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THOMAS WHITE (1628-1698)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 602 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:WHITE (1628-1698)  , See also:bishop of See also:Peterborough, was See also:born at Aldington in See also:Kent, and educated at St See also:John's See also:College, See also:Cambridge . Having taken hoiy orders, he became See also:vicar of See also:Newark-on-See also:Trent in 1660, vicar of Allhallows the See also:Great, See also:London, in 1666, and vicar of Bottesford, See also:Leicestershire, in 1679 . In 1683 he was appointed See also:chaplain to the princess See also:Anne, and in 1685 he was chosen bishop of Peterborough . In 1688 he joined the See also:archbishop of See also:Canterbury, See also:William See also:Sancroft, and five of his See also:suffragan bishops in petitioning against the See also:declaration of See also:indulgence issued by See also:James II., sharing the trial and the See also:triumph-See also:ant acquittal of his colleagues . In 1689 he refused to take the See also:oath of See also:allegiance to William and See also:Mary and was deprived of his see, but he did not become very active among the See also:nonjurors . See also:White died on the 3oth of May 1698 . The bishop must be distinguished not only from the founder of See also:Sion College, but also from See also:Thomas White (1593-1676), philosopher and controversialist . Educated at St Omer, See also:Valladolid and See also:Douai, the latter was ordained See also:priest in 1617, and taught for some years in the college at Douai . Later he was See also:president of the See also:English college at See also:Lisbon . He died in London on the 6th of See also:July 1676 . White was a voluminous writer; not only did he engage in controversy with Protestants, but he attacked the See also:personal See also:infallibility of the See also:pope .

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