Edward Reynolds

Arms of Edward Reynolds, Bishop of Norwich: See of Norwich (Azure, three mitres labelled or) impaling Reynolds (Argent, a chevron chequy gules and azure between three cross-crosslets sable). Lincoln's Inn Chapel, where he served as Preacher Edward Reynolds (November 1599 – 28 July 1676) was a bishop of Norwich in the Church of England and an author. He was born in Holyrood parish in Southampton, the son of Augustine (Austin) Reynolds, one of the customers of the city, and his wife, Bridget.

Career In 1615, Reynolds became postmaster of Merton College and in 1620, probationer fellow. In 1622 he was appointed Preacher at Lincoln's Inn (where he is memorialised by his arms sculpted on a corbel supporting the roof of a Hall) from 1627 to 1628 served as the thirty-seventh vicar of All Saints' Church, Northampton, and in 1631 rector of Braunston, also in Northamptonshire; but with the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, he sided with the Presbyterians. He preached before parliament in January 1657, and the same year he became vicar of St Lawrence Jewry, London, but was restored to his deanery in 1659. His contribution to the Book of Common Prayer is The General Thanksgiving prayer which is part of the office of Morning Prayer. His collected works were published in 1658, again in 1679 and, with a memoir of his life by Alexander Chambers, in 1826.

Later years and death In his later years Reynolds was severely affected by the stone and strangury, and he died on 28 July 1676 at his bishop's palace. He was buried on 9 August in the bishop's chapel he had newly built at Norwich. He was survived by his wife Mary. Their daughter Elizabeth married John Conant.

Works An explication of the hundred and tenth Psalm (1837 printing) https://archive.org/details/explicationofhun00reyn An explication of the hundred and tenth Psalm : wherein the several heads of Christian religion therein contained, touching the exaltation of Christ, the scepter of his kingdom, the character of his subjects, his priesthood, victories, sufferings, and resurrection, are largely explained and applied : being the substance of several sermons preached at Lincolns Inne (1642) https://archive.org/details/anexplication00reynuoft A treatise of the passions and faculties of the soule of man : with the severall dignities and corruptions thereunto belonging (1640) https://archive.org/details/passio00reyn The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich (vol 1) (1826) https://archive.org/details/wholeworksright00chalgoog The whole works of ... Edward Reynolds, now first collected [by J.R. Pitman] (vol 2) (1826) https://archive.org/details/wholeworksedwar01reyngoog The whole works of ... Edward Reynolds, now first collected [by J.R. Pitman] (vol 3) (1826) https://archive.org/details/wholeworksedwar02reyngoog The whole works of ... Edward Reynolds, now first collected [by J.R. Pitman] (vol 4) The whole works of ... Edward Reynolds, now first collected [by J.R. Pitman] (vol 5) (1826) https://archive.org/details/wholeworksedwar00reyngoog The whole works of ... Edward Reynolds, now first collected [by J.R. Pitman] (vol 6) An humble exhortation to the ... House of commons ... Taken out of a sermon (1711) https://archive.org/details/anhumbleexhorta00reyngoog