John Dolben

son of Dr. Will. Dolben, (by Elizabeth his wife, daugh. of Hugh Williams of Cyctiwillair in Caernarvanshire, a Captain somtiemes in Holland) son of Joh. Dolben of Haverford West in Pembrokshire, (descended from those of his name in Denbighshire) by his wife Alice sister to Sir Tho. Middleton of Chirk Castle in the said County of Denbigh, became Bishop of Rochester in the place of Dr. Warner an 1666, and in 1683 was Translated to the Archiepiscopal See of York. He died in the beginning of the yeer, sixteen hundred eighty and six,1686. under which year you may see more of him among the writers p. 600. In the said See, after it had laid void till Nov. 1688, did succeed Dr. Tho. Lamplugh Bishop of Exeter, who upon the Prince of Aurang’s arrival in the West, left Exeter and retired to London to pay his respects to King Jam. 2; which being taken very kindly by that King, he translated him to York on the 15 of the said month. The said Dr. Joh. Dolben was great Nephew to Dr. Joh. Williams Archb. of York, and had much of his boldness and confidence in him but little of his learning: And whereas I have told you that the said Archb. Williams was, upon supposal, buried at Aberconway (where he had built an House in the place of that wherein he was born, which he caused to be called Lincolns Inn) is false, for he was buried in the Church of Llandegay (which signifies the Church of S. Gay in the British language) near Bangor in Caernarvanshire, in which parish Penhryn the Seat somtimes of Archb, Williams is situated. He died at Glodded of a Quinsey in his throat, which being sudden, he told his attendants then by him that nothing troubled him more than that he should dye like a beast, that had alwaies liv’d like a Gentleman, &c. Afterwards his body being conveyed to Penhryn, was thence carried to the Church at Llandegay, and there buried in a little Vault at the upper end of the Chancel. Some years after, his Nephew and heir called Sir Griffith Williams erected on the north wall of the said Chancel a very fair monument, containing the Effigies of the Archbishop kneeling, carved and wrought from white marble, with a large inscription under it, made by Dr. Joh. Hacket his sometimes Chaplain; the contents of which being large, I shall now for brevity sake pass by. But whereas the said Doctor saith that he died 25 March 1650 is false, for he died on that day in 1649, aged 68 years or more.