Thomas Minors (1609–1677) merchant, politician, MP[42] from 1654 to 1660 and commissioner for scandalous ministers Michael Biddulph (1610–1666) elected MP[43] for Lichfield in 1660 in the Convention Parliament Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), antiquary, politician,[44] astrologer and alchemist. founder of Ashmolean Museum Edward Wetenhall (1636–1713) English bishop[45] of the Church of Ireland Gregory King (1648–1712) genealogist,[46] engraver and statistician John Floyer (1649 in Hints – 1734), physician[47] and author Richard Dyott (1667–1719) elected MP[48] for Lichfield 1690/1695, re-elected 1698/1708, elected again 1710/1715 Joseph Addison (1672–1719), essayist,[49] poet, playwright, and politician. Gilbert Walmisley (1680–1751) barrister,[50] friend of Samuel Johnson, buried in a vault near the south side of Lichfield Cathedral. Theophilus Levett (1693–1746) attorney, town clerk of Lichfield, politician and landowner,