John Salisbury (bishop)

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John Salisbury O.S.B
Bishop of Sodor and Man
In office1570 to 1573 (death)
Predecessor Thomas Stanley (bishop)
Successor Henry Man
Personal details
BornWales
DiedSeptember 1573
Buried Norwich Cathedral
Previous post Bishop of Thetford
Dean of Norwich
Archdeacon of Anglesey
Styles of
John Salisbury
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Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord
Religious style Bishop

John Salisbury, O.S.B. (died 1573) was a Welsh clergyman who held high office in the pre- and post-Reformation church in England.

He was the last Abbot of Titchfield; the abbey was dissolved in December 1537. [1] Under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534, he was appointed and consecrated Bishop of Thetford on 19 March 1536. [2] Three years later, he was also appointed Dean of Norwich on 20 August 1539, but in the reign of Queen Mary I, he was deprived of the deanery in early 1554. [3] [4] After the accession of Queen Elizabeth I, he was restored as Dean in 1559. [4] He was also Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral and Archdeacon of Anglesey.

He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man on 27 March 1570, which was confirmed on 7 April 1570. [5] [6] Whilst bishop, he continued to hold the deanery of Norwich " in commendam ". [4]

He died in September 1573 and was buried in Norwich Cathedral. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Page, William; Doubleday, H. Arthur (1973). Houses of Cistercian monks: Abbey of Netley, A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume II. The Victoria County History. ISBN   0-7129-0592-8.
  2. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 288. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  3. ↑ Priors of Norwich, including the first two Deans. British History Online. Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 Deans of Norwich. British History Online. Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
  5. ↑ Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (Third Edition, revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 273. ISBN   0-521-56350-X.
  6. ↑ Bishops of Sodor and Man. British History Online. Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
  7. ↑ Bishops of Sodor and Man [ unreliable source ]. Tudor Place. Retrieved on 26 March 2009.
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