Peter Mews
Peter Mews | |
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| Bishop of Winchester | |
Portrait by Michael Dahl | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Winchester |
| Elected | 1684 |
| Term ended | 1706 |
| Predecessor | George Morley |
| Successor | Jonathan Trelawny |
| Previous post(s) | Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1649–1666) canon of Windsor (1662–1673) Archdeacon of Berkshire (1665–1673) President of St John's College, Oxford (5 August 1667–1673) Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1669–1673) Dean of Rochester (1670–1673) Bishop of Bath and Wells (19 December 1672 {elected}–November 1684) |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 9 February 1673 by Gilbert Sheldon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 March 1619 |
| Died | 9 November 1706 (aged 87) Farnham Castle, Surrey, England |
| Buried | Winchester Cathedral |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Farnham Castle (as Bishop of Winchester) |
| Parents | Elisha Mews & Elizabeth Winniffe |
| Spouse | Mary Baylie |
| Profession | academic theologian; former Royalist army officer |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
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Peter Mews (25 March 1619 – 9 November 1706) was an English Royalist theologian and bishop. He was a captain captured at Naseby and he later had discussions in Scotland for the Royalist cause. Later made a bishop he would report on non-conformist families.