Henry 1664-1695 Wharton

WHARTON, HENRY (1664-1695), English writer, was descended from Thomas, 2nd Baron Wharton (152o-I572), born at Worstead on Nov. 9, 1664, studied at Gonville and Caius college, Cambridge. In 1687 he was ordained deacon, and San croft, archbishop of Canterbury, made him one of his chaplains and appointed him in succession to two Kentish livings. He died on March 5, 1695, and was buried in Westminster abbey.

Wharton's most valuable work is his

Anglia sacra, a collection of the lives of English archbishops and bishops, which was published in two volumes in 169i. In the Lambeth library there are 16 volumes of Wharton's manuscripts. A life of Wharton is included in George D'Oyly's Life of W. Sancroft (1821) .