John Dolben, Archbishop of York ( 1625 - 1686 )

Birth: Stanwick, Northamptonshire, England (20 March 1625 ) Death: Bishopthorpe Palace, Yorkshire (c 15 April 1686) Burial: North side of south aisle of York Minster Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Education: Westminster School; Christ Church, Oxford; MA (1647); DD (1660); Gray's Inn (admitted 1674) Career: Student of Christ Church (1640-1648), deprived by the Parliamentary Visitors; Major in the King's Army (1643-1646); wounded at Marston Moor and the siege of York; ordained (1656); with Fell and Allestree, maintained services of Church of England in secret (1656-1660); Canon of Christ Church (1660); Incumbent of Newington-cum-Britwell, Oxfordshire (1660-1662); Prebendary of St Paul's (1661-1666); Archdeacon of London (1662-1664); Vicar of St Giles's Cripplegate, London (1662); Dean of Westminster (1662-1683); Prolocutor of the Lower House of Convocation (1664); Clerk of the Closet (1664-1667); Bishop of Rochester (1666-1683); Lord High Almoner (1675); Archbishop of York (1683-1686); died of smallpox Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/03/1665.