Edmund Scambler
English bishop
The Right Reverend Edmund Scambler | |
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Bishop of Norwich | |
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Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Norwich |
Installed | 1585 |
Term ended | 1594 (death) |
Predecessor | Edmund Freke |
Successor | William Redman |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Peterborough (1561–1585) |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1520 Gressingham, Lancashire |
Died | (1594-05-07)7 May 1594 |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Edmund Scambler (c. 1520 – 7 May 1594) was an English bishop from Cambridge University. He served as pastor under Queen Mary Tudor.
Life
He was born at Gressingham, and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, Queens' College, Cambridge and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1542.[1][2][3]
Under Mary I of England he was pastor to a covert Protestant congregation in London.[4] He was a chaplain to Archbishop Matthew Parker.[5]
He became Bishop of Peterborough in 1561, and was a reviser of the Bishops' Bible.[3][6] He suspended Eusebius Pagit, then vicar of Lamport, in 1574.[7]
In 1585 he became Bishop of Norwich. He was responsible there for the heresy proceedings against Francis Kett.[8]
Notes
- ^ "Scambler, Edmund (SCMR541E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Townships: Gressingham | British History Online".
- ^ a b "Scambler, Edmund" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Patrick Collinson, The Elizabethan Puritan Movement (1982), p. 61.
- ^ "Parker, Matthew" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ "Our Bible & the Ancient MSS: Chap.11: The English Printed Bible".
- ^ "Pagit, Eusebius" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Dewey D. Wallace, Jr., From Eschatology to Arian Heresy: The Case of Francis Kett (d. 1589), The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. 67, No. 4 (October 1974), pp. 459-473.
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Preceded by David Poole | Bishop of Peterborough 1561–1584 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Bishop of Norwich 1585–1594 | Succeeded by William Redman |
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- Richard Howland
- Thomas Dove
- William Piers
- Augustine Lindsell
- Francis Dee
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- Joseph Henshaw
- William Lloyd
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- Richard Cumberland
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