Church Church of England Alma mater Peterhouse, Cambridge Successor William Redman Installed 1585 Name Edmund Scambler Predecessor Edmund Freke | Nationality English Died 1594 Diocese Diocese of Norwich Denomination Anglican Education Peterhouse, Cambridge Term ended 1594 | |
Other posts Bishop of Peterborough (1561–1585) | ||
Edmund Scambler (c. 1520 – 7 May 1594) was an English bishop.
Life
He was born at Gressingham, and was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, Queens' College, Cambridge and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1542.
Under Mary I of England he was pastor to a covert Protestant congregation in London. He was a chaplain to Archbishop Matthew Parker.
He became Bishop of Peterborough in 1561, and was a reviser of the Bishops' Bible. He suspended Eusebius Pagit, then vicar of Lamport, in 1574.
In 1585 he became Bishop of Norwich. He was responsible there for the heresy proceedings against Francis Kett.
References
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