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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.

Bibliography Items

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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. 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. 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 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. 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. 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 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

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