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JOHN HACKET (1592-1670)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 793 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:HACKET (1592-1670)  , See also:bishop of See also:Lichfield and See also:Coventry, was See also:born in See also:London and educated at See also:Westminster and Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge . On taking his degree he was elected a See also:fellow of his college, and soon afterwards wrote the See also:comedy of Loiola (London, 1648), which was twice performed before See also:James I . He was ordained in 1618, and through the See also:influence of See also:John See also:Williams (1582-1650) became See also:rector in 1621 of Stoke See also:Hammond, Bucks, and See also:Kirkby Underwood, See also:Lincolnshire . In 1623 he was See also:chaplain to James, and in 1624 Williams presented him to the livings of St See also:Andrew's, See also:Holborn, and Cheam, See also:Surrey . When the so-called " See also:root-and-See also:branch See also:bill " was before See also:parliament in 1641, See also:Hacket was selected to plead in the See also:House of See also:Commons for the continuance of See also:cathedral establishments . In 1645 his living of St Andrew's was sequestered, but he was allowed to retain the rectory of Cheam . On the See also:accession of See also:Charles II. his fortunes improved; he frequently preached before the See also:king, and in 1661 was consecrated bishop of Lichfield and Coventry . His best-known See also:book is the excellent See also:biography of his See also:patron, See also:Archbishop Williams, entitled Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the See also:great Deservings of John Williams, D.D . (London, 1693) .

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