William Petow
William Petow Cardinal Bishop of Salisbury | |
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Diocese | Salisbury |
Appointed | 30 March 1543 |
Term ended | April 1558/1559 |
Predecessor | Gasparo Contarini |
Successor | John Capon |
Orders | |
Created cardinal | 14 June 1557 by Pope Paul IV |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1483 |
Died | 1558 (aged c. 75/74) London, England |
William Petow (or Peto, Peyto; c. 1483 – April 1558 or 1559?) was an English
Early life
Though his parentage was long unknown, it is now established that he was the son of Edward Peyto of
Entering the
Exile
In 1539 Petow was included in the
There he remained till Pope Paul IV, who had known him in Rome and highly esteemed him, decided to create him cardinal and papal legate in place of Pole. But as Petow was very old and his powers were failing, he declined both dignities. He was, however, created cardinal on 14 June 1557, though Queen Mary would not allow him to receive the hat, and the appointment was received with public derision. It was a tradition among the Franciscans that he was pelted with stones by a London mob, and so injured that he shortly afterwards died.[4] Other accounts represent him as dying in France.
The date frequently assigned for his death (April, 1558) is incorrect, as on 31 October 1558, Queen Mary wrote to the pope that she had offered to reinstate him in the Bishopric of Salisbury on the death of
References
Further reading
- Charles Henry Cooper, Athenæ Cantabrigienses, I (Cambridge, 1858), giving new particulars as to his family and his university career
- Anthony à Wood, Athenæ Oxonienses, ed. Bliss (London, 1813–20)
- Anthony Parkinson, Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica (London, 1726)
- Dodd, Charles, Church History (Brussels vere Wolverhampton, 1737–42)
- William Maziere Brady, Episcopal Succession, I, II (Rome, 1877)
- Francis Aidan Gasquet, Henry VIII and the English Monasteries (London, 1888)
- James Gairdner in Dictionary of National Biography, citing state papers but otherwise an imperfect and defective account
- Joseph Gillow, Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics (London, 1885)
- Mary Jean Stone, Mary the First (London, 1901)
- Marie Halle, Life of Cardinal Pole (London, 1910)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Edwin Burton (1911). "William Peyto". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company.