Thomas Bentham

Thomas Bentham (1513–1578), Bishop of Coventry, was a Protestant minister, one of the Marian exiles, who continued secretly ministering to an underground congregation in London. On his return to England he was made the first Elizabethan bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1560 to 1579.

He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, as was John Foxe, who includes anecdotes of Bentham in his Book of Martyrs.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Book of Martyrs
  2. ^ "The letter-book of Thomas Bentham, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 1560–1561" , in Camden Miscellany, 27 (Camden, 4th ser., 22, London: RHS), 113–238.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Ralph Baines
Bishop of Lichfield
1560–1579
Succeeded by
William Overton