John White (1510 – 12 January 1560) was an English

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clergyman,

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and later Bishop of Winchester during the reign of Mary Tudor.

Life

He was born in Farnham in Surrey, the son of Katherine ''née'' Wells and Robert White, a merchant of Farnham. His older brother was Sir John White (c.1500–1573),

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1563/4. He was educated at

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and New College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1529, M.A. in 1534, and D.D. in 1555.http://www.hamline.edu/brass/pdfs/n_win-coll_c1548.pdf He was Warden of Winchester College from 1541, and wrote verses on the marriage to Philip II of Spain. He was

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from 1551 to 1554 after which he was

from 1554 to 1556. He was then Bishop of Winchester from 1556, but was deprived of his see in 1559 on the accession of

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, and imprisoned. There is a memorial to him in Winchester College Chapel. He was brother to Sir John White, alderman and MP.

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External links

''John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs''
{{DEFAULTSORT:White, John 1510 births 1560 deaths People from Farnham People educated at Winchester College Alumni of New College, Oxford Archdeacons of Taunton Bishops of Lincoln Bishops of Winchester 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops Wardens of Winchester College