Francis Turner (bishop)
Francis Turner D.D. (1637–1700) was Bishop of Ely, one of the seven bishops who petitioned against the Declaration of Indulgence and one of the nine bishops who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William III.
Read more about Francis Turner (bishop): Family and Education, Ecclesiastical and Academic Preferment, Religious and Political Controversy, Death and Posterity
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