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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.
Mar 17, 2015 · Whitgift pursued non-conformists with a vengeance. However, the actual policing of them in a city the size of London was very difficult. Despite his best efforts, groups such as the ‘Barrowists’ grew in Islington.
John Whitgift (c. 1530 – 29 February 1604) was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to his death. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horses.
John Whitgift (born c. 1530, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died Feb. 29, 1604, London) 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.
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May 11, 2018 · Whitgift, John (1530–1604) English churchman. He became archbishop of Canterbury in 1583. Whitgift tried to maintain a middle course in the Reformation, upholding the recently established doctrine of the Church of England and strongly opposing the Puritans.
Overview. John Whitgift. (c. 1530—1604) archbishop of Canterbury. Quick Reference. (probably 1532–1604), Abp. of Canterbury from 1583. He had held high office at Cambridge, where his opposition to T. Cartwright brought him to the notice of Elizabeth I.
In these circumstances, Richard Bancroft (Whitgift's chaplain) led a crackdown against the Puritans. Cartwright and eight other Puritan leaders were imprisoned for 18 months, before facing trial in the Star Chamber. The conventicles were disbanded.
