Description:Dr. John Bridgeman (1577-1652) was Bishop of Chester 1619-1652. He married Elizabeth Helyar, daughter of Reverend William Helyar, in 1606. His oldest son Orlando was a judge and baronet and his third son Henry Bridgeman a bishop. He died at Moreton in Shropshire and was buried at Kinnersley, Herefordshire. He is an ancestor of the Bridgeman family, Earls of Bradford, of Weston Park.
Engraving by T. Trotter, published 1st November 1795 by W. Richards, Castle Street, Leicester Square, London.