Sherlock, Thomas, English prelate, born in London; became bishop in succession of Bangor, Salisbury, and London, declining the Primacy; wrote several theological works, and took up arms against the rationalists of the day, such as Collins and Woolston (1678‒1761).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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