John Penny

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John Penny (died 1520) was an English priest, successively Bishop of Bangor, 15041508, and Bishop of Carlisle, 15081520.

His education is uncertain, though he may have been educated at Lincoln College, Oxford and later received his LLD from the University of Cambridge.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ T. Y. Cocks, ‘Penny, John (d. 1520)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
Religious titles
Preceded by
Thomas Pigot
Bishop of Bangor
1504–1508
Succeeded by
Thomas Skevington
Preceded by
Richard Leyburn
Bishop of Carlisle
1508–1520
Succeeded by
John Kite