Thomas Young (bishop)
Thomas Young | |
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| Archbishop of York | |
| Installed | 1561 |
| Term ended | 1568 |
| Predecessor | Nicholas Heath |
| Successor | Edmund Grindal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1507 |
| Died | 26 June 1568 (aged 60–61) |
| Denomination | Church of England |
Thomas Young (1507 – 26 June 1568) was a
Bishop of St David's and Archbishop of York
(1561–1568).
Life
He was the son of John Young and Eleanor his wife, and was born at
Bishop of St David's, who had made him his commissary, he, with others of the canons, drew up articles against him. Those were investigated by a commission appointed by Edward VI in 1549. Ferrar, in vindication of himself, accused Young and another canon of despoiling the cathedral of crosses, chalices, censers, and other plate, jewels, and ornaments. John Foxe
comments very severely on Young's conduct.
On
Marian exile in Germany. His successor, Morgan Phillips, fellow of Oriel College, Oxford
, was collated precentor on 31 May 1554.
On the accession of
Elizabeth, Phillips was deprived (1559) and Young was restored. He was shortly afterwards appointed with others on a commission to visit the Welsh cathedrals. On the deprivation of Bishop Henry Morgan, he was elected bishop of St David's on 6 December 1559, confirmed on 18 January 1560, consecrated at Lambeth on 21 January 1560 by Archbishop Matthew Parker and the bishops of London, Ely, and Bedford. Through Lord Robert Dudley, he begged to obtain the restoration of the temporalities of his see, which were given on 23 March. He received licence to hold in commendam the precentorship and other positions, because of the extent of his diocese and its expense. On the deprivation of Nicholas Heath
, archbishop of York, Parker recommended Young to the queen as Heath's successor. He was elected archbishop on 27 January 1561, and confirmed on 25 February receiving restitution of the temporalities on 4 March 1561.
In the north Young was immersed in the work of pacifying the country, bringing it to conformity in religion, and acting as the royal representative in political and religious matters. He was an active president of the
collegiate church at Manchester. In 1566, on account of his age, a suffragan, with the title of bishop of Nottingham, was consecrated to assist him (Richard Barnes
, 9 March 1566).
He died at Sheffield on 26 June 1568, and was buried in the east end of the choir of York Minster, where his monument remains.
Family
He married, first, a daughter of
George Constantine; secondly, Jane, daughter of Thomas Kynaston of Estwick, Staffordshire, by whom he had a son, Sir George Young (fl.
1612).
References
- Pettegree, Andrew. "Young, Thomas (1507–1568)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30280. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Young, Thomas (1507-1568)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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