The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
John Cosin, Bishop of Durham (30 Nov 1595 - 15 Jan 1672)
Consecrated bishop of Durham on 2 December 1660. An associate of Bargrave in Paris, whom Brennan identifies him as John Cosin (1594-1672) who "served as chaplain to the Anglican royalists at Paris from 1642 until the Restoration" (104, n. 34). He was Master of Peterhouse and became Vice-chancellor of Cambridge in 1639 and Dean of Peterborough in 1640. He was was deprived of his benefices by the Long Parliament. It appears Bargrave had his letters sent to Cosin when he was in Paris. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/6372 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cosin Relevant locations: Member of Peterhouse, Cambridge UniversityResidence at Paris, Île-de-France
Title (royalty or holy order) Durham (Diocese), Durham County
Relationships: John Cosin was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John Bargrave (1610-1680)
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - The Exile of Two Kentish Royalists During the English Civil War.
References in Documents:
Bargrave's Travel Diary (Canterbury Cathedral CCA U11/8)
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