Born: 1519, St. Bees, West Cumbria, England.
Died: July 6, 1583, London, England.
Buried: St. John the Baptist churchyard, Croydon, Surrey, England.
Grindal attended Cambridge University, but left England when Queen Mary came to the throne.
He returned after her death in 1559, and became a prominent leader of the Protestant clergy. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury, 1576–83.