dc.contributor.author | Alexander, Gina Mary Vere | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-04T13:38:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-04T13:38:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1960 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2017-10-04T14:22:57.499Z | |
dc.identifier.citation | Alexander, G.M.V. 1960. THE LIFE AND CAREER OF EDMUND BONNER BISHOP OF LONDON UNTIL HIS DEPRIVATION IN 1549. Queen Mary University of London | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/26688 | |
dc.description | PhD | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The conventional picture of Bishop Bonner as the 'butcherly
beast" of the Marian persecutions has never been seriously
investigated. Discussion of the problems of his family and his
education, together with a study of his service in Wolsey's household
and his relationship with Thomas Cromwell form the first part
of this thesis. Bonner's diplomatic career as Henry VIII's
ambassador in Rome, Germany, France and Spain between 1532 and
1543 as well as his government service in England between 1535 and
1541 are next considered. The diocesan financial structure and
Bonner's policy in clerical appointments have been analyzed for
both halves of his episcopate, the nature of the sources rendering
it necessary to consider his episcopal administration as a whole.
Finally the development of Bonner's theological views up to 1549
and the story of his trial in that year complete this study.
Bonner's was a complex personality, quarrelsome and rude,
yet probably obsequious and time-serving. He was certainly
ambitious and clever, but he seems to have lacked both statesmanship
and judgment. This is the picture of him as he was before
he participated in the storms of the Marian Counter-Reformation.
Much of the material for this thesis has been taken from the
State Papers. There are, however, three other main manuscript
sources which have been used. The Lechmere papers in the Worcestershire
Record Office throw some light on Bonner's early youth and
the volume of hiB despatches in the Yelverton collection in the
British Museum revealS his activity in the winter of 1535-1536.
The account books of the Bishop of London's Receiver-General for
1526-1521 and 1561-1568 in the Guildhall Library and the account
rolls for 1549-1550 and 1555-1556 in the Public Record Office
provide the basis for the analysis of the Bishop's diocesan administration. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Westfield College PGR scholarship
Royal Holloway College research scholarship
Central Research Fund grant | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Queen Mary University of London | |
dc.subject | Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject | Materials Science | en_US |
dc.title | THE LIFE AND CAREER OF EDMUND BONNER BISHOP OF LONDON UNTIL HIS DEPRIVATION IN 1549 | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author | |