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16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops

  • Stephen GardinerStephen Gardiner entered the world in Bury St Edmunds on the 27th of July 1483, though historians still debate the exact year.
  • Lorenzo CampeggioLorenzo Campeggio entered the world on the 7th of November 1474 in Milan. He was born into a noble family as the eldest of five sons.
  • Thomas WolseyThomas Wolsey was born in about 1473, the son of Robert Wolsey of Ipswich and his wife, Joan Daundy. Widespread traditions identify his father as a butcher…
  • William Knight (bishop)William Knight entered Winchester School as a scholar in 1487. He moved to New College, Oxford the following year. By 1493 he had become a Fellow there.