Robert Aldrich (bishop)
Robert Aldrich or Aldridge (died March 1555) was
Henry VIII, Edward VI
and Mary.
Richard Aldrich was born at Burnham, Buckinghamshire, and educated at Eton and Cambridge.[1]
In 1534 he was appointed Canon of the tenth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1537.[2]
He was consecrated bishop of Carlisle on 18 July 1537. He became in 1534 register of the order of the Garter, in the room of Dr.
Horncastle in Lincolnshire
.
Works
His principal works are the following.
- Epistola ad Gwielmum Hormannum
- Epigrammata varia
- Several Resolutions concerning the Sacraments
- Answers to certain Queries concerning the Abuses of the Mass
Sources
- ^ "Aldrich, Robert (ALDC507R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- ^ Foster, Joseph, ed. (1891). Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714. University of Oxford. pp. 1–28 – via British History Online.
Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Robert Aldrich.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Rose, Hugh James (1857). "Aldrich, Robert". A New General Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1 AA–ANS. London: B. Fellowes et al. pp. 256–257.
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