See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• RICHARD BANCROFT (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

BANCROFT (1544–161o)  , See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• FARNWORTH

Farnworth in See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire in 1544 . He was educated at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, first at See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College and afterwards at Jesus College . He took his degree of B.A. in 1567 and that of M.A. in 1570 . Ordained about that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, he was named See also:

• CHAPLAIN

chaplain to See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• COX, DAVID (1783-1859)
• COX, JACOB DOLSON (1828-1900)
• COX, KENYON (1856– )
• COX, RICHARD (I3oo ?–1581)
• COX, SAMUEL (1826–1893)
• COX, SAMUEL HANSON (1793-1880)
• COX, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM (1827-1902)

Cox, then See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely, and in 1575 was presented to the rectory of Teversham in See also:

• CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Cambridgeshire . The next See also:

• YEAR

year he was one of the preachers to the university, and in 1584 was presented to the. rectory of St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew's, See also:

• HOLBORN

Holborn . His abilities, and his zeal as a See also:

• CHAMPION (Fr. champion, Late Lat. campio from campus; a field or open space, i.e. one " who takes the field " or fights; cf. Ger. Kampf, battle, and Kampfer, fighter)

champion of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, secured him rapid promotion . He graduated B.D. in 158o and D.D. five years later . In 1585 he was appointed treasurer of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, See also:

• LONDON

London, and in 1586 was made a member of the ecclesiastical See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission . On the 9th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1589 he preached at Paul's See also:

• CROSS

Cross a See also:

• SERMON (Lat. sermo, a discourse)

sermon on , See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John iv . 1, the substance of which was a passionate attack on the Puritans . He described their speeches and proceedings, caricatured their motives, denounced the exercise of the right of private See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment, and set forth the divine right of bishops in such strong See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language that one of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen's councillors held it to amount to a See also:

• THREAT

threat against the supremacy of the See also:

• CROWN

crown . In the following year See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft was made a See also:

• PREBENDARY (Lat. praebendo = give or grant, through Low Lat. praebenda)

prebendary of St Paul's; he had been See also:

• CANON

canon of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster since 1587 .

He was chaplain successively to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

Chancellor See also:

• HATTON, JOHN LIPTROT (1809-1886)
• HATTON, SIR CHRISTOPHER (1540–1591)

Hatton and Archbishop See also:

• WHITGIFT, JOHN (c. 1530-1604)

Whitgift . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1597 he was consecrated bishop of London; and from this time, in consequence of the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age and incapacity for business of Archbishop Whitgift, he was virtually invested with the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• PRIMATE (from Low Lat. primas=one who held the first place, primas partes)

primate, and had the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole management of ecclesiastical affairs . Among the more noteworthy cases which See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under his direction were the proceedings against " See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin See also:

• MAR, EARLDOM OF
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 1ST OR 6TH EARL OF (d. 1572)
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 2ND OR 7TH EARL
• MAR, JOHN ERSKINE, 6TH OR 11TH EARL OF (1675-1732)

Mar-See also:

• PRELATE (Lat. praelatus, set above, from praefero, prefer)

Prelate," See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• CARTWRIGHT, EDMUND (1743–1823)
• CARTWRIGHT, JOHN (1740–1824)
• CARTWRIGHT, PETER (1785–1872)
• CARTWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD JOHN (1835– )
• CARTWRIGHT, THOMAS (c. 1535–1603)
• CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM (1611–1643)

Cartwright and his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, and John See also:

• PENRY, JOHN (1559-1593)

Penry, whose " seditious writings " he caused to be intercepted and given up to the lord keeper . In 1600 he was sent on an See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy, with others, to Embden, for the purpose of settling certain matters in dispute between the See also:

• ENGLISH

English and the Danes . This See also:

• MISSION

mission, however, failed . Bancroft was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• DEATH

death of Queen See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . He took a prominent and truculent See also:

• PART

part in the famous See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference of prelates and Presbyterian divines held at See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court in 16o4 . By the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king.'s See also:

• DESIRE

desire he undertook the vindication of the practices of See also:

• CONFIRMATION (Lat. confirmatio, from confirmare, to establish, make firm)

confirmation, See also:

• ABSOLUTION (Lat. absolutio from absolvo, loosen, acquit)

absolution, private See also:

• BAPTISM

baptism and See also:

• LAY

lay See also:

• EXCOMMUNICATION (Lat. ex, out of, away from; communis, common)

excommunication; he urged, but in vain, the reinforcement of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient canon, " that schismatics are not to be heard against bishops"; and in opposition to the Puritans' demand for certain alterations in See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine and discipline, he besought the king that care might be taken for a praying See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy; and that, till men of learning and sufficiency could be found, godly homilies might be read and their number increased . In See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1604 Bancroft, on Whitgift's death, was appointed by royal See also:

• WRIT (O. Eng. gewrit, writ, from writan, to write)

writ See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of See also:

• CON

con-vocation then assembled; and he there presented a See also:

• BOOK

book of canons collected by himself . It was adopted and received the royal approval, but was strongly opposed and set aside byparliament two months afterwards . In the following See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he was elected successor to Whitgift in the see of Canterbury . He continued to show the same zeal and severity as before, and with so much success that Lord See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing in his praise, expressed the See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion that " if Bancroft had lived, he would quickly have extinguished all that See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England which had been kindled at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva." He was as lenient with the offences of the orthodox as he was rigid in suppressing See also:

• HERESY

heresy and See also:

• SCHISM

schism .

In 16o5 he was sworn a member of the privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council . The same year he engaged in a contest with the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, and exhibited articles of complaint against them before the lords of the council; but these complaints were overruled . His aim was really to make the ecclesiastical courts See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law by speciously magnifying the royal authority over them . He enforced discipline and exact conformity within the church with an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand; and over 200 clergymen were deprived of their livings for disobedience to the ex animo See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of subscription . In 16o8 he was chosen chancellor of the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . One of his latest public acts was a proposal laid before See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for improving the revenues of the church, and a project for a college of controversial divinity at See also:

• CHELSEA

Chelsea . In the last few months of his See also:

• LIFE

life he took part in the discussion about the See also:

• CONSECRATION (Lat. consecrallo, from con and sacrare, " to make sacred ")

consecration of certain Scottish bishops, and it was in pursuance of his See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice that they were consecrated by several bishops of the English church . By this See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act were laid the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of the Scottish Episcopal church . Bancroft was "the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief overseer" of the authorized version of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible . He died at See also:

• LAMBETH

Lambeth See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

Palace on the and of November 161o . His See also:

• LITERARY

literary remains are not extensive, but show him to have been an able writer .