George Cornelius Gorham
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George Cornelius Gorham was a priest in the Church of England. He was denied a vicarage due to his controversial views on infant baptism, and his appeal of that decision to a secular court caused reli
Gorham in 1850
Plaque for George Cornelius Gorham in St Neots
Henry Phillpotts
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Henry Phillpotts, often called "Henry of Exeter", was the Anglican Bishop of Exeter from 1830 to 1869. He was one of England's longest serving bishops since the 14th century.
George Cornelius Gorham
…After being ordained as a priest on 23 February 1812 and serving as a curate in several parishes, he was instituted as vicar of St Just in Penwith by Henry Phillpotts, Bishop of Exeter, in 1846. In 1847 Gorham was presented by the Earl of Cottenham, the Lord Chancellor, to the vicarage of Brampford Speke, a parish…
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Henry Phillpotts, by John Prescott Knight.
Phillpotts in old age
Carved head of a bishop at Chevithorne, possibly that of Henry Phillpotts