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| Frere, Walter Howard. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 13, 1881. S. of Philip Howard (1830), clerk, of Barley, Royston, Herts. [Fellow of Downing College, and of Paston House, Cambridge]. B. Nov. 23, 1863, at Cambridge. School, Charterhouse. Matric. Michs. 1882; Scholar, 1884; B.A. (Class. Trip., 1st Class) 1885; M.A. 1889; B.D. 1909; D.D. 1910. Ord. deacon (London) 1887; priest, 1889; C. of St Dunstan's, Stepney, Middlesex, 1887-92. Joined the Community of the Resurrection, 1892; Superior of the Community, 1902-13 and 1916-22. Select Preacher at Cambridge, 1901, and at Oxford, 1913 and 1914. Birkbeck Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History, 1904. Bishop of Truro, 1923-35. One of the representatives of the Anglican Church at the Conversations at malines with Cardinal Mercier, of which he published an account and was one of the six Bishops who opposed the Revised Prayer Book Measure in Convocation, Mar. 28, 1928. Stated to have been the only member of a religious order to be made a bishop since the Reformation; in the palace at Truro he continued to live the monastic life, attended by two brethren. During his episcopate was in controversy on more than one occasion with Church people in his diocese, but always had a large body of supporters. Resigned, 1935, and returned to Mirfield. Possessed a very wide knowledge of all kinds of music, and particularly of the Bach cantatas. Author, Graduale Sarisburiense; Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica; The Marian Reaction; The Use of Sarum; Exposition de la Messe; New History of the Book of Common Prayer; Pontifical Services; English Church History of Elizabeth and James I; Puritan Manifestos; Russian Church History, etc. Also edited several publications for the Henry Bradshaw Society, including the completion of the comparison of the Leofric Collectar with the Collectar of St Wulfstan. Died Apr. 2, 1938, at Mirfield. Brother of Arthur H. (1879). (Carthusian Worthies; Who was Who, 1929-40; Cambridge Review, Apr. 29, 1938; The Times, Apr. 4 and 7, 1938.) | Walter Howard FRERE Approx. lifespan: 1863–1938 pens. Trinity College adm1881:06:13 s. of Sch: Philip Howard (1830), clerk, of Barley Royston, Hertfordshire [ Fellow of: : Downing College, and of Paston House, Paston, CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] b. CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] 1863:11:23 Sch: Charterhouse School Charterhouse, [ London ] Matric 1882:10MT: Scholar 1884 BA Class.Trip., 1st Class 1885 MA 1889 BD 1909 DD 1910 Ord. deacon London 1887 Ord. priest 1889 C.: St Dunstan's Stepney, Middlesex 1887-92 Joined: the Community of the Resurrection 1892 Superior of the Community 1902-13, and 1916-22 Select Preacher: CB 1901, and OX 1913, and 1914 Birkbeck Lecturer in: Ecclesiastical History 1904 Bishop of: Truro, [ Cornwall ] 1923-35 One of the representatives of the Anglican Church at the Conversations at malines with Cardinal Mercier, of which he published an account and was one of the six Bishops who opposed the Revised Prayer Book Measure in Convocation 1928:03:28 Stated to have been the only member of a religious order to be made a bishop since the Reformation; in the palace Truro, [ Cornwall ] he continued to live the monastic life, attended by two brethren. During his episcopate was in controversy on more than one occasion with Church people in his diocese, but always had a large body of supporters. resigned1935, and returned to Mirfield, [ Yorkshire ] Possessed a very wide knowledge of all kinds of music, and particularly of the Bach cantatas. Publ.: Graduale Sarisburiense; Bibliotheca Musico-Liturgica; The Marian Reaction; The Use of Sarum; Exposition de la Messe; New History of the Book of Common Prayer; Pontifical Services; English Church History of Elizabeth and James I; Puritan Manifestos; Russian Church History etc. Also edited several publications for Henry Bradshaw Society, including the completion of the comparison of the Leofric Collectar with the Collectar of St Wulfstan. d. Mirfield, [ Yorkshire ] 1938:04:02 brother of Arthur H. FRERE (1879) ( Carthusian Worthies; Who was Who 1929-40; CB Review 1938:04:29; The Times 1938:04:04 and 07) |