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FREWEN (1588—1664)  , archbishop of York, was born at Northiam, in Sussex, and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where in 1612 he became a fellow . In 1617 and 1621 the college allowed him to act as chaplain to Sir John Digby, ambassador in Spain . At Madrid he preached a sermon which pleased'Prince Charles, afterwards Charles I., and the latter on his accession appointed Frewen one of his chaplains . In 1625 he became canon of Canterbury and vice-president of Magdalen College, and in the following year he was elected president . He was vice-chancellor of the university in 1628 and 1629, and again in 1638 and 1639 . It was mainly by his instrumentality that the university plate was sent to the king at York in 1642 . Two years later he was consecrated bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and resigned his presidentship . Parliament declared his estates forfeited for treason in 1652, and Cromwell afterwards set a price on his head . The proclamations, however, designated him Stephen Frewen, and he was consequently able to escape into France . At the Restoration he reappeared in public, and in 166o he was consecrated archbishop of York . In 1661 he acted as chairman of the Savoy conference .