John Whitgift was an English clergyman and academic who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 until his death in 1604. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horses.
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Detail from a window in St Margaret's church in Laceby in Lincolnshire depicting the confirmation of Whitgift as Dean of Lincoln in 1571
Whitgift at Queen Elizabeth's deathbed, stained glass at Grimsby Minster. The archbishop's death is given as 1603 because of Old Style and New Style dates.
Whitgift monument in Croydon Minster
Part of the interior courtyard of the Whitgift Almshouses in Croydon, named for WhitgiftActors born in the 1530s 6
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John Whitgift was an English clergyman and academic who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 until his death in 1604. Noted for his hospitality, he was somewhat ostentatious in his habits, sometimes visiting Canterbury and other towns attended by a retinue of 800 horses. Whitgift's theological views were often controversial.
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Lived 1530 to 1604 · aged 74
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