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bars between three castles masoned Or.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>William Cleaver</b> (1742–1815) was an <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> churchman and academic, <a href="/wiki/Principal_(college)" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal (college)">Principal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brasenose_College,_Oxford" title="Brasenose College, Oxford">Brasenose College, Oxford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bishop" title="Bishop">bishop</a> of three sees. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cleaver&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was the eldest son of the Rev. William Cleaver, who was the headmaster of a private school at <a href="/wiki/Twyford,_Buckinghamshire" title="Twyford, Buckinghamshire">Twyford</a> in <a href="/wiki/Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>, and his wife Martha Lettice Lushden. He was the elder brother of <a href="/wiki/Euseby_Cleaver" title="Euseby Cleaver">Euseby Cleaver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Dublin" title="Archbishop of Dublin">Archbishop of Dublin</a> from 1809 to 1819. He was at <a href="/wiki/Magdalen_College,_Oxford" title="Magdalen College, Oxford">Magdalen College, Oxford</a>, and after taking his B.A. degree, in 1761, was a fellow of <a href="/wiki/Brasenose_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Brasenose College">Brasenose College</a>; he became M.A. on 2 May 1764. </p><p>In 1768 he was a candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Bodleian" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodleian">Bodleian</a> librarianship. The votes between him and his competitor <a href="/wiki/John_Price_(librarian)" title="John Price (librarian)">John Price</a> were equal, and the latter was appointed on account of being a few months the senior. Cleaver became tutor to <a href="/wiki/George_Nugent-Temple-Grenville,_1st_Marquess_of_Buckingham" title="George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham">George Nugent-Temple-Grenville</a>. He was successively made vicar of <a href="/wiki/Northop" title="Northop">Northop</a> in <a href="/wiki/Flintshire" title="Flintshire">Flintshire</a>, prebendary of Westminster (1784), Principal of Brasenose College (1785), <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Chester" title="Bishop of Chester">bishop of Chester</a> (1787), <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bangor" title="Bishop of Bangor">bishop of Bangor</a> (1800), and <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Asaph" title="Bishop of St Asaph">bishop of St Asaph</a> (1806). He retained the headship of Brasenose until 1809, and almost constantly lived there. </p><p>At Bangor in 1802, he cautioned an old servant who let apartments against a stray lodger who the bishop thought might be no better than a swindler. This suspicious personage was <a href="/wiki/Thomas_De_Quincey" title="Thomas De Quincey">Thomas De Quincey</a>, who mentioned the incident in his <i><a href="/wiki/English_Opium-eater" class="mw-redirect" title="English Opium-eater">English Opium-eater</a></i>. Cleaver died on 15 May 1815 in <a href="/wiki/Bruton_Street" title="Bruton Street">Bruton Street</a>, London. He was interested in the <a href="/wiki/Higher_education_of_women" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher education of women">higher education of women</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Cleaver&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among his writings were <i>De Rhythmo Graecorum</i>, 1775, and <i>Directions to the Clergy of the Diocese of Chester on the Choice of Books</i>, 1789. 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href="/wiki/Thomas_Morton_(bishop)" title="Thomas Morton (bishop)">Thomas Morton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bridgeman_(bishop)" title="John Bridgeman (bishop)">John Bridgeman</a></li> <li><i>Episcopacy abolished (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Commonwealth</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Walton_(bishop)" title="Brian Walton (bishop)">Brian Walton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Ferne" title="Henry Ferne">Henry Ferne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hall_(Bishop_of_Chester)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Hall (Bishop of Chester)">George Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wilkins" title="John Wilkins">John Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Pearson_(bishop)" title="John Pearson (bishop)">John Pearson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cartwright_(bishop)" title="Thomas Cartwright (bishop)">Thomas Cartwright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Stratford" title="Nicholas Stratford">Nicholas Stratford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Dawes,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir William Dawes, 3rd Baronet">Sir William Dawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Gastrell" title="Francis Gastrell">Francis Gastrell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Peploe_(bishop)" title="Samuel Peploe (bishop)">Samuel Peploe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Keene" title="Edmund Keene">Edmund Keene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Markham_(bishop)" title="William Markham (bishop)">William Markham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beilby_Porteus" title="Beilby Porteus">Beilby Porteus</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Majendie" title="Henry Majendie">Henry Majendie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowyer_Sparke" title="Bowyer Sparke">Bowyer Sparke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Law" title="George Henry Law">George Henry Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_James_Blomfield" title="Charles James Blomfield">Charles James Blomfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bird_Sumner" title="John Bird Sumner">John Bird Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(bishop)" title="John Graham (bishop)">John Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jacobson" title="William Jacobson">William Jacobson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Stubbs" title="William Stubbs">William Stubbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Jayne" title="Francis Jayne">Francis Jayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Paget" title="Luke Paget">Luke Paget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Fisher" title="Geoffrey Fisher">Geoffrey Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Crick" title="Douglas Crick">Douglas Crick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ellison" title="Gerald Ellison">Gerald Ellison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Whitsey" title="Victor Whitsey">Victor Whitsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Baughen" title="Michael Baughen">Michael Baughen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Forster_(bishop)" title="Peter Forster (bishop)">Peter