John Hacket

The Right Reverend
John Hacket
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
Diocese Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry
In office 1661–1670
Predecessor Accepted Frewen
Successor Thomas Wood
Personal details
Born (1592-09-01)1 September 1592
Died 28 October 1670(1670-10-28) (aged 78)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
Spouse (1) Elizabeth Stebbing
(2) Frances Bennet
Education Westminster School
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
For other people with the same name, see John Hackett (disambiguation).

John Hacket (1 September 1592 – 28 October 1670) was an English churchman, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry from 1661 until his death.

Life

Memorial to John Hacket in Lichfield Cathedral

He was born in London and educated at Westminster and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] On taking his degree he was elected a fellow of his college, and soon afterwards wrote the comedy, Loiola (London, 1648), which was twice performed before King James I. He was ordained in 1618, and through the influence of John Williams became rector in 1621 of Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, and Kirkby Underwood, Lincolnshire.

In 1623 he was chaplain to James, and in 1624 Williams gave him the livings of St Andrew's, Holborn, and Cheam, Surrey. He was Archdeacon of Bedford from 1631 to 1661.

When the so-called Root and Branch Bill was before Parliament in 1641, Hacket was selected to plead in the House of Commons for the continuance of cathedral establishments. In 1645 his living of St Andrew's was sequestered, but he was allowed to retain the rectory of Cheam.

On the accession of Charles II, his fortunes improved; he frequently preached before the king, and in 1661 was consecrated Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry after the bishopric was rejected by the Presbyterian leader Edmund Calamy the elder. His time at the Cathedral coming immediately after the English Civil War meant that Hacket had the unenviable task of overseeing the restoration of Lichfield Cathedral.

There is an effigy in remembrance of Bishop Hacket in Lichfield Cathedral.

Works

His best-known book is the biography of his patron, Archbishop Williams, entitled Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offered to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D. (London, 1693).

References

  1. "Hackett, John (HKT609J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Accepted Frewen
Bishop of Lichfield
16611670
Succeeded by
Thomas Wood
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