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The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
John Williams (22 March 1582 – 25 March 1650) was a Welsh clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621–1641, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1621–1625, and Archbishop of York 1641–1646. He was the last bishop to serve as lord chancellor.
John Williams, Bishop of Lincoln, and later Archbishop of York, is one of the key figures in the Library's history, having largely financed the building of what is now the Old Library. Born in Aberconwy he attended school in Ruthin before graduating from St John's in 1601, and taking his MA in 1605.
John Williams (22 March 1582 – 25 March 1650) was a Welsh clergyman and political advisor to King James I. He served as Bishop of Lincoln 1621–1641, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1621–1625, and Archbishop of York 1641–1646. He was the last bishop to serve as lord chancellor.
Occupation: dean of Westminster, lord keeper of the great seal, archbishop of York. Area of activity: Religion. Author: Barbara Dew Roberts. Born 22 March 1582 at Conway, the second son of Edmund and Mary Williams.
Williams was Bishop of Lincoln from 1621 to 1641, and Archbishop of York from 1641 until his death in 1650 (although episcopacy was abolished by Parliament in 1646). See this entry at Wikipedia and this page at St John’s College, Cambridge.
His lifelong conflict with John Williams, later bishop of Lincoln and archbishop of York, began when both sought advancement through the patronage of Charles’s favourite, the Duke of Buckingham.
