8 May 1597 A.D. Richard Bancroft Consecrated 101st Bishop of London—Jesus College, Cambridge; Formerly Canon of Westminster (1592-1597) and Canterbury (1595-1597
8 May 1597 A.D. Richard Bancroft Consecrated 101 st Bishop of London—Jesus College, Cambridge; Formerly Canon of Westminster (1592-1597) and Canterbury (1595-1597); “Scourge” of the Puritans; Elected 21 Apr & Consecrated Bishop of London 8 May 1597; Directs Proceedings Re: Martin Marprelate Tracts; Present at Queen Elizabeth 1’s Death; Chief Overseer of King James Translation; Becomes 74 th Archbishop of Canterbury 10 Dec 1604; Died at Lambeth Palace, 2 Nov 1610 Richard Bancroft From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Bancroft Archbishop of Canterbury Installed November 1604 Term ended 2 November 1610 Predecessor John Whitgift Successor George Abbot Personal details Born 1544 Farnworth , Lancashire , England Died 2 November 1610 (aged 66) Lambeth , Surrey , England Buried ...