an English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558, during the Counter Reformation. In 1537 Pole, already a deacon, was created a cardinal. Pope Paul III put him in charge of organising assistance for the Pilgrimage of Grace (and related movements), an effort to organise a march on London to install a Roman Catholic government instead of Henry's; neither Francis I of France nor the Emperor supported this effort, and the English government tried to have Pole assassinated.
John Morton [1](1486-1500): an English prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1486 until his death and also Lord Chancellor of England from 1487. He was el...
Henry Deane (1501-1503): Archbishop of Canterbury from 1501 until his death. Deane was admitted to the society of Lincoln's Inn in 1489, suggesting a knowledge of c...
William Warham (1503-1532): the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1503 to his death. In 1502, he was consecrated Bishop of London and became Keeper of the Great Seal, but ...
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John Morton [1](1486-1500): an English prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1486 until his death and also Lord Chancellor of England from 1487. He was el...
Henry Deane (1501-1503): Archbishop of Canterbury from 1501 until his death. Deane was admitted to the society of Lincoln's Inn in 1489, suggesting a knowledge of c...
William Warham (1503-1532): the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1503 to his death. In 1502, he was consecrated Bishop of London and became Keeper of the Great Seal, but ...
Thomas Cranmer (1533-1555): a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He...
Reginald Pole (1556-1558): an English cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and the last Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, holding the office from 1556 to 1558,...
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William Howley (1828-1848): a clergyman in the Church of England. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1828 to 1848. Howley was Archbishop during the repeal of th...
John Bird Sumner (1848-1862): a bishop in the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury from 1848 to 1862. Sumner's numerous writings were much esteemed, especially ...
