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Cuthbert Tunstall (otherwise spelt Tunstal or Tonstall; 1474 – 18 November 1559) was an English humanist, bishop, diplomat, administrator and royal adviser. He served as Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I .
Cuthbert Tunstall (1474 – 1559) was one of the most important, respected and controversial figures in Tudor England. You may not recognise his name, but look closely and you will find it in the address book of kings and queens, scholars and diplomats, heroes and traitors.
Apr 12, 2024 · Cuthbert Tunstall was a prelate, bishop of London (1522–30) and of Durham (1530–52 and 1553–59), who was a leading conservative in the age of the English Reformation. He wrote an excellent arithmetic textbook, De arte supputandi libri quattuor (1522) and a treatise on the Eucharist in which he.
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Cuthbert Tunstall (1474 - 1559) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics. Quick Info. Born. 1474. Hackforth, Yorkshire, England. Died. 18 December 1559. Lambeth, London, England. Summary. Cuthbert Tunstall wrote the first printed work published in England devoted exclusively to mathematics. View three larger pictures. Biography.
CUTHBERT TUNSTALL or TONSTALL, Master of the Rolls, and bishop successively of London and Durham, born in 1474, was the eldest and illegitimate son of Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle, Lancashire.
Nov 18, 2019 · On this day in Tudor history, 18th November 1559, eighty-five-year-old Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of Durham, died while in the custody of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace. Tunstall had had an amazing career, which spanned the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I.
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Quick Reference. (1474–1559), Bp. of London (1522–30) and then of Durham. In the divorce of Henry VIII he was one of the counsel of the Queen. Subsequently he was sympathetic to Catholic doctrine, but lacked strength of purpose, first opposing the Royal Supremacy and then accepting it.
