Edmund Bonner

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Edmund Bonner was a 16th-century English bishop of London notorious for his zealous role in persecuting Protestants during the reign of Mary I.

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instanceOf Bishop of London
Roman Catholic bishop
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Civil Law
Doctor of Civil Law
appointedBy Henry VIII of England
burialPlace St George's, Southwark
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1500
dateOfDeath 1569-09-05
deprivedOfSee 1549
1559
diocese Diocese of London
educatedAt Broadgates Hall, Oxford
University of Oxford
era Tudor period
imprisonedBy Elizabeth I of England
knownFor examination and condemnation of Protestant heretics
zealous enforcement of heresy laws
language English
mannerOfDeath natural causes
nickname Bloody Bonner
notableFor persecution of Protestants under Mary I of England
role in the Marian persecutions
occupation bishop
clergyman
diplomat
opposed religious policies of Edward VI of England
opposedTo Protestant Reformation in England
linked to: English Reformation
participatedIn English Reformation
placeOfBirth Hanley, Worcestershire
placeOfDeath Marshalsea Prison, Southwark, London
placeOfImprisonment Marshalsea Prison
positionHeld Archdeacon of Leicester
Bishop of London
chaplain to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
royal chaplain to Henry VIII
reappointedBy Mary I of England
religion Roman Catholicism
removedFromOfficeBy Edward VI of England
Elizabeth I of England
restoredToSee 1553
servedAs English ambassador to France
English ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor
servedUnder Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
Henry VIII of England
Mary I of England
wrote A profitable and necessary doctrine (attributed)

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Marian persecutions participant Edmund Bonner
Marian government notableFigure Edmund Bonner