21 February 1530 A.D. Cuthbert Tunstall Translated to Durham—Formerly, Dean of Salisbury (1521-1522); Master of the Rolls (1516-1522); Served as 92nd Bishop of London (1522-1530); Translated to Durham 21 Feb 1530
21 February 1530 A.D. Cuthbert Tunstall Translated to Durham—Formerly, Dean of Salisbury (1521-1522); Master of the Rolls (1516-1522); Served as 92 nd Bishop of London (1522-1530); Translated to Durham 21 Feb 1530 Burton, Edwin. "Cuthbert Tunstall." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15 . New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15091a.htm . Accessed 9 Feb 2015. Cuthbert Tunstall Bishop of London , later of Durham , b. at Hackforth, Yorkshire, in 1474; d. at Lambeth Palace, 18 Nov., 1559. He studied both at Oxford and Cambridge, finally graduating LL.D. at Padua. Being an accomplished scholar both in theology and law, as well as in Greek and Hebrew, he soon won the friendship of Archbishop Warham , who on 25 Aug., 1511, made him his chancellor, and shortly after rector of Harrow-on-the-Hill. He became successively a canon of Lincoln (1514) and archdeacon of Chester (1515). He began his diplomatic career as ambassador at Brusse...