Thomas Bentham
Thomas Bentham (1513/14–1579) was a scholar and a Protestant minister. One of the
Life
Bentham was born in 1513/14, to unknown parents, in Sherburn, Yorkshire (although which of the two places of this name is uncertain).[1] He was admitted perpetual fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, on 10 November 1546, proceeded M.A. in 1547, and "about that time did solely addict his mind to the study of theology and to the learning of the Hebrew tongue, in which last he was most excellent, as in those of Greek and Latin".
On the accession of Mary he was turned out of his fellowship "for his forward and malapert zeal against the catholic religion in the time of Edward VI, by the visitors appointed by her to regulate the university".[2] He went to
He was back in England before the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558, despite the persecution of protestants.[4]
In 1559 Ralph Baines, the bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, who was a Roman Catholic, was imprisoned; he died the same year.
Bentham was appointed to the bishopric. He faced a number of economic challenges.[4]
He was buried at Eccleshall, where he had his official residence.
Notes
- Sherburn-in-Elmet (often referred to locally simply as "Sherburn"), near Selby.
- ^ Grossart 1885.
- ^ Book of Martyrs
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2156. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grosart, Alexander Balloch (1885). "Bentham, Thomas". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
Further reading
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2156. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- The Letter Book of Bishop Thomas Bentham, conserved at the National Library of Wales, was edited by R. O'Day and J. Berlatsky, 1979, in Camden Miscellany, 27 (Camden 4th ser., 22, London: RHS), 113–238.