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Archbishop
Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
 Richard Bancroft, DD
Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in Divinity . Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christianity theology or related religion subjects....
, BD
Bachelor of Divinity

In Western culture universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
, MA
Master of Arts (Oxbridge)

In the Universities of University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and University of Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts is awarded to Bachelor of Arts of those universities on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university....
, BA
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 (1544 – 2 November 1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, the Episcopal see that churches must be in communion with in order to be a part of the Anglican Communion....
 and the "chief overseer" of the production of the authorized version of the Bible.

roft was born at Farnworth, then a village in south Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, in 1544. His early education was at Farnworth grammar school
Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries....
 which had been founded by bishop William Smyth
William Smyth

William Smyth , was Bishop of Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches....
 who had also been born in the village. He was later educated at Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, first at Christ's College
Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ?s College is one of the Colleges of the University of Cambridge of the University of Cambridge. With a reputation for its high academic standards it has consistently finished in the top ten colleges in the Tompkins Table....
 and afterwards at Jesus College
Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College in the University of Cambridge was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock , then Bishop of Ely. It has been traditionally believed that the nunnery was turned into a college because the nunnery had gained a reputation for promiscuity....
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Archbishop
Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
 Richard Bancroft, DD
Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in Divinity . Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christianity theology or related religion subjects....
, BD
Bachelor of Divinity

In Western culture universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
, MA
Master of Arts (Oxbridge)

In the Universities of University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and University of Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts is awarded to Bachelor of Arts of those universities on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university....
, BA
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 (1544 – 2 November 1610), Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Diocesan Bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury, the Episcopal see that churches must be in communion with in order to be a part of the Anglican Communion....
 and the "chief overseer" of the production of the authorized version of the Bible.

Life

Bancroft was born at Farnworth, then a village in south Lancashire
Lancashire

Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
, in 1544. His early education was at Farnworth grammar school
Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries....
 which had been founded by bishop William Smyth
William Smyth

William Smyth , was Bishop of Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and the Marches....
 who had also been born in the village. He was later educated at Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, first at Christ's College
Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ?s College is one of the Colleges of the University of Cambridge of the University of Cambridge. With a reputation for its high academic standards it has consistently finished in the top ten colleges in the Tompkins Table....
 and afterwards at Jesus College
Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College in the University of Cambridge was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock , then Bishop of Ely. It has been traditionally believed that the nunnery was turned into a college because the nunnery had gained a reputation for promiscuity....
. He took his degree of BA
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 in 1567 and that of MA
Master of Arts (Oxbridge)

In the Universities of University of Oxford, University of Cambridge and University of Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts is awarded to Bachelor of Arts of those universities on application after six or seven years' seniority as members of the university....
 in 1570. Ordained about that time, he was named chaplain to Richard Cox
Richard Cox (bishop)

Richard Cox was an England clergyman, who was Dean of Westminster Abbey and Bishop of Ely....
, then bishop of Ely
Bishop of Ely

The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire , together with a section of north-west Norfolk and has its Episcopal see in the Ely, Cambridgeshire, where the seat is located at the Ely Cathedral....
, and in 1575 was presented to the rectory of Teversham
Teversham

Teversham is a very small village in Cambridgeshirelocated roughly from Fulbourn, and is roughly from Cambridge. It is a small village compared to neighbouring ones....
 in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire is a Counties_of_the_United_Kingdom#England in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex, England and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west....
. The next year he was one of the preachers to the university.

He graduated BD
Bachelor of Divinity

In Western culture universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
 in 1580 and DD
Doctor of Divinity

Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in Divinity . Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christianity theology or related religion subjects....
 five years later. In 1584 he was made rector
Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate an academic, religious or political administrator.The word "rector" also appears in many modern languages, such as Albanian, Dutch language, Spanish language, Catalan language and Romanian language....
 of St Andrew, Holborn
St Andrew, Holborn

St Andrew, Holborn, a large parish for the City, is a Church of England church on the northwestern edge of the City of London, on Holborn within the Ward of Farringdon Without....
. In 1585 he was appointed treasurer of St Paul's cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglicanism cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century and is generally reckoned to be London's fifth St Paul's Cathedral, although the number is higher if every major medieval reconstruction is counted as a new cathedr...
, London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and in 1586 was made a member of the ecclesiastical commission. On 9 February 1589 he preached at Paul's Cross
St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral is the Anglicanism cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. The present building dates from the 17th century and is generally reckoned to be London's fifth St Paul's Cathedral, although the number is higher if every major medieval reconstruction is counted as a new cathedr...
 a sermon, the substance of which was a passionate attack on the Puritan
Puritan

A Puritan of 16th and 17th century England was an associate of any number of religious groups advocating for more "purity" of worship and doctrine, as well as personal and group pietism....
s. He described their speeches and proceedings, caricatured their motives, denounced the exercise of the right of private judgment, and set forth the divine right of bishops in such strong language that one of the queen’s councillors held it to amount to a threat against the supremacy of the crown.

