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William Wake (26 January 1657 – 24 January 1737), was a priest in the Church of England
Church of England

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 and Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, the Episcopal see that churches must be in communion with in order to be a part of the Anglican Communion....
 from 1716 until his death in 1737.

was born in Blandford Forum
Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum is a small historic market town on the River Stour, Dorset in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England noted for its Georgian architecture....
, Dorset
Dorset

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, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford

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. He took orders, and in 1682 went to Paris as chaplain to the ambassador Richard Graham, Viscount Preston
Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston

Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston Privy Council of England , was a British politician and diplomat. He became a Jacobitism conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon....
 (1648-1695). Here he became acquainted with many of the savants of the capital, and was much interested in French clerical affairs.






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William Wake (26 January 1657 – 24 January 1737), was a priest in the Church of England
Church of England

The Church of England is the State religion Christianity Ecclesia in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches....
 and Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, the Episcopal see that churches must be in communion with in order to be a part of the Anglican Communion....
 from 1716 until his death in 1737.

Life

Wake was born in Blandford Forum
Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum is a small historic market town on the River Stour, Dorset in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England noted for its Georgian architecture....
, Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
, and educated at Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church , is one of the largest Colleges of the University of Oxford of the University of Oxford in England. As well as being a college, Christ Church is also the cathedral church of the diocese of Oxford, namely Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....
. He took orders, and in 1682 went to Paris as chaplain to the ambassador Richard Graham, Viscount Preston
Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston

Richard Graham, 1st Viscount Preston Privy Council of England , was a British politician and diplomat. He became a Jacobitism conspirator, but his reputation in the Jacobite community suffered when he gave evidence against his co-conspirators in exchange for a pardon....
 (1648-1695). Here he became acquainted with many of the savants of the capital, and was much interested in French clerical affairs. He also collated some Paris manuscripts of the Greek New Testament for John Fell
John Fell

John Fell may refer to:* John Barraclough Fell , British railway engineer* John Fell , Bishop of Oxford* John Fell , American drummer* John Fell , American farmer and jurist...
, bishop of Oxford
Bishop of Oxford

The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford....
.

He returned to England in 1685; in 1688 he became preacher at Gray's Inn
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, and in 1689 he received a canonry of Christ Church, Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford

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. In 1693 he was appointed rector of St James's, Westminster
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. Ten years later he became Dean of Exeter
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, and in 1705 he was consecrated bishop of Lincoln
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. He was translated to the see of Canterbury
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 in 1716 on the death of Thomas Tenison
Thomas Tenison

Thomas Tenison was an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1694 until his death. During his primacy, he crowned two British monarchs....
.

During 1718 he negotiated with leading French churchmen about a projected union of the Gallican and English churches to resist the claims of Rome. In dealing with nonconformity he was tolerant, and even advocated a revision of the Prayer Book if that would allay the scruples of dissenters.

His writings are numerous, the chief being his State of the Church and Clergy of England ... historically deduced (London, 1703). In these writings he produced a massive defense of Anglican Orders and again disproved the Nag's Head Fable
Nag's Head Fable

The Nag's Head Fable was a fiction which purported that Anglican Archbishop Matthew Parker was not consecrated solemnly, but instead was consecrated with a Bible laid on his head while inside the Nag's Head tavern....
 by citing a number of documentary sources. He died at his official home, Lambeth Palace
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.

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