5290–5291. George Lloyd was born in Carnarvonshire, Wales, in 1560, and died on August 1, 1615. He was buried in Chester Cathedral, Chester, England. His wife was Anne Wilkinson He is the son of Meredith Lloyd. She is the daughter of John Wilkinson. An unknown number of children were born, but included:
| i. | Anne Lloyd [#2645]: She was born in England about 1590, and died most likely in London, England, about 1660. |
George Lloyd was the Bishop of Chester from 1604 through 1615. He received his early education in Wales and was a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was Rector of Heswell-in-Wirral, Cheshire, and divinity reader in Chester Cathedral. He was appointed Bishop fo Soder and Man in 1600 and of Chester in 1604, retaining the latter position until his death. He also held livings in addition to his sees. [A "living", in this context, is a benefice, an endowed church office providing a living for a rector, etc.]
In the church of st. Werbarges is an alabaster stone, which bore a plate that
has been stolen, on which was inscribed a Latin inscription; the following is
an English translation.
An untimely death has shut up in this tomb the hear of George Lloyd, whose memory is recorded in Chester. Who was by race a Welshman. Educated at Cambridge, a Doctor of Theology and a leader of the Theologians. He directed and benefited the Bishopric of Soder and Man, presiding over it for a term of five years. His mother England recalled her son and deemed him worthy to possess the Bishopric of Chester, where eleven seasons have passed away—not without storms of trouble; he died lamented, and worthy to be lamented, in the fifth-fifth year of his age and on the first day of the month of August, 1615. Neither was there shame in his life nor shame in his death. |