In the following year Bancroft was made a prebendary
Prebendary

A prebendary is a post connected to an Anglicanism or Roman Catholic Church cathedral or collegiate church and is a type of canon . Prebendaries have a role in the administration of the cathedral....
 of St Paul's; he had been canon
Canon (priest)

A canon is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christianity clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule .Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergyhouse or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct or close of a cathedral and ordering his life according to the orders or rules of the church....
 of Westminster
Westminster

Westminster is an area of Central London, within the City of Westminster. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross....
 since 1587. He was chaplain successively to Lord Chancellor Hatton
Christopher Hatton

Sir Christopher Hatton was an English politician, the Lord Chancellor of England and, according to speculation, the lover of Queen Elizabeth I of England....
 and Archbishop Whitgift
John Whitgift

John Whitgift was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horsemen....
. In June 1597, he was consecrated Bishop of London
Bishop of London

The Bishop of London is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km? of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey....
; and from this time, in consequence of the age and incapacity for business of Archbishop Whitgift, he was virtually invested with the power of primate, and had the sole management of ecclesiastical affairs. Among the more noteworthy cases which fell under his direction were the proceedings
Marprelate Controversy

The Marprelate Controversy was a war of pamphlets waged in England and Wales in 1588 and 1589, between a puritan writer who employed the pseudonym Martin Marprelate, and defenders of the Established Church....
 against "Martin Marprelate
Martin Marprelate

Martin Marprelate was the name used by the anonymous author or authors of the Marprelate Controversy. These circulated illegally in the years 1588 and 1589....
," Thomas Cartwright
Thomas Cartwright (churchman)

Thomas Cartwright was an England Puritan churchman.He was born in Hertfordshire, and studied divinity at St John's College, Cambridge. On the accession of Queen Mary I of England in 1553, he was forced to leave the university, and found occupation as clerk to a counsellor-at-law....
 and his friends, and John Penry
John Penry

John Penry , is Wales's most famous Protestant martyr....
, whose "seditious writings" he caused to be intercepted and given up to the lord keeper.

In 1600 he was sent on an embassy, with others, to Emden
Emden

Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on river Ems . It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692....
, for the purpose of settling certain matters in dispute between the English and the Danes. This mission, however, failed. Bancroft was present at the death of Queen Elizabeth
Elizabeth I of England

Elizabeth I was List of English monarchs and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the House of Tudor....
.

Archbishop of Canterbury

In March 1604 Bancroft, on Whitgift's death, was appointed by royal writ president of convocation then assembled; and he there presented a book of canons collected by himself. It was adopted and received the royal approval, but was strongly opposed and set aside by Parliament two months afterwards. In the following November he was elected successor to Whitgift in the see of Canterbury
Canterbury

Canterbury lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
. He continued to show the same zeal and severity as before, and with so much success that Lord Clarendon, writing in his praise, expressed the opinion that "if Bancroft had lived, he would quickly have extinguished all that fire in England which had been kindled at Geneva."

In 1608 he was chosen chancellor of the University of Oxford
University of Oxford

The University of Oxford , located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation in the English-speaking world....
. One of his last public acts was a proposal laid before Parliament for improving the revenues of the Church, and a project for a college of controversial divinity at Chelsea
Chelsea, London

Chelsea is an area of south-west London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road power station and Chelsea Harbour....
. In the last few months of his life he took part in the discussion about the consecration of certain Scottish bishops, and it was in pursuance of his advice that they were consecrated by several bishops of the English Church. By this act were laid the foundations of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Scottish Episcopal Church

The Scottish Episcopal Church is a Christian denomination in Scotland and a member of the Anglican Communion, although it itself has pre-Anglican origins....
. Bancroft was "the chief overseer" of the authorized version of the Bible. He died at Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace

Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is located in Lambeth, on the south bank of the River Thames a short distance upstream of the Palace of Westminster on the opposite shore....
 on 2 November 1610.

See also

  • John Bancroft
    John Bancroft (bishop)

    John Bancroft was a Bishop of Oxford and a University of Oxford academic administrator. He was Master of University College, Oxford.John Bancroft was the nephew of Richard Bancroft , Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of Oxford University....
    , his nephew and Master of University College, Oxford