Edwin Sandys (bishop)
Edwin Sandys | |
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Archbishop of York | |
Installed | 1576 |
Term ended | 1588 |
Predecessor | Edmund Grindal |
Successor | John Piers |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Worcester (1559–1570) Bishop of London (1570–1576) |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1519 Esthwaite Hall |
Died | 10 July 1588 |
Buried | Southwell Minster |
Spouse | Mary Sandys Cecily Wilford |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Edwin Sandys (/ˈsændz/; 1519 – 10 July 1588) was an English prelate. He was Anglican Bishop of Worcester (1559–1570), London (1570–1576) and Archbishop of York (1576–1588) during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the translators of the Bishops' Bible.
Early years and education
Edwin was born in 1519 at Esthwaite Hall, which is 1 mile south of Hawkshead, Cumbria, on the road to Newby Bridge. The Hall nestles in the valley and overlooks Esthwaite Water. Today it is still a family home, although the Sandys family now reside in the grander Graythwaite Hall, a few miles further south. He was the son of William Sandys and Margaret Dixon.
Whilst there is a theory that young Edwin received his early education at
He went up to
Exile
On the death of King Edward, the
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Archbishop of York
On his return he became successively Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London and Archbishop of York. He helped in the translation of a new version of the Bishops' Bible. Sandys's own personal copy may be seen in the Hawkshead Grammar School Museum in Cumbria.
Along with other Marian exiles, who returned to positions of wealth and importance, Archbishop Sandys was concerned that true religion and sound learning would forever flourish in the land. They saw the necessity of education for religion's sake and the need for the Church of England to hold their own in discussion with Roman Catholics. To these ends Edwin Sandys founded Hawkshead Grammar School in 1585 and endowed it with sufficient land and property for it to offer a free education.
Sandys died on 10 July 1588, and was buried in Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire.
Family
Sandys was twice married. His first wife, Mary Sandys, died in 1558 at Strasbourg. They had one son:[4]
- James Sandys (died 1557, Strasbourg)
On 19 February 1559, Sandys married Cicely Wilford, daughter of Thomas Wilford and sister of
- JP(1560–1623)
- Sir Edwin Sandys MP (1561–1629), Treasurer of the Virginia Company of London
- Sir Miles Sandys Bt MP (1563–1645)
- William Sandys (born 1565), died young
- Margaret Sandys (1566–1611), married Anthony Aucher
- Thomas Sandys (1568–c. 1634), colonist, a first settler of Jamestown, Virginia
- Anne Sandys (1570–c. 1629), married Sir William Barne
- Henry Sandys (1572–1626)
- George Sandys (1578–1644), traveller and poet, colonist in Virginia
In 1604 Cicely Sandys enlisted the support of Anne of Denmark in an unsuccessful attempt to found a university at Ripon in Yorkshire.[5]
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Disambiguation pages: Edwin Sandys · Henry Sandys · Miles Sandys · Samuel Sandys |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-224-01703-9
- ^ "Sandys, Edwin (SNDS519E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Foxe J, Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church' (Foxe's Book of Martyrs)
- ^ a b "Edwin Sandys (Archbishop of York)". Tudor Place. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Francis Peck, Desiderata Curiosa, vol. 1 (London, 1779), p. 290.
- Archbold, W. A. J. (1897). Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co. . In