John Phillips (bishop of Sodor and Man)

Styles of John Phillips

Reference style	The Right Reverend
Spoken style	My Lord
Religious style	Bishop

John Phillips (1555? – 7 August 1633)^[1] was the Anglican Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1604/5 and 1633. His most notable contribution to society was the writing down of the Manx Language.

Early life

He was born in Wales and educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1579 and M.A. in 1584.

Career

In 1579 he became rector of Sessay in the North Riding of Yorkshire and in 1583 rector of Thorpe Bassett in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He was collated Archdeacon of Man in 1587 and made rector of Andreas in the Isle of Man. In 1590 he was appointed chaplain to Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby. In 1591 he was made rector of Slingsby in the North Riding of Yorkshire and in 1601 appointed archdeacon of Cleveland. In 1605 he followed George Lloyd as bishop of Sodor and Man, retaining in commendam the archdeaconry of Man and his English preferments.

He died in 1633 at Bishop's Court, in the parish of Ballaugh and was buried in St Germans Cathedral, Peel.

Writing Manx

In order to preach to the Manx peasantry, he dictated that the Book of Common Prayer, and later the Bible be translated, and a new writing system was invented.

It is thought to be based on phonetic of Yorkshire English, which suggests it was written by someone else as opposed to him, as he was Welsh born.

References

↑ Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M.; Mussett, Patrick, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 11, pp. 146–150

Sources

Bishops of Sodor and Man

Precursor titles

Bishops of Mann	Germanus Conindrius Romulus Machutus Conanus Contentus Baldus Malchus Torkinus Brendanus Roolwer William Hamond

Bishops of Mann and The Isles	Wimund Nicholas John (I) Gamaliel Reginald (I) Christian Michael Nicholas Reginald (II) Nicholas de Meaux John (II) Simon Laurence Richard (de Natherton?) Gilbert Mark Alan Gilbert Maclelan Bernard of Kilwinning Cormac Cormacii Thomas de Rossy William Russell

Bishops of Sodor and Man

Pre-Reformation	John Dongan John Sproten Conrad Theodore Bloc Richard Payl John Burgherlin John Seyre Thomas Burton Thomas Kirkham Richard Oldham Huan Blackleach Huan Hesketh John Howden

Post-Reformation	Thomas Stanley Henry Man Thomas Stanley John Salisbury John Meyrick George Lloyd John Phillips William Forster Richard Parr Samuel Rutter Isaac Barrow Henry Bridgeman John Lake Baptist Levinz Thomas Wilson Mark Hiddesley Richard Richmond George Mason Claudius Crigan George Murray William Ward James Bowstead Henry Pepys Thomas Short Walter Shirley Robert Eden Horatio Powys Rowley Hill John Bardsley Norman Straton Thomas Drury Denton Thompson Charles Thornton-Duesbury William Stanton Jones John Taylor Benjamin Pollard Eric Gordon Vernon Nicholls Arthur Attwell Noël Jones Graeme Knowles Robert Patterson

Archdeacons of Man

Medieval	Laurence Dompnalds Makaboy Cormac Patrick Gilbert Thomas Clerke John Walles ? Gorstellaw

Early modern	William McCrystyn Gilbert Latham/de Latham/Lathum Richard Gorstyllaw/Gorstale Hugh Holland John Phillips (bishop after 1605) Henry Curwyn John Broxop Samuel Rutter Jonathan Fletcher William Urquhart John Lomax/Loman Archippus Kippax Christopher Marsden Samuel Wattleworth/Waltleworth Robert Horrobin John Kippax William Mylrea Lord George Murray Daniel Mylrea Benjamin Philpot Cecil Hall Joseph Moore

Late modern	Joshua Hughes-Games Hugh Gill John Kewley Vincent Stockwood Ernest Stenning Edward Glass Arthur Clague David Willoughby Brian Partington Brian Smith Andie Brown

Archdeacons of Cleveland

High Medieval	Hugh the Chanter Ralph de Baro John son of Letold Ralph Jeremy Geoffrey de Muschamp John de Gray Ralph de Kyme Hugh Murdac William of Ely Matthew Scot Serlo/Serlo John de Langeton the elder Roger Rufinus of Tonengo Thomas de Grimston

Late Medieval	Stephen de Mauley Adrian de Fieschi Innocent de Fieschi William de Weston John Ellerker Thomas de Holwell William de Ferriby William de Catton William Kexby Roger de Ripon Robert de Manfeld Adam Spencer John Marshall John Fitzthomas Alexander Herle Thomas Walkington Clement Stanton Richard Pittes William Pelleson William Duffield Stephen Wilton William Brande William Poteman William Constable Henry Carnebull Geoffrey Blythe John Hole Thomas Crossley

Early modern	John Reynald Richard Rawlins James Denton Thomas Bedyll/Bedell William Clyff Richard Langridge John Warner Christopher Malton Ralph Coulton Richard Remington Richard Byrde John Phillips Henry Thurscros Timothy Thurscros John Neale Robert Feild John Lake Barnabas Long John Burton James Fall John Richardson Jaques Sterne Francis Blackburne Robert Peirson

Late modern	Charles Baillie Francis Wrangham Leveson Vernon-Harcourt Henry Todd Edward Churton William Hey Henry Yeoman William Hutchings Thomas Lindsay Basil Carter Edmund Hope George Townley William Palin Stanley Linsley John Southgate Ron Woodley Chris Hawthorn Paul Ferguson Richard Rowling (Acting) Sam Rushton

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