James Fleetwood was an English clergyman and Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester

The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...

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Life

He was descended from the old Lancashire family of Fleetwood and was the seventh son of Sir George Fleetwood of Chalfont St Giles

Chalfont St Giles

Chalfont St Giles is a village and civil parish within Chiltern district in south east Buckinghamshire, England, on the edge of the Chilterns, 25 miles from London, and near Seer Green, Jordans, Chalfont St Peter, Little Chalfont and Amersham....

, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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He was educated at Eton

Eton College

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 and Kings College, Cambridge. Upon his ordination he was appointed chaplain

Chaplain

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 to Dr Wright Bishop of Lichfield

Bishop of Lichfield

The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 4,516 km² of the counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed...

. He became vicar of Prees, Shropshire

Shropshire

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 and a Prebendary

Prebendary

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 of Eccleshall

Eccleshall

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Fleetwood was a committed Royalist

Cavalier

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 and served as chaplain in the King's Army during the Civil War

English Civil War

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. In 1642 he was awarded a Doctorate of Divinity by King Charles

Charles I of England

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 in recognition of his services at the Battle of Edge Hill,and in the same year was appointed Rector of Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield

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 and chaplain to Charles, Prince of Wales.

At the end of the Civil War he was ejected from the living of Sutton Coldfield but on the Restoration

English Restoration

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 he was appointed as chaplain to Charles II

Charles II of England

Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...

 and Provost

Provost (education)

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 of Kings College, Cambridge. He was later Rector of Anstey, Hertfordshire

Anstey, Hertfordshire

Anstey is a village and civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire, England, about fifteen miles north-east of Stevenage. According to the 2001 census the population of the parish was 338. There is at least one book on the history of this village titled "Anstey, a...

 and of Denham, Buckinghamshire

Denham, Buckinghamshire

Denham is a village and civil parish in the South Buckinghamshire district of Buckinghamshire, England. It is north west of Uxbridge and north of junction 1 of the M40 motorway. Denham contains the Buckinghamshire Golf Club.-Origin:...

 and in 1675 was appointed Bishop of Worcester.

He died in 1683 and was buried in Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral

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