Richard Yngworth
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Richard Ingworth or Richard Yngworth, prior of Langley, was appointed Bishop of Dover[1] under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1537,[2] a post he held until his death eight years later.[3] As Bishop of Dover, Yngworth acted as the agent for Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in obtaining the surrender of the friaries; as part of the suppression of the monasteries, nunneries and friaries of England and Wales
References
- ↑ “Hertfordshire in History” Jones-Baker,D: Hertford, University of Hertfordshire Press, 2004 ISBN 978-0-9542189-4-2
- ↑ From: 'Friaries: King's Langley priory', A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 4 (1971), pp. 446-451. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=37971 Date accessed: 31 December 2008.
- ↑ John Foxes book of Martyrs
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