Henry Compton (bishop)
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Henry Compton was an Anglican clergyman who served as the Bishop of London from 1675 to 1713.
Portrait of Henry Compton by Godfrey Kneller (1712)
Arms of Henry Compton (See of London impaling Compton) between portraits of executed King Charles I (with falling crown) and his successor Queen Mary II. St Mary's Church, Harlow, Essex
Henry Compton circa 1675
William Sancroft
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William Sancroft was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury, and was one of the Seven Bishops imprisoned in 1688 for seditious libel against King James II, over his opposition to the king's Declaration of
Henry Compton (bishop)
…being one of the Immortal Seven who invited William to invade England. He performed the ceremony of their coronation as the Archbishop of Canterbury William Sancroft considered himself still bound by his oath of allegiance to James II. Among other appointments, Compton was chosen as one of the commissioners for…
Portrait by Bernard Lens II
The chapel of Emmanuel College, Cambridge; engraving by David Loggan (1690)