Thomas Morton was an English churchman, bishop of several dioceses. Well-connected and in favour with James I, he was also a significant polemical writer against Roman Catholic views. He rose to become Bishop of Durham, but despite a record of sympathetic treatment of Puritans as a diocesan, and underlying Calvinist beliefs shown in the Gagg controversy, his royalism saw him descend into poverty under the Commonwealth.
- Occupation
- Anglican priest, theologian
- Position held
- Dean of Gloucester, Dean of Winchester, Bishop of Chester, Anglican Bishop of Lichfield
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- March 20, 1564
