John Best (bishop)
Appearance
John Best (died 1570) was Bishop of Carlisle from 1560[1][unreliable source] until his death.[2]
Background[edit]
He was from Halifax and attended King Henry VIII's College from 1538 to 1539.
Personal life and career[edit]
In 1550 he married Elizabeth Somner. In 1553 Best was canon of Wells and in 1559 he was made Rector of Romaldkirk. He was consecrated Bishop of Carlisle[3] on 2 March 1561, after the previous Bishop had been deprived of his see, after performing Elizabeth I's coronation in Roman Catholic liturgy despite Elizabeth's Protestant faith.
Death[edit]
Best died in 1570, nine years after being consecrated Bishop of Carlisle.
Notes[edit]
- ^ Tudor Place
- ^ ‘Best , John(1d 1570)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Barnes,M. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, September 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
- ^ List of Bishops