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Bonner, Edmund (1500 - 1569)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1500
Death Date: 1569-09-05

Notes

Imprisoned briefly in the Fleet 1547; imprisoned in the Marshalsea 1 Oct. 1549--6 Aug. 1553, 30 May 1559--5 Sept. 1569

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Titles

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Chaplain to Cardinal Wolsey, England 1529 1530 -11 -29
King's Chaplain, England 1532/3 -2 -12 1537 -05 -29
Archdeacon, Lincoln Diocese 1535 -10 -9 1539
Bishop, Hereford Diocese 1538 -10 -26 (date elected) 1539 -10 -20 date elected Bishop of London Confirmed 17 Dec. 1538; temporalities restored 4 March 1538/9, but never consecrated
Bishop, London Diocese 1539 -10 -20 (date elected) 1459 -10 -1 date deprived Confirmed 11 Nov. 1539; temporalities restored 18 Nov. 1539; consecrated 4 April 1450
Bishop, London Diocese 1553 -9 -5 (date restored) 1558 -03 -21 date deprived; deposed 29 May 1559
JP, Essex 1554
JP, Hertfordshire 1554
JP, Middlesex 1554

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Bishop of Hereford's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Bishop of Hereford's Minstrels Bonner, Edmund (1500 - 1569) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

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