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SANDYS, Edwin, Archbishop [1516?-1588] X English prelate
A general trouble-maker, he defended Lady Jane Grey's claim, and wasimprisoned in London Tower for it. Released, or assisted to escape, hefled to the continent and spent some time in Strasburg with Peter Martyr.On the accession of Elizabeth, he returned to England and was appointedBishop of Worcester. He helped revise the Anglican liturgy, and was oneof the translators of the Bishop's Bible.
On the whole, Edwin was admired and respected, and generally had the fullsupport of Queen Elizabeth. His great scholarship was evidenced in hissermons (now available in hardback as "The Sermons of Edwin Sandys"), histranslations for the Bishop's Bible, his various pastoral epistles andother letters, and in his founding of the Hawkshead Grammar School.
Chronology
1533 Matriculated at Cambridge University
1542 Rector of the University at Cambridge
1547 Master of Catherine Hall at Cambridge
1553/07/25 Imprisoned in London Tower for supporting Lady Grey; latermoved to Marshalsea
1553 Vice Chancellor of Cambridge
1554? Assisted to escape imprisonment, and fled to Germany
1559-1571 Bishop of Worcester
1559 Returned to England from the Continent
1568 A translator of the Bishop''s Bible
1570-1577 Bishop of London
1577-1588 Archbishop of York
1585 Founded Hawkshead Grammar School
Bookmarks
Works by
Analyses, critiques and interpretations
Works about
Biographical
Specific periods, events, aspects
Sandys, Edwin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
Genealogy
SANDYS of Lancashire, Eng. & Rhode Island
Descendants of Edwin Sandy
FIFTH GENERATION
Memorials, tributes, shrines
"The Free Grammar School of Edwyne Sandys" that he founded in 1585
Hawkshead - Old Grammar School
The Grammer School
Bibliographies and Link Farms
Historical context, background
Residences
Images Of Cumbria - Hawkshead Parish his birthplace
Hawkshead
Images Of Cumbria - St. Bees Parish
GENUKI: Archbishops and Bishops of Great Britain.
Chronology of Ecclesiastical Titles
RECORDS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
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