1555–1626

Introduction

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Born: 1555, near All Hal­lows by the Tow­er, Lon­don.

Died:September 25, 1626, South­wark, Sur­rey, England.

Buried: South­wark Ca­thed­ral.

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Biography

Lancelot was the son of Tho­mas An­drews and Jo­hane Bel­son.

He held a number of high po­si­tions in the Ang­li­can church dur­ing the reigns of Eliz­abeth I and James I. Among oth­er posts, he served as Bi­shop of Chi­ches­ter, of Ely, Win­ches­ter and Chi­ches­ter.

Works

A noted schol­ar, An­drewes ov­er­saw the trans­la­tion of the King James Ver­sion of the Bi­ble.

Sources

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