Person: Nicholson, William (1679 - 1718)

• Comments

  Fellow of Queen's, Oxford, in 1681.
  
  Foster: Nic(h)olson, William, s. Joseph, of Plumbland, minister. Queen's Coll., matric. 1 July 1670, aged 15; BA 23 Feb. 1675-6, fellow, MA 1679, DD (by diploma) 25 June 1702, vicar of Torpenhow, Cumberland, 1681, canon of Carlisle 1681, archdeacon 1682, rector of Salkeld 1682, and vicar of Addingham, Cumberland, 1699, bishop of Carlisle 1702-18, of Derry 1718-27, archbishop of Cashel and Emly 9th,but died before enthronement 15 Feb 1726-7. See Ath., iv. 534; Rawl. i. 45, ii. 12; Cotton's Fasti Ecc. Hib. i. 17, iii. 323; Hearne, i. 187, ii. 62; Foster's Index Eccl.

Education Events

• MA : Oxford / Queen's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Nicholson, Gulielmus	21/12/1679	MA	Oxford	View
  Ord	Nicolson, Gulielmus	25/09/1681	MA	Oxford	View
  Appt	Nicolson, Gulielmum	04/06/1702	MA		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 21/12/1679 (Fell, John/Oxford 1676-1686)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Nicholson, Gulielmus	21/12/1679	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 25/09/1681 (Fell, John/Oxford 1676-1686)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Nicolson, Gulielmus	25/09/1681	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Bishop : Bishopric of Carlisle (13/05/1702 - 24/05/1718 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Nicolson, William	13/05/1702	Bishop	election	Carlisle/	View
  Appt	Nicolson, William	03/06/1702	Bishop	confirmation of election	Carlisle/	View
  Appt	Nicolson, Gulielmum	04/06/1702	Bishop	commission to consecrate	Carlisle/	View
  Appt	Nicolson, William	14/06/1702	Bishop	consecration	Carlisle/	View
  Appt	Nicolson, William	14/07/1702	Bishop	enthronement	Carlisle/	View
  Vac	Nicholson, William	25/04/1718	Bishop	translation	Carlisle/	View
  Vac	Nicholson, Gulielmi	24/05/1718	Bishop	resignation	Carlisle/	View