Robert Aldrich or Aldridge (died March 1555) was
Bishop of Carlisle in the reigns of
Henry VIII,
Edward VI
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and Mary.
Richard Aldrich was born at
Burnham, Buckinghamshire, and educated at
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and
Cambridge
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.
In 1534 he was appointed
Canon of the tenth stall at
St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
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, a position he held until 1537.
[''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.]
He was consecrated bishop of Carlisle on 18 July 1537. He became in 1534 register of the order of the Garter, in the room of Dr.
Richard Sydnor, archdeacon of
Totnes
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. He was praised by
Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (; ; English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus;''Erasmus'' was his baptismal name, given after St. Erasmus of Formiae. ''Desiderius'' was an adopted additional name, which he used from 1496. The ''Roterodamus'' w ...
, while he was a fellow of
King's College, as a young man of eloquence; and
Leland, the antiquary, who was his friend, has celebrated him in a copy of Latin verses. He was both master and provost of Eton; but in 1529 he retired to
Oxford
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and was incorporated B.D. and afterwards proceeded D.D. in that university.
He died in 1555 at
Horncastle
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History Romans
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in
Lincolnshire
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.
Works
His principal works are the following.
*''Epistola ad Gwielmum Hormannum''
*''Epigrammata varia''
*''Several Resolutions concerning the Sacraments''
*''Answers to certain Queries concerning the Abuses of the Mass''
Sources
External links
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1555 deaths
People from Burnham, Buckinghamshire
People educated at Eton College
Bishops of Carlisle
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
16th-century English bishops
People of the Tudor period
English male writers
16th-century English writers
16th-century male writers
Year of birth unknown
Canons of Windsor