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Robert Wisdom under Persecution, 1541–1543

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2011

Sherwin Bailey
Affiliation:
Central Lecturer, Church of England Moral Welfare Council

Extract

Among those who came into collision with the authorities during the latter part of the reign of Henry VIII was Robert Wisdom. Although one of the lesser figures among the English reformers, he was not without importance. In 1552 he was suggested by Cranmer as a person suitable and willing to fill die then vacant archiepiscopal see of Armagh, but eventually he was passed over. At the time of the Marian reaction he sought refuge on the Continent, and on his return was made archdeacon of Ely, in the enjoyment of which dignity he died nine years later, in 1568.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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