William James (bishop)

The Right Reverend William James
Bishop of Durham
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
In office	September 1606 (conf.)–1617 (died)
Predecessor	Tobias Matthew
Successor	Richard Neile
Other posts	Master of University College, Oxford (1572–1584) Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1581–1582 & 1590–1592) Dean of Christ Church (2 September 1584–1596) Dean of Durham (5 June 1596 {installed}–1606)
Personal details
Born	1542 Sandbach, Cheshire, England
Died	12 May 1617(1617-05-12) (aged 74–75) Durham, County Durham, England
Buried	Durham Cathedral
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John James & Ellen Bolte
Spouse	1. Katherine (née Risby) 2. unknown person 3. Isabel (Atkinson née Rilley)
Children	at least 2 (a son, Francis, and a daughter who married a Ferdinand Morecroft)
Profession	academic
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Ordination history of William James
Episcopal consecration
Date of consecration	c. 1606

The Rt Revd William James (1542 – 12 May 1617) was an English academic and bishop.

Life

William James graduated with an MA degree at Christ Church, Oxford in 1565. He was Master of University College, Oxford in 1572, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1581, and again in 1590. He became Dean of Christ Church in 1584.^[1]

James became Dean of Durham in 1596, where he was a witness to the decay of agriculture in northeast England.^[2]^[3] He was Bishop of Durham from 1606.^[1]

In early 1611, James had custody of Arbella Stuart, with the intention of the King to take her north to Durham. In the event, Arbella was moved from Lambeth to be confined at Barnet, while the bishop travelled north leaving Sir James Croft in charge, and for health reasons did not follow, being moved to East Barnet.^[4] When Arbella and her husband William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (who was in the Tower of London) made simultaneous but badly coordinated escapes on 3 June 1611, she simply walked free.^[5]

References

1 2 James, William (1542–1617). Oxford University Press. September 2004. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help) Online edition, January 2008.
↑ "Deans of Durham". British History Online. London: Institute of Historical Research. 2004. pp. 77–81. Retrieved 21 September 2015. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Richard L. Graves, Society and Religion in Elizabethan England (1981), page 638.
↑ Sarah Gristwood, Arbella: England's Lost Queen (2003), pp. 359–368.
↑ Gristwood, pp. 370–371.

Deans of Christ Church, Oxford

Predecessors	John Hygdon* John Oliver* John London Richard Cox

Early modern	Richard Cox Richard Marshall George Carew Thomas Sampson Thomas Godwin Thomas Cooper John Piers Tobias Matthew William James Thomas Ravis John King William Goodwin Richard Corbet Brian Duppa Samuel Fell Edward Reynolds John Owen Edward Reynolds George Morley John Fell John Massey Henry Aldrich Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw John Conybeare David Gregory William Markham Lewis Bagot Cyril Jackson

Late modern	Charles Hall Samuel Smith Thomas Gaisford Henry Liddell Francis Paget Thomas Strong Julian White Alwyn Williams John Lowe Cuthbert Simpson Henry Chadwick Eric Heaton John Drury Christopher Lewis Martyn Percy

* – Academic deans only; prior to the establishment of Christ Church Cathedral; ** – Cathedral deans at Osney.

Bishops and Prince-Bishops of Durham

High Medieval Bishops	Aldhun Edmund Eadred Æthelric Æthelwine

High Medieval Prince-Bishops	William Walcher William de St-Calais Ranulf Flambard Geoffrey Rufus William Cumin William of St. Barbara Hugh de Puiset Philip of Poitou Richard Poore John de Gray Morgan Richard Marsh William Scot Richard Poore Thomas de Melsonby Nicholas Farnham Walter of Kirkham Robert Stitchill Robert of Holy Island Antony Bek

Late Medieval Prince-Bishops	Richard Kellaw Lewis de Beaumont Richard de Bury Thomas Hatfield John Fordham Walter Skirlaw Thomas Langley Robert Neville Lawrence Booth William Dudley John Sherwood Richard Foxe

Early modern Prince-Bishops	William Senhouse Christopher Bainbridge Thomas Ruthall Thomas Wolsey Cuthbert Tunstall James Pilkington Richard Barnes Matthew Hutton Tobias Matthew William James Richard Neile George Montaigne John Howson Thomas Morton John Cosin Nathaniel Crew William Talbot Edward Chandler Joseph Butler Richard Trevor John Egerton Thomas Thurlow Shute Barrington William Van Mildert

Late modern Bishops	Edward Maltby Charles Longley Henry Villiers Charles Baring Joseph Barber Lightfoot Brooke Westcott Handley Moule Hensley Henson Alwyn Williams Michael Ramsey Maurice Harland Ian Ramsey John Habgood David Jenkins Michael Turnbull Tom Wright Justin Welby Paul Butler

Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Caius	Master of University College, Oxford 1572–1584	Succeeded by Anthony Gate
Preceded by Arthur Yeldard	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1581–1582	Succeeded by Robert Hovenden
Preceded by Nicholas Bond	Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1590–1592	Succeeded by Nicholas Bond
Church of England titles
Preceded by Tobias Matthew	Bishop of Durham 1606–1617	Succeeded by Richard Neile

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45435991 GND: 131500058

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