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John Medley
1804-1892

John Medley (Anglican clergyman, choirmaster, designer, composer, and first bishop of the Diocese of Fredericton, consecrated 1845) was born in Chelsea, England, on 19 December 1804.  Educated at Wadham College, Oxford (1822-1826), was a clergyman and later as a bishop.  Medley composed numerous anthems, introits, and other forms of church music, releasing Hymns for Public Worship in the Diocese of Fredericton (Saint John, 1855). He died in Fredericton on 9 September 1892.

Source

Tremblay, Tony. "John Medley." New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia,  Summer 2011. Accessed 19 May 2023. 

Predominant New Brunswick Residences:

Fredericton

Archival Material

University of New Brunswick Libraries has the Bishop Medley library, and the Archives contains correspondence between Medley and UNB.

Headshot of John Medley

Bishop John Medley

Credit

"Bishop John Medley." Courtesy of University of New Brunswick Archives & Special Collections, [18--?], UA PC 14, item 4. Accessed 19 May 2023.

See the New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia entry.

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Bibliography Items

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Medley, John. Sermons, Published at the Request of Many of His Late Parishioners. Exeter, UK: P. A. Hannaford, 1845, 467 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Medley, John. The Episcopal Form of Church Government ; Its Antiquity , Its Expediency, and Its Conformity to the Word of God. Saint John, NB: William L. Avery, 1845, 46 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John and United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton. Notes of a Visitation Tour Through Parts of the Diocese of Fredericton, New Brunswick, in 1846. London, UK: Society for the Propogation of the Gospel, 1846, 26 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Medley, John. Two Ordination Sermons, Preached in Christ Church Cathedral by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1846, 23 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. The Reformation, Its Nature, Its Necessity and Its Benefits: A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral of Christ Church, Fredericton, on Sunday, February 14th, 1847. Fredericton, NB: James P.A. Phillips, 1847, 27 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. A Charge Delivered at His Primary Visitation Held in Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, August 24, 1847. Fredericton, NB: John Simpson, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 1847, 46 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Medley, John. A Statement Respecting the Condition and Wants of His Diocese, by the Bishop of Fredericton. London, UK: R. Clay, Printer, Bread Street Hill, 1848, 8 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge Delivered in the Cathedral of Christ-Church Fredericton to the Clergy of the Diocese Assembled at the Second Triennial Visitation of John, Bishop of Fredericton. Saint John, NB: W.L. Avery, 1850, 63 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Wiggins, R. B. and Medley, John. A letter to the Right Reverend, the Lord Bishop of Fredericton [i.e. John Medley]. Saint John, N.B.: Henry Chubb & Co., 1851, 12 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): New Brunswick Imprints, Religion

Medley, John. The Sermon at the Consecration of Thomas Frederick Davis, D. D. and Thomas Atkinson, D. D. to the Episcopate: Preached by Appointment in St. John's Chapel, New York, on Monday, October 17, 1853. New York, NY: Church Depository, 1853, 25 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese, by John Bishop of Fredericton, at His Third Triennial Visitation Holden in Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, 1853. Fredericton, NB: J. Simpson, 1853, 40 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John and United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton. Hymns for Public Worship in the Diocese of Fredericton. Saint John, NB: J. & A. McMillan, 1855, 144 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese, by John, Bishop of Fredericton, at His Fourth Triennial Visitation Holden in Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, 1856. Fredericton, NB: J. Simpson, 1856, 29 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. The House of God, the Christian's Home: A Sermon Preached at the Consecration of St. Michael's Chapel, Quebec, on Tuesday, 16th September, 1856. Montreal, QC: Lamoreux, 1856, 13 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Medley, John. "Faint, yet Pursuing," an Ordination Sermon: Preached in the Cathedral of Christ Church, Fredericton, on the Second Sunday in Lent, 1856 and Published at the Request of Some Members of the Congregation. Fredericton, NB: J. Simpson, 1856, 14 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. A lecture delivered by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton before the Church of England Young Men's Society of the City of Saint John, at the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute, on Friday evening, 23d January, 1857: subject-good taste : the Rev. Dr. Gray, one of the patrons of the society, in the chair. Saint John, N.B.: Printed for the Society by J. & A. McMillan, 1857. [ book ]
Collection(s): New Brunswick Imprints, Religion

Medley, John. A lecture delivered by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton: before the Church of England Young Men's Society of the city of Saint John at the hall of the Mechanic's Institute, on Friday evening, 23d January, 1857. Subject, "Good taste.". Saint John, NB: Printed for the Society, 1857, 24 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): New Brunswick Imprints, Religion

