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George Cotes (or Cotys, Coates) (died 1556) was an
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during the
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. He had been a
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in 1522, and then became a Fellow of
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in 1527.Masters of Balliol
''Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts ''. Retrieved on 10 July 2016. He was Junior Proctor of
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in 1531. It was some years before he was elected Master of Balliol College, in which post he served in the years 1539–1545. With the accession of Queen Mary, he was chosen to succeed the former Carmelite John Bird, who had been deprived because he was married, as
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.Bishops of Chester
''British History Online''. Retrieved on 10 July 2016. Cotes was consecrated on 1 April 1554 by bishops
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of
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,
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of
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, and
Cuthbert Tunstall Cuthbert Tunstall (otherwise spelt Tunstal or Tonstall; 1474 – 18 November 1559) was an English Scholastic, church leader, diplomat, administrator and royal adviser. He served as Prince-Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edwar ...
of
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, and received papal provision on 6 July 1554. However, he held the post for only a short period of time before he died in c. January 1556. During the
Marian Persecutions Protestants were executed in England under heresy laws during the reigns of Henry VIII (1509–1547) and Mary I (1553–1558). Radical Christians also were executed, though in much smaller numbers, during the reigns of Edward VI (1547–155 ...
he had Protestant George Marsh burnt at the stake as a heretic.John Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Retrieved on 10 July 2016.


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*F. Sanders, 'George Cotes, Master of Balliol and Bishop of Chester', in ''Notes and Queries'' 1894 series 8-V (1894) 48–49. *F. Huskisson & E. Marshall, 'George Cotes, Master of Balliol and Bishop of Chester', in ''Notes and Queries'' series 8-V (1894) 153. 1556 deaths 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Chester Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Year of birth unknown Masters of Balliol College, Oxford {{UK-RC-bishop-stub