Life

Hanmer was born at Pentrepant, in the parish of Selattyn

Selattyn

Selattyn is the name of a village close to Oswestry in Shropshire, England, on the Anglo-Welsh border.The village, which is considerable, is situated near Offa's Dyke, which bounds the parish on the West...

, near Oswestry

Oswestry

Oswestry is a town and civil parish in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483, and A495 roads....

 in Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

. He matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, 2 June 1592, and became a fellow of All Souls College in 1596, proceeding B.A. 14 July 1596, M.A. 5 April 1600, B.D. 1 Dec. 1615, and D.D. 13 November 1616. In 1605 he acted as junior proctor when George Abbot was vice-chancellor in a year made memorable by a visit of James I

James I of England

James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

 to the university. He became rector of Bingham, Nottinghamshire

Bingham, Nottinghamshire

Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England.-Geography:With a population of around 9,000 people it lies about nine miles east of Nottingham, a similar distance south-west of Newark-on-Trent and west of Grantham. It is situated where the A46 intersects the A52...

, and in January 1614 was appointed prebendary of Worcester. He was also a chaplain to James I.

On 20 January 1624 he was elected bishop of St. Asaph, in succession to Richard Parry

Richard Parry

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. He was consecrated on 15 February by Archbishop Abbot at Lambeth Palace

Lambeth Palace

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. On 16 February, he received the restitution of his temporalities, and, owing to the poverty of the see, was allowed to retain his prebend along with the archdeaconry of St. Asaph and other benefices in commendam

In Commendam

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, to the amount in all of £150l. per annum.

He died at Pentrepant on 23 July 1629, and was buried the next day in Selattyn Church among the ashes of his forefathers. A brass in Selattyn Church spoke of his piety, activity, and happy end. He was of the same family as Meredith Hanmer

Meredith Hanmer

Meredith Hanmer was a Welsh clergyman, known as a controversialist, historian, and translator. He was considered embittered, by the Lord-Deputy William Russell, 1st Baron Russell of Thornhaugh; but he appears now as a shrewd observer of the Protestant and nonconformist life of Ireland as founded...

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