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DOLBEN, JOHN (1625–1686)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 386 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DOLBEN, See also:JOHN (1625–1686) , See also:English divine, was the son of See also:William Dolben (d. 1631), See also:prebendary of See also:Lincoln and See also:bishop-designate of See also:Gloucester. He was educated at See also:Westminster under See also:Richard See also:Busby and at See also:Christ See also:Church, See also:Oxford. He fought on the royalist See also:side at See also:Marston See also:Moor, 1644. Subsequently he took orders and maintained in private the proscribed See also:Anglican service. At the Restoration he became See also:canon of Christ Church (r66o) and prebendary of St See also:Paul's, See also:London (1661). As See also:dean of Westminster (1662–1683) he opposed an See also:attempt to bring the See also:abbey under diocesan See also:rule. In 1666 he was made bishop of See also:Rochester, and in 1683 See also:archbishop of See also:York; he distinguished himself by reforming the discipline of the cathedrals in these dioceses. His son John Dolben (1662-1710) was a See also:barrister and politician; he was M.P. for See also:Liskeard from 170.7 to 1710 and manager of See also:Sacheverell's See also:impeachment in 1709.

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