John Longland

John Longland
The Right Reverend; John Longland
	Bishop of Lincoln
Church	Roman Catholic/Church of England
Diocese	Lincoln
Appointed	20 March 1521
In office	1521-1547
Predecessor	William Atwater
Successor	Henry Holbeach
Orders
Consecration	5 May 1521; by William Warham
Personal details
Born	1473; Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Died	7 May 1547; Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, England
Buried	Eton College
Nationality	English
Parents	Thomas Longland & Isabel Staveley

John Longland (1473 – 7 May 1547) was the English Dean of Salisbury from 1514 to 1521 and Bishop of Lincoln from 1521 to his death in 1547.

Career

He was made a Demy at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1491 and became a Fellow. He was King Henry VIII's confessor[1] and was said to have been one of those who first persuaded the King that he should annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.[2]

Arms of Bishop John Longland, Lincoln Cathedral

In 1519 he was appointed Canon of the sixth stall at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a position he held until 1520. He was also Lord Almoner from c.1521.[3] He was consecrated a bishop on 5 May 1521, by William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester; Nicholas West, Bishop of Ely; and John Vesey, Bishop of Exeter.[4]

During the English Reformation, he was among the conservative bishops, recognizing Transubstantiation. His conservatism is attested to by his complaint in 1536 to Thomas Cromwell about Protestant preachers in his diocese.[5]

References

Fideler, P.A.; Mayer, T.F. (1992). Political Thought and the Tudor Commonwealth. Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 0-415-06672-7.
Spanish Chronicle, p. 5.
Athenæ Oxonienses - an Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops ..., Volume 1. p. 58.
Perceval, Arthur Philip. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession: With an Appendix, on the English Orders. second edition (London: Rivington, 1841) p. 188.
Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars (Yale University Press, 2005), p. 388.

Religious titles
Preceded by William Atwater	Bishop of Lincoln 1521–1547	Succeeded by Henry Holbeach
Academic offices
Preceded by William Warham	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1532–1547	Succeeded by Richard Cox

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[1] Fideler, P.A.; Mayer, T.F. (1992). Political Thought and the Tudor Commonwealth. Routledge. p. 98. ISBN 0-415-06672-7.

[2] Spanish Chronicle, p. 5.

[3] Athenæ Oxonienses - an Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops ..., Volume 1. p. 58.

[4] Perceval, Arthur Philip. An Apology for the Doctrine of Apostolical Succession: With an Appendix, on the English Orders. second edition (London: Rivington, 1841) p. 188.

[5] Eamon Duffy, The Stripping of the Altars (Yale University Press, 2005), p. 388.

Deans of Salisbury
High Medieval	Walter Osbert Robert Serlo Roger Azo Robert of Chichester Henry de Beaumont John of Oxford Jordan Eustace Richard Poore Adam William de Wanda Robert de Hertford Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston Simon de Micham
Late Medieval	Peter of Savoy William Rufati Reymund de Fargis Bertrand de Fargis Reynold Orsini James Orsini Robert Braybrooke Thomas Montagu John Chandler Simon Sydenham Thomas Brunce Nicholas Bildeston Adam Moleyns Richard Leyot Gilbert Kymer James Goldwell John Davison Edward Cheyne
Early modern	Thomas Ruthall William Atwater John Longland Cuthbert Tunstall Richard Pace Peter Vannes William Bradbridge Thomas Cole Edmund Freke John Piers John Bridges John Gordon John Williams John Bowle Edmund Mason Richard Baylie Ralph Brideoake Thomas Pierce Robert Woodward Edward Young John Younger John Clarke Thomas Greene Rowney Noel John Ekins
Late modern	Charles Talbot Hugh Pearson Francis Lear Henry Hamilton J. C. Ryle George Boyle Allan Webb William Page Roberts Andrew Burn John Randolph Edward Henderson Henry Robins Robert Moberly Kenneth Haworth Fenton Morley Sydney Evans Hugh Dickinson Derek Watson June Osborne Ed Probert (Acting) Nick Papadopulos

John Longland

Career

See also

References