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==Life== Born Jeremiah Collier, in [[Stow cum Quy]], Cambridgeshire, Collier was educated at [[Caius College]], [[University of Cambridge]], receiving the BA (1673) and MA (1676). A supporter of [[James II of England|James II]], he refused, as a nonjuror (see [[Nonjuring schism]]) to take the oath of allegiance to [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] after the [[Glorious Revolution]]. Furthering his obvious disapproval of the new monarchs, he publicly absolved two [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] who had conspired to assassinate the King and Queen. In 1713 he was consecrated a non-juror bishop by [[George Hickes (divine)|George Hickes]] and two Scottish bishops, [[Archibald Campbell (bishop)|Archibald Campbell]] and [[James Gadderar]].
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