10 A chaplain and his patron
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William Gibson
Abstract
This chapter considers the development of the culture of patronage in the relationship of a chaplain and his patron. It argues that there was an essential patronage association at the centre of the relationship. The relationship of the 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Samuel Willes, his chaplain between 1660 and 1684, was a building block and foundation on which other patronage networks rested. Willes's dependency on Huntingdon was naturally legitimised and magnified by the claims of Willes's own dependents. In 1682, Willes had been appointed prebendary of Bubbenhall in Lichfield Cathedral by Bishop Thomas Wood of Lichfield and Coventry. The facility shown by Willes in poetry and epistolarity extended into the spiritual aspects of his writing. One of the few published sources for Willes's chaplaincy is a poem contributed in 1665 to Hesychia Christianou; or, A Christian's acquiescence in all the products of divine providence.
Abstract
This chapter considers the development of the culture of patronage in the relationship of a chaplain and his patron. It argues that there was an essential patronage association at the centre of the relationship. The relationship of the 7th Earl of Huntingdon and Samuel Willes, his chaplain between 1660 and 1684, was a building block and foundation on which other patronage networks rested. Willes's dependency on Huntingdon was naturally legitimised and magnified by the claims of Willes's own dependents. In 1682, Willes had been appointed prebendary of Bubbenhall in Lichfield Cathedral by Bishop Thomas Wood of Lichfield and Coventry. The facility shown by Willes in poetry and epistolarity extended into the spiritual aspects of his writing. One of the few published sources for Willes's chaplaincy is a poem contributed in 1665 to Hesychia Christianou; or, A Christian's acquiescence in all the products of divine providence.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Note on conventions and list of abbreviations x
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 The roles and influence of household chaplains, c. 1600–c. 1660 11
- 3 Chaplains to the Elizabethan nobility 36
- 4 Episcopal chaplains and control of the media, 1586–1642 64
- 5 Chaplains to embassies 83
- 6 Poetry, patronage and cultural agency 103
- 7 ‘His Lordships First, and Last, CHAPLEINE’ 123
- 8 Richard Corbett and William Strode 141
- 9 The Isham family and their clergy 159
- 10 A chaplain and his patron 177
- 11 The reluctant chaplain 193
- Select bibliography 212
- Index of names 220
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of illustrations vi
- Notes on contributors vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Note on conventions and list of abbreviations x
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 The roles and influence of household chaplains, c. 1600–c. 1660 11
- 3 Chaplains to the Elizabethan nobility 36
- 4 Episcopal chaplains and control of the media, 1586–1642 64
- 5 Chaplains to embassies 83
- 6 Poetry, patronage and cultural agency 103
- 7 ‘His Lordships First, and Last, CHAPLEINE’ 123
- 8 Richard Corbett and William Strode 141
- 9 The Isham family and their clergy 159
- 10 A chaplain and his patron 177
- 11 The reluctant chaplain 193
- Select bibliography 212
- Index of names 220