Forster</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keith_Sinclair_(bishop)" title="Keith Sinclair (bishop)">Keith Sinclair</a> (Acting)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Tanner" title="Mark Tanner">Mark Tanner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Bishops_of_Bangor" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: #7F1734 5px solid; border-top: #7F1734 5px solid;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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title="Elfodd">Elfodd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordaf" title="Mordaf">Mordaf</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dyfan_(bishop_of_Bangor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dyfan (bishop of Bangor) (page does not exist)">Dyfan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Revedun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Revedun (page does not exist)">Revedun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hervey_le_Breton" title="Hervey le Breton">Hervey le Breton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_the_Scot" class="mw-redirect" title="David the Scot">David the Scot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meurig_(bishop)" title="Meurig (bishop)">Meurig</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arthur_of_Bardsey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arthur of Bardsey (page does not exist)">Arthur of Bardsey</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gwion_(bishop)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gwion (bishop) (page does not exist)">Gwion</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rotoland&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rotoland (page does not exist)">Rotoland</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alan_(bishop_of_Bangor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alan (bishop of Bangor) (page does not exist)">Alan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_of_Shrewsbury" title="Robert of Shrewsbury">Robert of Shrewsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadwgan_of_Llandyfai" title="Cadwgan of Llandyfai">Cadwgan of Llandyfai</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hywel_ap_Ednyfed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hywel ap Ednyfed (page does not exist)">Hywel ap Ednyfed</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_(bishop_of_Bangor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard (bishop of Bangor) (page does not exist)">Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anian_(bishop_of_Bangor)" title="Anian (bishop of Bangor)">Anian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Late Medieval</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gruffydd_ap_Iorwerth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gruffydd ap Iorwerth (page does not exist)">Gruffydd ap Iorwerth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Einion_Sais&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Einion Sais (page does not exist)">Einion Sais</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_de_Englefeld&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matthew de Englefeld (page does not exist)">Matthew de Englefeld</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ithel_ap_Robert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ithel ap Robert (page does not exist)">Ithel ap Robert</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Ringstead" title="Thomas de Ringstead">Thomas de Ringstead</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Dalby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexander Dalby (page does not exist)">Alexander Dalby</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gervase_de_Castro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gervase de Castro (page does not exist)">Gervase de Castro</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hywel_ab_Goronwy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hywel ab Goronwy (page does not exist)">Hywel ab Goronwy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gilbert_(bishop_of_St_David%27s)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Gilbert (bishop of St David's)">John Gilbert</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Herdeby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey Herdeby (page does not exist)">Geoffrey Herdeby</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Swaffham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Swaffham (page does not exist)">John Swaffham</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewis_Aber&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis Aber (page does not exist)">Lewis Aber</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Young_(bishop_of_Rochester)" title="Richard Young (bishop of Rochester)">Richard Young</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lewis_Byford&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis Byford (page does not exist)">Lewis Byford</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gruffydd_Young" title="Gruffydd Young">Gruffydd Young</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedict_Nichols" title="Benedict Nichols">Benedict Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Barrow_(bishop)" title="William Barrow (bishop)">William Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Clederowe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Clederowe (page does not exist)">John Clederowe</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Cheriton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Cheriton (page does not exist)">Thomas Cheriton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stanberry" title="John Stanberry">John Stanberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Blakedon" title="James Blakedon">James Blakedon</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Edenham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Edenham (page does not exist)">Richard Edenham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Deane_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Henry Deane (archbishop of Canterbury)">Henry Deane</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Pigot_(bishop)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Pigot (bishop) (page does not exist)">Thomas Pigot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Penny" title="John Penny">John Penny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Skevington" title="Thomas Skevington">Thomas Skevington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Capon" title="John Capon">John Capon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bird_(bishop)" title="John Bird (bishop)">John Bird</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Bulkeley" title="Arthur Bulkeley">Arthur Bulkeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Glyn_(bishop)" title="William Glyn (bishop)">William Glyn</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Clenock" class="mw-redirect" title="Maurice Clenock">Maurice Clenock</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowland_Meyrick" title="Rowland Meyrick">Rowland Meyrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Robinson_(bishop)" title="Nicholas Robinson (bishop)">Nicholas Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Bellot" title="Hugh Bellot">Hugh Bellot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vaughan_(bishop)" title="Richard Vaughan (bishop)">Richard Vaughan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Rowlands_(bishop)" title="Henry Rowlands (bishop)">Henry Rowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Bayly" title="Lewis Bayly">Lewis Bayly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Dolben" title="David Dolben">David Dolben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Griffith" title="Edmund Griffith">Edmund Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roberts_(bishop_of_Bangor)" title="William Roberts (bishop of Bangor)">William Roberts</a></li> <li><i>Episcopacy abolished (<a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_England" title="Commonwealth of England">Commonwealth</a>)</i></li> <li>William Roberts</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Price_(bishop)" title="Robert Price (bishop)">Robert Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morgan_(bishop)" title="Robert Morgan (bishop)">Robert Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Lloyd_(bishop)" title="Humphrey Lloyd (bishop)">Humphrey Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Humphreys" title="Humphrey Humphreys">Humphrey Humphreys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Evans_(bishop)" title="John Evans (bishop)">John Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hoadly" title="Benjamin Hoadly">Benjamin Hoadly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Reynolds_(bishop)" title="Richard Reynolds (bishop)">Richard Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Baker_(bishop_of_Norwich)" title="William Baker (bishop of Norwich)">William Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sherlock" title="Thomas Sherlock">Thomas Sherlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Cecil_(bishop)" title="Charles Cecil (bishop)">Charles Cecil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Herring" title="Thomas Herring">Thomas Herring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Hutton_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury)">Matthew Hutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zachary_Pearce" title="Zachary Pearce">Zachary Pearce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Egerton_(bishop)" title="John Egerton (bishop)">John Egerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ewer" title="John Ewer">John Ewer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Moore_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)">John Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Warren_(bishop)" title="John Warren (bishop)">John Warren</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">William Cleaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Randolph_(bishop_of_London)" title="John Randolph (bishop of London)">John Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Majendie" title="Henry Majendie">Henry Majendie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Bethell" title="Christopher Bethell">Christopher Bethell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Colquhoun_Campbell" title="James Colquhoun Campbell">James Colquhoun Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Lewis_Lloyd" title="Daniel Lewis Lloyd">Daniel Lewis Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watkin_Williams_(bishop)" title="Watkin Williams (bishop)">Watkin Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Watkin_Williams_(bishop)" title="Watkin Williams (bishop)">Watkin Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Davies_(bishop)" title="Daniel Davies (bishop)">Daniel Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Green_(bishop)" title="Charles Green (bishop)">Charles Green</a> (Archbishop of Wales)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Edwardes_Davies" title="David Edwardes Davies">David Edwardes Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jones_(bishop)" title="John Jones (bishop)">John Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwilym_Williams" title="Gwilym Williams">Gwilym Williams</a> (Archbishop of Wales)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cledan_Mears" title="Cledan Mears">Cledan Mears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Morgan_(bishop)" title="Barry Morgan (bishop)">Barry Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Davies" title="Saunders Davies">Saunders Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Crockett" title="Anthony Crockett">Anthony Crockett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_John" title="Andy John">Andy John</a> (Archbishop of Wales)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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class="new" title="Renchidus (page does not exist)">Renchidus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebur" title="Cebur">Cebur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melanus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melanus (page does not exist)">Melanus</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilbert_(bishop_of_St_Asaph)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gilbert (bishop of St Asaph) (page does not exist)">Gilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Monmouth" title="Geoffrey of Monmouth">Geoffrey of Monmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_(bishop_of_St_Asaph)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard (bishop of St Asaph) (page does not exist)">Richard</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Godfrey_(bishop_of_St_Asaph)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Godfrey (bishop of St Asaph) (page does not exist)">Godfrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_of_Balsham" title="Adam of Balsham">Adam of Balsham</a></li> <li><a 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England">Commonwealth</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Griffith_(bishop)" title="George Griffith (bishop)">George Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Glemham" title="Henry Glemham">Henry Glemham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_Barrow_(bishop)" title="Isaac Barrow (bishop)">Isaac Barrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Lloyd_(bishop_of_Worcester)" title="William Lloyd (bishop of Worcester)">William Lloyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Jones_(bishop)" title="Edward Jones (bishop)">Edward Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Hooper_(bishop)" title="George Hooper (bishop)">George Hooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Beveridge_(bishop)" title="William Beveridge (bishop)">William Beveridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Fleetwood" title="William Fleetwood">William Fleetwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wynne_(bishop)" title="John Wynne (bishop)">John Wynne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Hare_(bishop)" title="Francis Hare (bishop)">Francis 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