Richard Ingworth or Richard Yngworth, prior of
Langley Langley may refer to:
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, was appointed
Bishop of Dover
The Bishop of Dover is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Dover in Kent. The Bishop of Dover holds the additional title of "Bishop i ...
under the provisions of the
Suffragan Bishops Act 1534
The Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (26 Hen 8 c 14) is an Act of the Parliament of England that authorised the appointment of suffragan (i.e., assistant) bishops in England and Wales. The tradition of appointing suffragans named after a town in the d ...
in 1537, a post he held until his death eight years later.
John Foxe's Book of Martyrs
/ref> As Bishop of Dover, Yngworth acted as the agent for Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...
and Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell (; 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charge ...
in obtaining the surrender of the friaries; as part of the suppression of the monasteries, nunneries and friaries of England and Wales
References
16th-century English bishops
Bishops of Dover, Kent
1545 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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