Cuthbert Tunstall (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Edwin Burton · 1913
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A biographical entry follows Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and later of Durham, born at Hackforth in 1474 and dead at Lambeth in 1559. A scholar in theology, law, Greek, and Hebrew, he graduated in law at Padua and won Archbishop Warham's friendship, becoming his chancellor in 1511. Embassies followed, including Brussels with Thomas More, where he lodged with Erasmus.
Made Bishop of London in 1522 and keeper of the privy seal in 1523, he visited Worms and saw the dangers of Lutheran books. In Henry VIII's divorce case he counselled Queen Katherine but urged her not to appeal to Rome. Translated to Durham in 1530, he held quasi-regal power there. Through troubled years he kept Catholic doctrine, though without the constancy of Fisher and More, and died deprived under Elizabeth.
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| CREATOR | Edwin Burton |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |