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'''John Hopton''' (died 1558) was a 16th-century Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Norwich]].Bishop of Norwich.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D947616 |title= ‘’Will of John Hopton, Bishop of Norwich of Norwich, Norfolk’’, PROB 11/42B/705|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= The National Archives |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> He was the last Catholic Bishop of Norwich.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11121a.htm |title= Ancient Diocese of Norwich|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= New Advent |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> |
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'''John Hopton''' (died 1558) was a 16th-century Roman Catholic [[Bishop of Norwich]]. |
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He was a member of the [[Dominican Order]] by 1516, in Oxford. He was educated at the [[University of Bologna]] in Italy |
He was a member of the [[Dominican Order]] by 1516, in Oxford. He was educated at the [[University of Bologna]] in Italy, where he took a [[doctorate]] in theology.<ref name=ODNB>{{cite web |url= https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-13771|title= Hopton, John|last= Houlbrooke|first= Ralph |date= 23 September 2004 |website= Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> |
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During the reign of [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], Hopton was Chaplain to the [[Mary I of England|Lady Mary]], later Queen Mary I, and was summoned before the [[Privy Council]] in 1549 and ordered to stop celebrating the Catholic Mass. |
During the reign of [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]], Hopton was Chaplain to the [[Mary I of England|Lady Mary]], later Queen Mary I, and was summoned before the [[Privy Council]] in 1549 and ordered to stop celebrating the Catholic Mass. |
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When Mary acceded to the throne, Hopton was appointed Bishop of Norwich, and was consecrated on 28 October 1554. [[John Foxe]], in his ''Acts and Monuments'' described him, with [[Michael Dunning]], the "bloody chancellor" of Norwich, as a ruthless persecutor of Protestants, "in such sort, that many of them he perverted, and brought quite from the truth, and some from their wits also". Hopton |
When Mary acceded to the throne, Hopton was appointed Bishop of Norwich,<ref name=ODNB /> and was consecrated on 28 October 1554. [[John Foxe]], in his ''Acts and Monuments'' described him, with [[Michael Dunning]], the "bloody chancellor" of Norwich, as a ruthless persecutor of Protestants, "in such sort, that many of them he perverted, and brought quite from the truth, and some from their wits also". Hopton was mainly responsible for the burning of over thirty Protestants in Norwich during his tenure.<ref name=ODNB /> |
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Hopton died in December 1558, and he is buried in Norwich Cathedral. |
Hopton died in December 1558, and he is buried in Norwich Cathedral.<ref name=ODNB /> |
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John Hopton | |
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Bishop of Norwich | |
Diocese | Diocese of Norwich |
Term ended | 1558 (death) |
Predecessor | Thomas Thirlby |
Successor | John Parkhurst |
Other post(s) | Chaplain to the Lady Mary (c. 1547–c. 1553) |
Orders | |
Consecration | 28 October 1554 by Edmund Bonner |
Personal details | |
Died | December 1558 |
Buried | Norwich Cathedral |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Alma mater | University of Bologna, Italy |
John Hopton (died 1558) was a 16th-century Roman Catholic Bishop of Norwich.Bishop of Norwich.[1] He was the last Catholic Bishop of Norwich.[2]
He was a member of the Dominican Order by 1516, in Oxford. He was educated at the University of Bologna in Italy, where he took a doctorate in theology.[3]
During the reign of Edward VI, Hopton was Chaplain to the Lady Mary, later Queen Mary I, and was summoned before the Privy Council in 1549 and ordered to stop celebrating the Catholic Mass.
When Mary acceded to the throne, Hopton was appointed Bishop of Norwich,[3] and was consecrated on 28 October 1554. John Foxe, in his Acts and Monuments described him, with Michael Dunning, the "bloody chancellor" of Norwich, as a ruthless persecutor of Protestants, "in such sort, that many of them he perverted, and brought quite from the truth, and some from their wits also". Hopton was mainly responsible for the burning of over thirty Protestants in Norwich during his tenure.[3]
Hopton died in December 1558, and he is buried in Norwich Cathedral.[3]
References
- ^ "Will of John Hopton, Bishop of Norwich of Norwich, Norfolk, PROB 11/42B/705". The National Archives.
- ^ "Ancient Diocese of Norwich". New Advent.
- ^ a b c d Houlbrooke, Ralph (23 September 2004). "Hopton, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.