John Medley began learning Latin at the age of six, Greek at ten, and Hebrew at twelve years old, and attended schools in Bristol, Bewdley and Chobham before entering Wadham College, Oxford in 1823.
27 Facts About John Medley
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John Medley graduated with honours from Wadham College in 1826.
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On 10 July 1826, John Medley married Christiana Bacon, a daughter of the sculptor John Bacon.
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One of his sons, Spencer John Medley, became an officer in the Royal Navy before settling in New Zealand.
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John Medley grew up in the village of Crossmead, which was in Medley's parish of St Thomas, Exeter and later became a hospital nurse, a profession which she followed for 20 years.
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John Medley came to Canada in 1863, accompanying the Bishop when he returned from a visit to England.
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John Medley was ordained as a deacon in 1828 and as a priest in 1829.
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John Medley was a friend of William Ewart Gladstone, a lay supporter of the Oxford Movement.
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John Medley collaborated on the translation of two volumes of homilies by Saint John Chrysostom, published in Pusey's Library of the Fathers in 1839.
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John Medley was a strong proponent of Gothic Revival architecture.
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In 1841 John Medley published a volume called Elementary Remarks on Church Architecture, which was praised by the Cambridge Camden Society's periodical The Ecclesiologist.
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John Medley involved himself in building new churches in his parish.
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John Medley shared this strong opposition to the charging of pew rents and published an article on "The Advantages of Open Seats" in the 1843 Transactions of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Association.
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John Medley was the first Tractarian to be appointed bishop in the Church of England.
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John Medley was consecrated as the first Bishop of Fredericton by Howley himself at Lambeth Palace on 4 May 1845.
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John Medley was enthroned in Fredericton on 11 June 1845.
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John Medley did have supporters within the clergy and although his own opinions were strongly held, his encouragement of coexistence between high and low church Anglicans gradually gained him acceptance.
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John Medley arrived in Canada with plans drawn by the young Exeter architect Frank Wills for a cathedral to be based on St Mary's Church in Snettisham, Norfolk.
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John Medley was dissatisfied with the architectural style of New Brunswick's wooden parish churches.
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John Medley obtained from the Ecclesiological Society a wooden model to be used as a pattern for building wooden churches.
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John Medley was assisted in his church building program by his son Edward, who had studied architecture with Butterfield in England before becoming a clergyman.
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John Medley divided the diocese into seven deaneries whose rural deans were elected by the clergy and confirmed by the bishop.
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In 1852 John Medley proposed to form a diocesan synod, but this was strongly opposed by the New Brunswick clergy.
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John Medley attended two of the three Lambeth Conferences that were held during his lifetime.
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John Medley was accompanied at the third conference in 1888 by his son Charles.
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In 1879, John Medley was elected Metropolitan of Canada and held that position until his death.
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John Medley's request was granted and he nominated Tully Kingdon, who was consecrated in the role by Medley himself on 10 July 1881 in Fredericton.