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John Kemp (other)
John Kemp (1380–1454) was Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of England. John Kemp or Johnny Kemp may also refer to: Sports *John Kemp (Australian footballer) (born 1944), Australian football player *John Kemp (baseball), Negro league baseball player *John Kemp (cricketer, born 1928), South African cricketer *John Kemp (cricketer, born 1952), South African cricketer *John Kemp (New Zealand footballer) (1940–1993), New Zealand international football (soccer) player Others *John Kemp, 1st Viscount Rochdale (1906–1993), British peer, soldier and businessman *John Arthur Kemp (1926–1987), master mariner, author, educationalist *St John Kemp, 2nd Viscount Rochdale (1938–2015) *John Kemp (antiquary) (1665–1717), English collector *John Kemp (mathematician) (1763–1812), Scots-born mathematician who moved to New York *John Dan Kemp (born c. 1951), Chief Justice of Arkansas *John D. Kemp (born 1949), American disability rights leader *Jonathan Johnny Kemp (1959†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kemp
John Kemp ( – 22 March 1454, surname also spelled Kempe) was a medieval English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England. Biography Kemp was the son of Thomas Kempe, a gentleman of Ollantigh, in the parish of Wye near Ashford, Kent, and Beatrix Lewkenor, daughter of Sir Thomas Lewkenor. He was born about 1380 and educated at Merton College, Oxford, Kemp practised as an ecclesiastical lawyer, was an assessor at the trial of Oldcastle, and in 1415 was made dean of the Court of Arches but did not do a good job as dean. He then passed into the royal service, and being employed in the administration of Normandy was eventually made chancellor of the duchy. He was briefly archdeacon of Durham. In 1418 he was made Keeper of the Privy Seal which he retained until 1421. Early in 1419 he was elected Bishop of Rochester, and was consecrated at Rouen on 3 December. In February 1421 he was translated to Chichester,and in November following to London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |