Richard Yngworth

This article is about the 16th century bishop. For the 13th century friar, see Richard of Ingworth.

Richard Ingworth or Richard Yngworth, prior of Langley, was appointed Bishop of Dover^[1] under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1537,^[2] a post he held until his death eight years later.^[3] As Bishop of Dover, Yngworth acted as the agent for Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in obtaining the surrender of the friaries; as part of the suppression of the monasteries, nunneries and friaries of England and Wales

References

↑ “Hertfordshire in History” Jones-Baker,D: Hertford, University of Hertfordshire Press, 2004 ISBN 978-0-9542189-4-2
↑ From: 'Friaries: King's Langley priory', A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 4 (1971), pp. 446-451. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37971 Date accessed: 31 December 2008.
↑ John Foxes book of Martyrs

Bishops of Dover

Medieval	Richard Yngworth Richard Thornden Richard Rogers

Modern	Edward Parry Rodney Eden William Walsh Harold Bilbrough John Macmillan Alfred Rose Lewis Meredith Tony Tremlett Richard Third Richard Llewellin Stephen Venner Trevor Willmott

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