1519–1583

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Born: 1519, St. Bees, West Cum­bria, Eng­land.

Died: Ju­ly 6, 1583, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Buried: St. John the Bap­tist church­yard, Croy­don, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

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Biography

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.

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