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Under [[Mary I of England]] he was pastor to a covert Protestant congregation in London.<ref>[[Patrick Collinson]], ''The Elizabethan Puritan Movement'' (1982), p. 61.</ref> He was a chaplain to Archbishop [[Matthew Parker]].<ref>''Dictionary of National Biography'', article Parker, Matthew.</ref>
Under [[Mary I of England]] he was pastor to a covert Protestant congregation in London.<ref>[[Patrick Collinson]], ''The Elizabethan Puritan Movement'' (1982), p. 61.</ref> He was a chaplain to Archbishop [[Matthew Parker]].<ref>''Dictionary of National Biography'', article Parker, Matthew.</ref>


He became [[Bishop of Peterborough]] in 1561, and was a reviser of the [[Bishops' Bible]].<ref name = CDNB/><ref>http://www.katapi.org.uk/BibleMSS/Ch11.htm</ref> He suspended [[Eusebius Pagit]], then vicar of [[Lamport]], in 1574.<ref>''Dictionary of National Biography'', article Pagit, Eusebius.</ref>
He became [[Bishop of Peterborough]] in 1561, and was a reviser of the [[Bishops' Bible]].<ref name = CDNB/><ref>http://www.katapi.org.uk/BibleMSS/Ch11.htm</ref> He suspended [[Eusebius Pagit]], then vicar of [[Lamport, Northamptonshire|Lamport]], in 1574.<ref>''Dictionary of National Biography'', article Pagit, Eusebius.</ref>


In 1585 he became [[Bishop of Norwich]]. He was responsible there for the [[heresy]] proceedings against [[Francis Kett]].<ref>Dewey D. Wallace, Jr., ''From Eschatology to Arian Heresy: The Case of Francis Kett (d. 1589)'', The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1974), pp. 459-473.</ref>
In 1585 he became [[Bishop of Norwich]]. He was responsible there for the [[heresy]] proceedings against [[Francis Kett]].<ref>Dewey D. Wallace, Jr., ''From Eschatology to Arian Heresy: The Case of Francis Kett (d. 1589)'', The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1974), pp. 459-473.</ref>

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Edmund Scambler
Bishop of Norwich
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Norwich
Installed1585
Term ended1594 (death)
PredecessorEdmund Freke
SuccessorWilliam Redman
Other post(s)Bishop of Peterborough (1561–1585)
Personal details
Bornc. 1520
Died1594 (aged 73–74)
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materPeterhouse, Cambridge

Edmund Scambler (c. 1520–1594) was an English bishop.

Life

He was born at Gressingham, and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, Queens' College, Cambridge and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1542.[1][2][3]

Under Mary I of England he was pastor to a covert Protestant congregation in London.[4] He was a chaplain to Archbishop Matthew Parker.[5]

He became Bishop of Peterborough in 1561, and was a reviser of the Bishops' Bible.[3][6] He suspended Eusebius Pagit, then vicar of Lamport, in 1574.[7]

In 1585 he became Bishop of Norwich. He was responsible there for the heresy proceedings against Francis Kett.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Scambler, Edmund (SCMR541E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53271
  3. ^ a b Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  4. ^ Patrick Collinson, The Elizabethan Puritan Movement (1982), p. 61.
  5. ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article Parker, Matthew.
  6. ^ http://www.katapi.org.uk/BibleMSS/Ch11.htm
  7. ^ Dictionary of National Biography, article Pagit, Eusebius.
  8. ^ Dewey D. Wallace, Jr., From Eschatology to Arian Heresy: The Case of Francis Kett (d. 1589), The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1974), pp. 459-473.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Peterborough
1561–1584
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Norwich
1585–1594
Succeeded by