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<p> an eminent English prelate, was born at Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, in 1530. He was educated at Queen's College, and Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, where he graduated in 1554; was chosen fellow of Peterhouse in 1555; entered into holy orders in 1560, and was appointed chaplain to Cox, bishop of Ely, who gave him the rectory of Feversham, in Cambridgeshire; was appointed lady [[Margaret]] professor of divinity at [[Cambridge]] in 1653; became chaplain to the queen in 1565; was president of Peterhouse in 1567; became master of Pembroke Hall in April of the same year; was appointed regius professor of divinity, and yet the same year became master of [[Trinity]] College; became prebendary of [[Ely]] in 1568; vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1570; dean of [[Lincoln]] in 1571; prebendary of Lincoln in 1572; bishop of Worcester, and vice- president of the Marches of [[Wales]] in 1577; was chosen the successor of Edmund Grindal as archbishop of [[Canterbury]] in 1583; was very severe in his prosecution of [[Nonconformists]] both [[Puritans]] and Catholics, and was noted for his strenuous advocacy of the constitution of the English Church; obtained a decree against liberty of printing in 1585; became privy- councilor in 1586; founded a hospital and grammar-school at [[Croydon]] in 1595; joined in the deliberations of the conferences at [[Hampton]] Court in January, 1604; and died at [[Lambeth]] Palace, Feb. 29, of the same year. The Works of John Whitgift, [[Archbishop]] of Canterbury (Cambridge, 185154. 3 vols.), were edited for the Parker Society by the Rev. John Ayre. Biographies have been written by Sir [[George]] Paule (1612) and John Strype (1718). </p>
<p> [[Archbishop]] of Canterbury, born at Great Grimsby; was educated at Cambridge, and became [[Fellow]] and [[Master]] of Pembroke College; escaped persecution under [[Queen]] Mary, and on the accession of [[Elizabeth]] was ordained a priest; after a succession of preferments, both as a theologian and an ecclesiastic, became archbishop in 1583; attended Queen Elizabeth on her deathbed, and crowned James I.; was an Anglican prelate to the backbone, and specially zealous against the Puritans; contemplated, with no small apprehension, the accession of James, "in terror of a Scotch mist coming down on him with this new [[Majesty]] from the land of Knox, or Nox, Chaos, and Company"; his last words were, with uplifted hands and eyes, a prayer for the Church, uttered in King James's hearing (1530-1604). </p>


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<ref name="term_65921"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/whitgift,+john,+d.d. John Whitgift from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_81334"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/whitgift,+john John Whitgift from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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Latest revision as of 19:08, 15 October 2021

John Whitgift [1]

Archbishop of Canterbury, born at Great Grimsby; was educated at Cambridge, and became Fellow and Master of Pembroke College; escaped persecution under Queen Mary, and on the accession of Elizabeth was ordained a priest; after a succession of preferments, both as a theologian and an ecclesiastic, became archbishop in 1583; attended Queen Elizabeth on her deathbed, and crowned James I.; was an Anglican prelate to the backbone, and specially zealous against the Puritans; contemplated, with no small apprehension, the accession of James, "in terror of a Scotch mist coming down on him with this new Majesty from the land of Knox, or Nox, Chaos, and Company"; his last words were, with uplifted hands and eyes, a prayer for the Church, uttered in King James's hearing (1530-1604).

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  1. ↑ John Whitgift from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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