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 BISHOPS. 241 1555—6, and was there buried. A conge d'elire, vice bishop Aldridge, issued 21st July 1556 ^ 1557 Owen Oglethorpe, S.T.P., dean of Windsor and pre- 4 & 5 P. & M.sident of Magdalen college^ Oxford, as bishop elect, had the custody of the temporalities granted to him 27 th Oct. 15561^, was consecrated in Chiswick church 15th Aug. 1557, and had plenary restitution of the tempo- ralities 28th Jan. 1557-817. He was deprived in i^^f), died shortly afterwards 1^, and was buried in the church of St. Dunstan in the West, London. A conge d'ehre, vice Owen Oglethorpe, issued 29th March 1560^9. 156 1 John Best, S.T.B., prebendary of Wells, was conse- 3 Eiiz. crated 2nd March 1560-1, and obtained restitution of the temporahties 18th April 20 following. He died 22nd May 1570, and was buried in Carlisle cathedral. The license to elect a bishop in the room of John Best is dated 14th June 1570-1, in pursuance of which 1570 Richard Barnes, suffragan bishop of Nottingham-', 12 Eiiz. was elected to the see of Carlisle 25th June 1570, and received the royal assent 13th July 23; the temporal- ities were restored to him on the 26th of the same month*2*. In May 1577 he was translated to Dur- ham. On 28th May 1577 a license issued to elect a ^•^ Pat. 3 & 4 Phil. & Mar. p. i. the church of God, and giving n™- 8. him to understand that the said '^ Ibid. m. 25. bishopric was to be left untouched '' Pat. 4 & 5 Phil. & Mar. p. i. and entire, as Dr.Oglethorpe had m. 2. left it. (Life of Bern. Gilpin, 4to. '^3i8t Dec. 1559. His will, 1629.) It was the earl of Bedford dated loth Nov. 1559, was proved that recommended Mr. Gilpin to 13th Jan. 1559-60. the Queen : upon his refusal the ^'•^ Pat. 2 Eiiz. p. 14. m. 30. bishopric was given to Dr. John n4th April 1560 Edwin, bishop Best. Ibid, of Worcester, wrote to his cousin 20 >^^ ^ z. p. 9. m. 34. Mr. Bernard Gilpin, persuading 21 Pat. 12 Eiiz. p. 7. m. 18. him to accept the bishopric of 22 So created 4th Jan. 1567. Carlisle, to which he was nomi- Pat. 9 Eiiz. p. 11. m. 33. natcd by the Queen, and charg- 2.'< i>at. 12 Eiiz. p. 7. m. 18. ing him to refuse not to assist 24 ihid. m. 17. his country and to do seri'ice to VOL. 111. I i