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14 Records
1533–1695 Date range
13 Named people
2 Places
Chronological records 1533 Thomas Cranmer 30 March 1533
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1555 Edmund Grindal 1555
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Nicholas Heath 1555
Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of York
1559 Matthew Parker 17 December 1559
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1570 Edmund Grindal 1570
York · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of York
1583 John Whitgift 1583
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
John Witgift 1583
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1604 Richard Bancroft 1604
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1611 George Abbot 1611
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1633 William Laud 1633
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Provokes the Bishops War between England & Scotland. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1660 William Juxon 1660
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1677 William Sancroft 1677
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1691 John Tillotson 1691
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1695 Thomas Tenison 1695
Canterbury · Religion / Church of England
Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
Names involved Edmund Grindal George Abbot John Tillotson John Whitgift John Witgift Matthew Parker Nicholas Heath Richard Bancroft Thomas Cranmer Thomas Tenison William Juxon William Laud William Sancroft
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