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Ridley was made the Bishop of Rochester in 1547, and shortly after coming to office, directed that the altars in the churches of his diocese should be removed, and tables put in their place to celebrate the Lord's Supper.
Oct 12, 2024 · In 1550 he became bishop of London, replacing the deposed conservative Edmund Bonner. Under Ridley the see of London was made into a showpiece of Reformed England. In particular, he created an uproar with his campaign for the use of a plain table for communion instead of the altar.
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Jan 30, 2024 · On the first day of October, 1555, Ridley heard his sentence of condemnation read by the Bishop of Lincoln. After the reading of the document the noble man was handed over to the Mayor of Oxford, by name Mr. Irish, in whose house he had already been confined for several months.
In 1547 Ridley was presented by his college to the Cambridgeshire living of Soham, and in September of the same year he was nominated Bishop of Rochester. Edward VI was now on the throne and the new bishop was in high favour.
Oct 19, 2024 · Soon after the accession of Edward VI, he was made bishop of Rochester. As bishop of London (1550) Ridley introduced some of the explicitly protestant liturgical innovations which were adopted nationally in the second Book of Common Prayer (1552).
Mar 17, 2015 · Ridley became the private chaplain and aide to Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1537 and Master of Pembroke College in 1540. In 1547, Ridley was appointed Bishop of Rochester and in 1550 he became Bishop of London.
When Edward VI was removed from the throne, and the bloody Mary succeeded, Bishop Ridley was immediately marked as an object of slaughter. He was first sent to the Tower, and afterward, at Oxford, was consigned to the common prison of Bocardo, with archbishop Cranmer and Mr. Latimer.
