![]() This was in the same year that Lancelot Andrewes died leaving the Bishopric of Winchester vacant, so he was unable to apply for it, much to his annoyance. ![]() In 1626 he was made Bishop of Bath and Wells. On 18th November 1621 he was made Bishop of St. Laud's views on religion had already got him into trouble and this was no different. He became unpopular when he removed the communion table from the centre of the Cathedral and had it placed in the Chancel and ordered people to bow to it on entry. He was what we now might call High Church. Laud became rector of St James Church, West Tilbury on 28th October 1609 until he resigned in November 1616 on being made Dean of Gloucester. ![]() Laud was a great admirer of Lancelot Andrewes (See Susan's feature on him via this link) and some say he was his spiritual guide. He graduated in 1594 gaining his master's degree in 1598 and became a Doctor of Divinity in 1608. He was educated at Reading School then on 17th October 1589 he went to St. He was born on 7 October 1573 in Reading, the only son of William Laud, a clothier, and Lucy Webbe, widow of John Robinson, another clothier of the town, and sister of Sir William Webbe, Lord Mayor of London. WILLIAM Laud was the one time rector of St. IN the latest of her occasional features on history, Susan Yates – chairman of Thurrock Historical Society – recalls the story of a man with Thurrock connections who became the highest cleric in the Church of England.
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