John Lake (bishop)

Dr. John Lake
Born	1624 Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire
Died	1689 Quedgeley, Gloucestershire or Eardisley, Herefordshire
Education	St John's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Bishop

For other people called John Lake, see John Lake (disambiguation).

John Lake (1624–1689) was a 17th-century Bishop of Sodor and Man, Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Chichester in the British Isles.

Life

He was born in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at St John's College, Cambridge. He was an ardent Royalist and fought valiantly for the King at Basing House and Wallingford.

On leaving the army, Lake entered the Church and rose to become Bishop of Sodor and Man on 7 January 1683. He was translated to Bristol on 12 August 1684 and to Chichester on 19 October 1685. He was one of the seven bishops imprisoned by James II. However, during the Glorious Revolution, he voted for a regency for the Kings's son. He refused to accept William and Mary and was suspended from office on 1 August 1689. Lake died on 30 August following.

Bishop Lake, from a portrait of the "Seven Bishops".

External links

• Lives of the Seven Bishops committed to the Tower in 1688: Dr. John Lake

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Bridgeman	Bishop of Sodor and Man 1682–1684	Succeeded by Baptist Levinz
Preceded by William Gulston	Bishop of Bristol 1684–1685	Succeeded by Jonathan Trelawny
Preceded by Guy Carleton	Bishop of Chichester 1685–1689	Succeeded by Simon Patrick