Edmund Grindal

Edmund Grindal

Edmund Grindal (* 1519 in St Bees , † July 6, 1583 in London ) was Archbishop of Canterbury , York and London .

Grindal studied at Magdalene College and Christ's College until he came to Pembroke College in 1538 , where he turned to the Reformation . In 1541 he met Martin Bucer , whose pupil he became. Edward VI. appointed Grindal his chaplain in 1551 and two years later Bishop of London . After Maria I became queen, Grindal had to go into exile . He came to Strasbourg , Frankfurt and Basel, among others . During this time Grindal came into contact with Johannes Calvin , John Knox and John Foxe .

When Maria I died in 1558, her half-sister Elizabeth I became queen. She was Protestant and so Grindal was able to come back to England. There he was reappointed Bishop of London , the office he held before exile. In 1570 Grindal became Archbishop of York and in 1575 Archbishop of Canterbury . Grindal refused to obey Elizabeth I's orders to stop the exercises that were emerging in England . Grindal was not removed from office, but banned from public life ( Sequestrated ).

literature

• John Strype: The History of the Life and Acts of the Most Reverend Father in God, Edmund Grindal. 1821 ( archive.org ).
• Grindal, Edmund . In: John Venn , John Archibald Venn (eds.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 1: From the earliest times to 1751 , volume 2 : Dabbs-Juxton . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1922, pp. 270 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 240.
2. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 265
3. ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 212.

predecessor	Office	successor
Edmund Bonner	Bishop of London 1559–1570	Edwin Sandys
Thomas Young	Archbishop of York 1570–1576	Edwin Sandys
Matthew Parker	Archbishop of Canterbury 1575–1583	John Whitgift