Archbishop Richard Bancroft

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Archbishop Richard Bancroft was an influential late 16th- and early 17th-century Archbishop of Canterbury known for his role in enforcing Anglican orthodoxy and shaping the Church of England’s doctrine and administration.

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instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
English bishop ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
academicDegree Doctor of Divinity ⓘ
appointedAs Archbishop of Canterbury in 1604 ⓘ
Bishop of London in 1597 ⓘ
birthDate 1544-09-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Farnworth, Lancashire, England ⓘ
linked to: Farnworth
burialPlace Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
churchProvince Province of Canterbury ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1610-11-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Lambeth Palace, London, England ⓘ
linked to: Lambeth Palace
denomination Church of England ⓘ
educatedAt Christ's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jesus College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
era Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance

Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
familyName Bancroft ⓘ
fullName Richard Bancroft ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
influenced development of Anglican ecclesiology ⓘ
enforcement of religious conformity in England ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms in the Church of England ⓘ
enforcing Anglican orthodoxy ⓘ
involvement in the authorization of the King James Bible ⓘ
opposition to Puritanism ⓘ
role in shaping Church of England doctrine ⓘ
role in the Hampton Court Conference ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
monarchDuringOffice Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
movement English Reformation ⓘ
notableWork sermons against Puritanism ⓘ
ordination ordained priest in the Church of England ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Bishop of London ⓘ
Chaplain to the Lord Chancellor ⓘ
Master of the Savoy ⓘ
Rector of St Andrew Holborn ⓘ
predecessor John Whitgift ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Lambeth Palace ⓘ
successor George Abbot ⓘ
theologicalPosition critic of Presbyterianism ⓘ
defender of episcopal church government ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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Lambeth Palace Library → foundedBy → Archbishop Richard Bancroft ⓘ