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John Whitgift was the archbishop of Canterbury who did much to strengthen the Anglican church during the last years of Elizabeth I and to secure its acceptance by her successor, James I. He was the first bishop to be appointed to the Privy Council by Elizabeth, who entirely trusted and supported.
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Mar 17, 2015 · John Whitgift was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1583 by Elizabeth I. She knew that Whitgift was anti-Puritans and that he would spearhead a royal desire for religious conformity in England and Wales.
John Whitgift produced the 'Three Articles' that reinforced the 1559 Religious Settlement and clergymen who did not agree were dismissed from their posts.
John Whitgift, English Archbishop, was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, c. 1530, son of Henry Whitgift and Anne Dynewell, the eldest of six sons and one daughter. His early education was with his uncle Robert Whitgift, an abbot at the monastery of Wellow.
Mar 17, 2015 · In 1583 John Whitgift, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, introduced a document known as the Three Articles. This was an attempt to bring into line nonconformists who were unwilling to follow the Elizabethan Church.
Feb 29, 2020 · On this day in Tudor history, 29th February 1604, John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, died at at Lambeth Palace, the archbishop’s palace in London. He was the last Archbishop of Canterbury in Queen Elizabeth I's reign, and had been in office since 1583.
John Whitgift, born in Lincolnshire around 1530, was Queen Elizabeth's last and favourite Archbishop of Canterbury. She and Whitgift got on well and they shared many of the same views and aspirations. Like Elizabeth, he was suspicious of Puritans, and passionately defended the established Church.
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