Rt. Rev. Edward King, D.D.

Seen as brother of Sir John King, Kt.

Rt. Rev. Edward King1

• M, #348137, b. 1575, d. 8 March 1638/39
• http://www.thepeerage.com/p34814.htm#i348137
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Rt. Rev. Edward King was born in 1575.1 He married, secondly, Grace Sampson, daughter of Nathaniel Sampson.1 He married, firstly, Anne Coxsed in 1609.1 He died on 8 March 1638/39.1

He was a Fellow in 1598 at Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.1 He graduated from Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, EnglandG, in 1598 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)1 He held the office of Bishop of Elphin in 1611.1 He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, in 1614 with a Doctor of Divinity (D.D.)1

Children of Rt. Rev. Edward King and Anne Coxsed

1. John King+1
2. James King+1 b. 6 Feb 1610, d. 2 Apr 1687

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King, Edward (c. 1576–1639), Church of Ireland bishop of Elphin. By Ciaran Diamond Published online:23 September 2004. < ODNB >

King, Edward (c. 1576–1639), Church of Ireland bishop of Elphin, was born in Huntingdonshire; his exact date of birth and the names of his parents are not known. He was admitted as a sizar to St John's College, Cambridge, matriculating about 1594, and graduated BA in 1598 and proceeded MA in 1601. There he was taught by ...

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Edward King (died 8 March 1639) was a Church of Ireland Bishop of Elphin from 1611 to 1639.[1]

King was an Englishman, a native of Huntingdonshire.[2] His predecessor as bishop of Elphin, John Lynch, greatly impoverished the see by alienating properties and in 1611 resigned, declaring himself a Roman Catholic. During more than a quarter of a century as bishop, King was able to recover Lynch's alienations and much improved the revenue of the diocese.[3] Dod's Peerage of 1848 says of him that "...his bishopric, which he found the poorest, he left one of the richest in all Ireland".[2]

In 1638, King was offered the Archbishopric of Tuam, but "flatly refused".[4] Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Lord Deputy of Ireland, mentions him honourably in a letter to William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, calling him "truly a Royal bishop".[2]

He married firstly Anne Coxsed of Cambridgeshire and secondly Grace Sampson, daughter of Nathaniel Sampson of Leicestershire, and granddaughter of the noted preacher Thomas Sampson, prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral.[5]

By two marriages he had at least fifteen children.

King is the ancestor of the King Baronets of Charlestown,[2] and the title is now held by his descendant Sir Wayne Alexander King, 8th Baronet (b. 1962). He is also through his granddaughter Anne, daughter of one of his younger sons John the ancestor of the well-known French family of Frenchpark.

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Dod's Peerage of 1848 says of him that "...his bishopric, which he found the poorest, he left one of the richest in all Ireland". [2]

He governed the diocese with great reputation twenty-seven years and three months.

Edward married, firstly, Anne Coxsed in 1609, with whom he had two sons.

Children

1. James married Judith Rawson
2. John married Sarah Conway

Edward married, secondly, Grace Sampson, daughter of Nathaniel Sampson.

He died on 8 March 1638-9, aged 63, and was buried in his cathedral. His tombstone, now set up against the interior wall of the vestry, is inscribed:

Here lyeth the body of Edward King, Doctor in Divinity, consecrated bishop of Elphin, anno Dni 1610, and continued Bp. in that See until the eighth of March 1638, on which day and yeare he dyed at the age of 63. This bishop much augmented the revenue of that See, was a constant Preacher of God's Word, and a man of great sanctity of life."

Ballylin House

THE KINGS WERE MAJOR LANDOWNERS IN THE KING'S COUNTY, WITH 10,242 ACRES

This family, and that of Sir Gilbert King, 1st Baronet, of Charlestown, County Roscommon, is one and the same, descended from

THE RT REV EDWARD KING (1577-1639), born at Stukeley, Huntingdonshire, was elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, 1593, two years after its foundation, and consecrated Lord Bishop of Elphin, 1611.

His lordship married twice, and left sons and daughters, among them John King, of Boyle, County Roscommon, whose daughter, Anne, wedded Dominick French, of Dungar, or French Park, County Roscommon.

Citations

• [S37] BP2003 volume 2, page 2172. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• http://www.monchique.com/Ochanoff/ohanov/ochanoff/7374.htm