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Date. 



1699. By JOHN HOUGH, whose mother was the daughter of John Byrch, 

 Esq. of Leacroft, in this county. He was educated at Walsall-school, 

 and admitted of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was Bishop of 

 Oxford, in 1690, and translated to Lichfield, in 1699, and from 

 thence to Worcester, in 1717- He was a very amiable and dis- 

 tinguished character, and died in 1743, in the 93d year of his age. 

 He was the 74th Bishop. 



1717. He was succeeded by Dr. EDWARD CHANDLER, an Irishman, who 

 had been Chaplain to Bishop Lloyd, and was translated from this 

 See to Durham, for which it was said he gave j9000. : he was a 

 Prelate of great erudition. He published " A Defence of Christi- 

 anity," and three Sermons. Bishop Chandler died in 1/50, and 

 was the 74th Bishop. 



1750. His successor was RICHARD SMALLBROOKE, born, it is believed, 

 at Birmingham, in which town is a street of that name. He was 

 Chaplain to Archbishop Tenison, and a considerable author. His 

 Vindication of Our Saviour's Miracles, against the attack of 

 Woolston, is written with much ability and acuteness : he wrote 

 23 books, and filled -his Church with his relations. He married 

 and had issue three sons and four daughters, 1. Thomas Small- 

 brooke, A. M. Archdeacon of Coventry, Precentor, of Lichfield, 

 and Chancellor of this Diocese ; 2. Richard Smallbrooke, L.L.D. 

 Advocate in Doctor's Commons, who, in 1742, became joint Chan- 

 cellor with his brother. He was the 75th Bishop. 



1750. FREDERICK CORNWALLIS was the next successor. Having presided 

 over this Diocese 18 years, with wisdom, diligence, and benevolence, 

 he was translated to Canterbury, in 1768. He was the 76th Bishop. 



1768. JOHN EOERTON, son of Henry, Bishop of Hereford, succeeded 

 him, but was translated to the See of Durham, July 8, 1771. He 

 was the 77th Bishop, and his successor was 



1771. The Hon. BROWNLOW NORTH, Dean of Canterbury. Lord 

 North was at this time Minister. He was translated to Winchester, 

 and was the 78th Bishop. 



1771. The next wha presided over this See, was RICHARD HURD. He 

 was born at Congreve, near Penkridge, but afterwards removed 

 to Penford, where his father occupied a farm, and was educated 

 at Breewood-school, under Dr. Budworth : he afterwards pursued 

 his academical studies with great ability, and becoming Fellow 

 of Emaimel College, Cambridge, was appointed Archdeacon of 

 Gloucester, a-nd Assistant Preacher of the Rolls Chapel with Bishop 

 Warburton. After this, he was preacher of Lincoln's Inn, and 

 Lord Mansfield soon cultivated his acquaintance : he was Clerk of 

 the Closet, and had the honour of being tutor to the Prince of 

 Wales. He was an elegant and accomplished 8cholar, as wll 



