GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-000004
NameEdmund Gibson
TitleBishop
Gendermale
DenominationChurch of England
Livedb. ca. 1669-12-01 - d. 1748-09-06 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Drafts by Edmund Gibson of Three Sermons: MS. Eng. d. 2407manuscript owner - Miscellaneous Gibson Papers: MS 930
Linked SermonsSermon on Luke 12:48 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Luke 1:4 -- preacher (autograph: yes)Sermon on Proverbs 15:3 -- preacher (autograph: yes)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesLincoln -- BishopricLondon -- BishopricStisted -- ParishSt Mary -- ParishChichester Cathedral -- PostSt Martin in the Fields -- PostSurrey -- Post
Source of DataJennifer Farooq; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedVIAF; ODNB (Article: 10615); CCEd (ID: 975)
Other NoteEdmund Gibson was baptized at Bampton, Westmoreland 16 December, 1669. Educated at Bampton Grammar School and entered Queen's College, Oxford in 1686. BA in June 1690; MA in 1695; DD by 1703. Ordained deacon in 1695 and priest in 1697. While deacon, he was appointed librarian at Lambeth Palace. In 1698, he was instituted to the rectory of Stisted, Essex, but was non-resident. Also appointed chaplain in the archbishop of Canterbury in that year. Presentor and canon of Chichester, 1703-1718; Rector of St Mary, Lambeth from 1703 to 1731, where he was an active parochial minister. Lecturer at St Martin in the Fields, 1705-1710. By the time of this appointment, he had married Margaret Jones (d. 1741), daughter of John Jones, rector of Selattyn, Shropshire. Bishop of Lincoln in 1715. Translated to London in 1723 which he held until his death on 6 September 1748. Gibson was a prolific writer, publishing first on Anglo-Saxon and classical subjects, before turning to devotional works. He was also involved in ecclesiastical and political controversies as a low-churchman and whig.
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GEMMS record createdApril 29, 2015
GEMMS record last editedMay 30, 2018