Bishop of Oxford

After June 1567 Archbishop Hugh Curwen [aged 67] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1632 Bishop John Bancroft [aged 58] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In November 1665 Bishop Walter Blandford [aged 49] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1671 Bishop Nathaniel Crew 3rd Baron Crew [aged 37] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1674 Bishop Henry Compton [aged 42] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

John Evelyn's Diary. 28th April 1676. The University of Oxford presented me with the "Marmora Oxoniensia Arundeliana"; the Bishop of Oxford writing to desire that I would introduce Mr. Prideaux, the editor (a young man most learned in antiquities) to the Duke of Norfolk [aged 49], to present another dedicated to his Grace, which I did, and we dined with the Duke at Arundel House [Map], and supped at the Bishop of Rochester's [aged 51] with Isaac Vossius [aged 58].

In 1686 Bishop Samuel Parker [aged 46] was appointed Bishop of Oxford by King James II of England Scotland and Ireland [aged 52].

In 1699 Bishop William Talbot [aged 41] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

In 1816 Bishop Edward Legge [aged 60] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.

In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.

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In 1829 Bishop Richard Bagot [aged 46] was appointed Bishop of Oxford.

On 17th October 1911 Bishop Charles Gore [aged 58] was elected Bishop of Oxford.