About Henry Ferne
Lived 1602 – 1662 (aged 59–60). Henry Ferne was a presbyter.
Arms: Party per bend indented Argent and Gules a crescent for difference. Henry Ferne (1602 – 16 March 1662) was an English bishop.
Life
Ferne was born in York. He was educated at Uppingham School to which he was sent by Sir Thomas Nevill of Holt who had married his mother. He was admitted to St Mary Hall, Oxford, in 1618, and to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1620. He graduated B.A. in 1623 and was elected fellow in 1624. He became Chaplain Extraordinary to Charles I; Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1660 to 1662; Dean of Ely, about 1662; Bishop of Chester, February 1662, and died in Chester five weeks after his consecration, on 16 March.
Works
He wrote many controversial pamphlets and was one of those who attacked James Harrington's book The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656).
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British bishop
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Henry Ferne was born in 1602.
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Henry Ferne died on 16 March 1662.
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Henry Ferne was a presbyter.
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