Medley, John. Lecture Delivered by the Lord Bishop of Fredericton Before the Church of England Young Men's Society of the City of Saint John at the Hall of the Mechanics' Institute on Friday Evening, 23d January, 1857: Subject-Good Taste: The Rev. Dr. Gray One of the Patrons of the Society, in the Chair. Saint John, NB: J. & A. McMillan, 1857, 24 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. A Charge Delivered in the Cathedral, Fredericton, on Thursday, September 1, 1859 to the Clergy of the Diocese, and Published at Their Request. Saint John, NB: Barnes & Co., 1859, 43 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. A Sermon Preached Before His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on His Visit to Fredericton, in Christ Church Cathedral, August 5th, 1860. Fredericton, NB: John Graham, 1860, 13 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. Duty of All Classes of Churchmen to Contribute to an Endowment Fund for the Diocese: A Charge Delivered to the Clergy Assembled in the Cathedral Church, September 3, 1862, and Respectfully Dedicated to Them, and to All the Laity of the Church of England in the Province of New Brunswick, The. Saint John, NB, 1862, 4 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. Charge Delivered to the Clergy Assembled in the Cathedral Church, September 3, 1862: And Respectfully Dedicated to Them, and to All the Laity of the Church of England in the Province of New Brunswick, A. Saint John, NB: "The Despatch" Printing Office, William M. Wright, proprietor, 1862, 4 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. Four Charges to the Clergy of the Diocese, by John, Lord Bishop of Fredericton: At His Triennial Visitations, Holden in Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, 1853, 1856, 1859, 1862. Oxford: H. Hammans, 1863, 143 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge Delivered in Christ-Church Cathedral, Fredericton, September 13th, 1865, at the Triennial Visitation. Saint John, NB: W.M. Right, 1865, 30 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. Hymns for Public Worship in the Diocese of Fredericton. Saint John, NB: J. & A. McMillan, 1867, 203 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. The Mission of the Comforter: Two Sermons Preached in the Cathedral of Christ Church, Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Whitsunday and Trinity Sunday, 1867. Fredericton, NB: H. A. Cropley, 1867, 20 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Fredericton: Delivered at His Eighth Triennial Visitation in the Church of St Paul's, Portland, St. John, June 30th, 1868. London, UK: Macmillan and Co., 1868, 47 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Church Of England. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge Delivered in Christ-Church Cathedral, Fredericton: July 4th, 1871, at the Triennial Visitation. Fredericton, NB: H. A. Cropley, 1871, 27 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Elvey, Stephen and Medley, John. The Canticles, Pointed for Chanting. Fredericton, NB: H. A. Cropley, 1873, 12 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Church Of England. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. Charge Delivered by the Right Revd. John, Lord Bishop of Fredericton, at St. Paul's Church, Portland, on Tuesday, June 30th, 1874. Saint John, NB: G. A. Knodell, 1874, 14 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. A sermon : preached in the Cathedral Church, Fredericton, and in St. John's Church, St. John, on the occasion of the late calamitous fire. Fredericton, N.B.: H.A. Cropley, 1877, 8 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): New Brunswick Imprints, Religion

Jones, John R. and Medley, John. Should Ritualism Be Tolerated in the Church of England?: A Sermon Preached in Christ Church, Belleville. Belleville, ON, 1877, 13 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Medley, John. A Sermon Preached in the Cathedral Church, Fredericton, and in St. John's Church, St. John, on the Occasion of the Late Calamitous Fire. Fredericton, NB: H. A. Cropley, 1877, 8 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Medley, John. Sermon Preached Before the Provincial Synod of Canada in Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal, on September 12th, 1877. Montreal, QC: Lovell, 1877, 16 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Medley, John. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Fredericton in the Cathedral on Tuesday, July 3, 1877. Fredericton, NB: H. A. Cropley, 1877, 27 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. "Other Little Ships": A Sermon Preached by the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of Fredericton in the Cathedral Church of S. Peter, Exeter, on Tuesday, August 13th, 1878, Being the Anniversary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. [London, UK]: Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1878, 14 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Jarvis, W. M. and Medley, John. A Letter to the Most Reverend the Lord Bishop of Fredericton Respecting a Proposed Canon for the Appointment and Election of a Bishop Coadjutor. Saint John, NB, 1879, 9 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion

Church Of England. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Bishop Coadjutor: Remarks on a Canon Proposed by the Most Reverend the Lord Bishop of Fredericton, in the Month of June, A.D. 1879. [Saint John, NB], 1879. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. The Book of Job, Translated from the Hebrew Text, with an Introduction, a Summary of Each Chapter, and Brief Notes in Explanation of Obscure Passages. St. John, NB: J. & A. McMillan, 1879, 149 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

United Church Of England And Ireland. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Fredericton Delivered at His Visitation Held on June 30th, 1880. Saint John, NB: Daily News Steam Job Print, 1880, 17 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Church Of England. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Fredericton in the Cathedral, July 4th, 1883. Saint John, NB: Ellis, Robertson, 1883, 15 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Church Of England. Diocese Of Fredericton and Medley, John. A Charge Delivered in Trinity Church, St. John, to the Clergy of the Diocese of Fredericton and Metropolitan of Canada, at His Triennial Visitation, St. Peter's Day, 1886. Saint John, NB: Ellis, Robertson & Company, "Globe" Press, 1886, 12 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion, New Brunswick Imprints

Medley, John. Diocese of Fredericton, 1845-1895: St. Barnabas Day, June 11, 1895; The Fiftieth Anniversary of the Inthronization of the Right Reverend John Medley, First Bishop of Fredericton; Papers Read at Fredericton, June 10, 1895. Saint John, NB: Ellis, Robertson, 1895, 28 pp. [ book ]
Collection(s): Religion