William Barlow (bishop of Lincoln)

For other people named William Barlow, see William Barlow (disambiguation).

William Barlow
Bishop of Lincoln
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
Elected	1608
Term ended	1613
Predecessor	William Chaderton
Successor	Richard Neile
Other posts	Bishop of Rochester 1605–1608 Dean of Chester
Personal details
Died	1613
Buried	Buckden Palace
Denomination	Anglican
Profession	Scholar
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

William Barlow (died 1613) was an Anglican priest and courtier during the reign of James I of England. He served as Bishop of Rochester in 1605 and Bishop of Lincoln in the Anglican Church from 1608 until his death. He had also served the church as Rector of St Dunstan's, Stepney in Middlesex and of Orpington, in Kent. He was also Dean of Chester Cathedral, and secured prebends in Chiswick and Westminster.

As a trusted member of the court, he was appointed to the directorship of the "Second Westminster Company" charged by James with translating the New Testament epistles for the King James Version of the Bible. He participated in the early planning for the translation, and had supported the scholarship of linguist Edward Lively, among other contributions to the project. Barlow's scholarly career had begun at St John's College, Cambridge, where he had graduated in 1584, earned a Master of Arts in 1587, and was admitted as a Fellow in 1590. His publications showed his talents both for scholarship and preferment.

Barlow was buried at St. Mary's Parish Church Buckden

References

• Knighton, C. S., ‘Barlow, William (d. 1613)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
• McClure, Alexander. (1858) The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 )
• Nicolson, Adam. (2003) God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-095975-4

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Young	Bishop of Rochester 1605–1608	Succeeded by Richard Neile
Preceded by William Chaderton	Bishop of Lincoln 1608–1613	Succeeded by Richard Neile