John Vesey

John Vesey or Veysey (1462?–1554) was an English bishop.

Life

Vesey was born John Harman, probably about 1462, the son of a yeoman farmer, in a farmhouse now known as Moor Hall Farm, Sutton Coldfield. He received his education at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a doctorate in canon canon and civil law. After ordination he was appointed rector of St Mary's Church, Chester. He founded Bishop Vesey's Grammar School for boys in Sutton Coldfield in 1527, which is named after him to this day.

Vesey became a friend of Thomas Wolsey who was also educated at Magdalen College. Until 1508 he served as Archdeacon of Barnstaple. In 1509, Wolsey became a canon of Windsor and chaplain to Henry VIII of England. Vesey was appointed a canon of Exeter Cathedral. Vesey became the Bishop of Exeter in 1519 and the King awarded him the temporalities of the see, worth about £1,500 a year. The town of his birth benefited greatly from his wealth. In 1527 he obtained permission to enclose a large plot of land close to his birthplace and built a grand house (as of 2013 the site of Moor Hall Hotel) where he occasionally lived.

John Vesey (disambiguation)

John Vesey may refer to:

John Vesey (archbishop of Tuam)

John Vesey (10 March 1638 – 28 March 1716) was a Church of Ireland clergyman.

Biography

He was installed as Dean of Cork on 4 November 1667, and made Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1672. In 1678 he became Archbishop of Tuam, and in 1712 and 1714 he served as one of the Lords Justices of Ireland. His children included:

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