March 1626 he was elected warden of All Souls' on the death of Richard Astley. He had already made the acquaintance of William Laud, and corresponded with him on college business, university politics, and on the conversion of William Chillingworth from Roman Catholicism. Sheldon was not initially a Laudian, and he resisted (unsuccessfully) Laud's appointment of Jeremy Taylor to a fellowship at All Souls'. In 1634 and 1640 he was pro-vice-chancellor. In 1638 he was on the commission of visitation for Merton College; the visit produced a report requiring reforms.
During the years 1632–1639 he received the livings of Hackney (1633); Oddington, Oxfordshire; Ickford, Buckinghamshire (1636); and Newington, Oxfordshire; besides being a prebendary of Gloucester from 1632. Sheldon gravitated towards the Great Tew circle of Lucius Cary (Falkland), and was on friendly terms with Edward Hyde; he had no Puritan sympathies. He became a royal chaplain through Coventry, and the king intended preferment for him, plans interrupted by the political crises.
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