Thomas Barlow (bishop)
Early life
Early life
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Barlow was the son of Richard Barlow of Long\-gill in the parish of [Orton, Eden](/wiki/Orton%2C_Eden "Orton, Eden") in [Westmorland](/wiki/Westmorland "Westmorland") (now [Cumbria](/wiki/Cumbria "Cumbria")). He was educated at [Appleby](/wiki/Appleby-in-Westmorland "Appleby-in-Westmorland") grammar school. Aged 16, he entered Queen's College, Oxford, as a servitor, rising to be a tabarder (scholar). He took his BA degree in 1630 and his MA in 1633, when he was elected a fellow of his college. In 1635 he was appointed metaphysical [reader](/wiki/Reader_%28academic_rank%29 "Reader (academic rank)") to the university, being seen as a master of casuistry, logic, and philosophy. Among his pupils was [John Owen](/wiki/John_Owen_%28theologian%29 "John Owen (theologian)").

He associated at Oxford with [Robert Sanderson](/wiki/Robert_Sanderson_%28theologian%29 "Robert Sanderson (theologian)") and particularly with [Robert Boyle](/wiki/Robert_Boyle "Robert Boyle"), who made Oxford his chief residence from 1654 to 1668\. Barlow was a learned Calvinist, who opposed [Jeremy Taylor](/wiki/Jeremy_Taylor "Jeremy Taylor") and [George Bull](/wiki/George_Bull "George Bull"), and with [Thomas Tully](/wiki/Thomas_Tully "Thomas Tully") was one of the guardians in [Interregnum](/wiki/Interregnum_%28England%29 "Interregnum (England)") Oxford of acceptable orthodoxy. On the death of [John Rouse](/wiki/John_Rouse_%28librarian%29 "John Rouse (librarian)"), Barlow was elected to the librarianship of the [Bodleian](/wiki/Bodleian "Bodleian") on 6 April 1652, a post he held until he succeeded to the Lady Margaret professorship in 1660\. He favoured the scholars [Anthony à Wood](/wiki/Anthony_%C3%A0_Wood "Anthony à Wood"), [Anthony Horneck](/wiki/Anthony_Horneck "Anthony Horneck"), whom he had appointed as chaplain in Queen's, and [Thomas Fuller](/wiki/Thomas_Fuller "Thomas Fuller"), and was hospitable to [Christopher Davenport](/wiki/Christopher_Davenport "Christopher Davenport"). He spoke of [infant baptism](/wiki/Infant_baptism "Infant baptism") in a letter to [John Tombes](/wiki/John_Tombes "John Tombes"), which later affected his prospect of preferment.

Barlow retained his fellowship in 1648 with support from [John Selden](/wiki/John_Selden "John Selden") and his former pupil John Owen, having contributed anonymously a tract on the [parliamentary visitation of Oxford](/wiki/Parliamentary_visitation_of_Oxford "Parliamentary visitation of Oxford") in that year.*Pegasus, or the Flying Horse from Oxford, bringing the Proceedings of the Visitors and other Bedlamites*. He became Provost of his college in 1657\. In 1658 he brought tactful support to Sanderson on behalf of Boyle.


Where was Barlow born and educated?