John Longland
The Right Reverend John Longland | |
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Roman Catholic/Church of England | |
| Diocese | Lincoln |
| Appointed | 20 March 1521 |
| In office | 1521-1547 |
| Predecessor | William Atwater |
| Successor | Henry Holbeach |
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| Consecration | 5 May 1521 by William Warham |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1473 |
| Died | 7 May 1547 Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Buried | Eton College |
| Nationality | English |
| Parents | Thomas Longland & Isabel Staveley |
John Longland (1473 – 7 May 1547) was the English Dean of Salisbury from 1514 to 1521 and Bishop of Lincoln from 1521 to his death in 1547.
Career
He was made a
King Henry VIII's confessor[1] and was said to have been one of those who first persuaded the King that he should annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.[2]
In 1519 he was appointed
Lord Almoner from c.1521.[3] He was consecrated a bishop on 5 May 1521, by William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester; Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely; and John Vesey, Bishop of Exeter.[4]
During the
Thomas Cromwell about Protestant preachers in his diocese.[5]
Longland is referred to by John Foxe, the martyrologist, as "a fierce and cruel vexer of the faithful, poor servants of Christ." Foxe states that he violently constrained men, women, and maidens to testify against one another. He delivered some over to the secular arm to be burned.
See also
- Lollardy, a protestant reform movement persecuted by Longland
- Agnes Ashford, a protestant evangelist threatened and intimidated by Longland
- List of chancellors of the University of Oxford
References
- ISBN 0-415-06672-7.
- ^ Spanish Chronicle, p. 5.
- ^ Athenæ Oxonienses - an Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops ..., Volume 1. p. 58.
- ^ Perceval, Arthur Philip. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession: With an Appendix, on the English Orders. second edition (London: Rivington, 1841) p. 188.
- ^ Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars (Yale University Press, 2005), p. 388.
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