John Capon
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John Capon (John Salcot or Salcott, Salcote) (died 1557) was a Benedictine monk, who became bishop of Bangor, then bishop of Salisbury under Henry VIII.
He graduated B.A. from the University of Cambridge, in 1488. He became prior of St John's Abbey, Colchester, and then abbot of St Benet's Hulme, in Norfolk[1]. He was a vocal supporter of Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.
He was abbot of Hyde from 1530, and bishop of Bangor from 1533 (without papal approval). He became bishop of Salisbury in 1539[2].
Under Mary of England he was involved in the trials of John Bradford and other Protestants[3].
William Capon was his brother[4].
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- Concise Dictionary of National Biography (under Capon, John)
