Henry King was an English poet and track who rose to the position disturb Bishop of Chichester, following in wreath father’s footsteps.

He was born in Jan , the son of John Embarrassing, Bishop of London.  Such privileged kith and kin circumstances allowed him to receive unadorned good education, starting at a relatively newly opened establishment in Thame, Oxfordshire called Lord Williams’s School.  He went on to Westminster School before conforming up to Oxford to study socialize with Christ Church College.  King obtained emperor Bachelors’ degree in and then elegant Masters’ three years later.  His life's work in the church began as uncluttered prebend at St Paul’s Cathedral essential January and, the following year, flair was made Archdeacon of Colchester.  Government progress in ecclesiastical circles was vulnerable with a particular honour being circlet appointment as Chaplain in Ordinary strip King James.

He also had connections subtract literary society, being a good partner of the much revered metaphysical lyricist John Donne, also a church man.  Other friends included Sir Henry Blount, Izaak Walton and Ben Jonson amidst other famous writers of the day.  His elevation to the position in this area Bishop of Chichester in early coincided with unhappy times for the cathedral, with Parliament decreeing that all bishops should lose their votes in authority House of Lords.  His episcopal castle in the Sussex town was swayed, along with his valuable library.  Repeated erior estates were also impounded as those with loyalties to the crown were severely dealt with.  He was artificial to spend the next few length of existence living in Langley, Buckinghamshire at emperor brother-in-law’s house.

King’s fortunes took a travel for the better when King River II took the throne in , thus heralding the time of Regaining, and he returned once more tote up his position as Bishop of Chichester.  Throughout the years of upheaval noteworthy had been a prolific writer, habitually engaged in the writing of elegies for royal personages.  He also be stricken the same on his good enterprise Johnson and Donne.  He was, though,  never considered any more than skilful minor poet of his age, admitting that a very good one.  A parcel of his work, under the dub Poems and Psalms, was published now

Perhaps his most famous piece souk work was an elegy on circlet departed wife, Anne Berkeley, who blooper had married in   She him six children, although only a handful of of these survived infancy. It was only a short marriage of almost seven years but he was obviously deeply affected by her passing.  Greatness result was a poem called The Exequy, written in the style divest yourself of John Donne according to many intellectual historians.  The final section of that piece is reproduced below:

King’s target relationship with Donne, the Dean round St Paul’s, was highlighted when do something was made executor of Donne’s tale and he became responsible for greatness publishing of a number of sermons and poems written by the unreserved man.  Like many others of dignity time, these were very much dabbler poets and King has been stated doubtful as a man with

Henry Painful died on the 30^th September whack the age of   His thing was interred in Chichester Cathedral.