William Barlow (bishop of Chichester)
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William Barlow (also spelled Barlowe; c. 1498 – 13 August 1568) was an English Augustinian prior turned bishop of four dioceses, a complex figure of the Protestant Reformation. Aspects of his life await scholarly clarification. Labelled by some a "weathercock reformer",[2] he was in fact a staunch evangelical, an anti-Catholic and collaborator in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and dismantling of church estates; and largely consistent in his approach, apart from an early anti-Lutheran tract and a supposed recantation under Mary I. He was one of the four consecrators and the principal consecrator of Matthew Parker, as archbishop of Canterbury in 1559.
William Barlow | |
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Bishop of Chichester | |
Diocese | Diocese of Chichester |
In office | 1559 – 1568 (death) |
Predecessor | John Christopherson |
Successor | Richard Curteys |
Other post(s) | Bishop of St Asaph (1536) Bishop of St David's (1536–1548) Bishop of Bath and Wells (1548–1553) |
Orders | |
Consecration | February 1535[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | William Barlow c. 1498 |
Died | (1568-08-13)13 August 1568 (aged c. 70 years) Chichester, Sussex, England |
Buried | Chichester Cathedral |
Nationality | English |
Denomination | Protestant |
Parents | Robert Barlow Anna |
Spouse | Agatha Wellsborne (1505–1595) |
Children | William Barlow John Barlow Margaret Overton Anne Westfaling Antonia Wickham Elizabeth Day Frances Matthew |