William Fuller (bishop)
After taking holy orders he was appointed one of the chaplains or petty canons of Christ Church Cathedral.Samuel Pepys, though much younger, called him "my dear friend", and there are numerous references to Fuller in the Diary.Six months after he became dean of St. Patrick's, on 27 January 1661, twelve bishops were consecrated at one time for as many vacant sees in St. Patrick's Cathedral by Archbishop John Bramhall, and Fuller wrote an anthem for the occasion entitled Quum denuo exaltavit Dominus coronam.One of his sisters, Catherine, married John Bligh, citizen and salter of London, afterwards of Rathmore, co. Meath, M.P.Now that the sun has veil'd his Light, And bid the World good Night; To the soft Bed my Body I dispose, But where shall my Soul repose?