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were the chief members, passed a sentence of deprivation on him. He made a voluntary resignation in the following June, when the dean and chapter of Canterbury assumed the spiritual jurisdiction of the see, 21 June 1554. He was accused of having impoverished the see by granting the manor of
135:'A Lyttell Treatyse in Englyshe called the Extripacion (sic) of Ignorancy,' (Pynson, no date). This is a little poetical tract 'dedicated unto the yong and most hye renouned Lady Mary, prinses and daughter unto the noble progenytour and worthy soverayne Kyng Henry Eight.' 144:'An Exhortacyon to Margaret, wyf of John Burgess, clothier of Kingswood, in the county of Wilts, by Paul Bushe, bishop of Bristol' (London, Cawood, 1554). John Burgess was more commonly known as John Bridges of Nind, Kingswood. who was a wealthy clothier and landowner. 85:, who, on the foundation of the bishopric of Bristol, selected Bush as the first bishop of the new see. Bush's replies to certain questions relative to the abuses of the mass, proposed in 1548, were largely those of an orthodox Catholic. 132:'Certayne Gostly Medycynes necessary to be used among well disposed people, to eschew and avoid the comen plage of pestilence' (Redman, no date). This is a small trac containing prayers and conjurations against the plague. 216: 113:, near Bristol, which he held till his death, which occurred at the age of 68, a few days before Mary's death, 11 October 1558. He was buried near the grave of his wife, on the north side of the choir of 169: 58:. He also applied himself to the study of medicine. He took the degrees of B.D. and D.D., and having become a friar of the order, became a published author. 231: 226: 92:, 8 October 1553; proceedings were anyway taken against him as a married priest. The following year, 20 March 1554, a commission, of which 178: 50:, taking his degree of B.A. about 1517, by which time he was known as a poet. He subsequently read divinity, studying among the 221: 110: 117:, where his mutilated Renaissance monument, bearing his effigy as a decaying corpse with a tonsured head, still stands. 211: 206: 81:, about 1539, and became one of the residentiary canons. He obtained royal favour and was made chaplain to 74: 55: 201: 196: 47: 78: 66: 114: 89: 31: 93: 61:
He rose to be provincial of the Bonhommes, and became provost of the house of this order at
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He married Edith Ashley, who died three months after the accession of
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in 1549. On his resignation Bush retired to the rectory of
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People associated with the Dissolution of the Monasteries
182:. Vol. 8. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 54:whose house stood on the site of the present 8: 125:Bush was the author of the following works: 141:'Dialogus inter Christum et Mariam,' 1525. 7: 232:Alumni of the University of Oxford 14: 147:'Carminum diversorum liber unus.' 179:Dictionary of National Biography 157: 138:'De laudibus Crucis (no date). 1: 227:16th-century English bishops 26:; 1490–1558) was an English 248: 168:Venables, Edmund (1886). " 69:, Wiltshire. He held the 46:, and studied at the 222:People from Somerset 48:University of Oxford 34:of the new diocese. 79:Salisbury Cathedral 212:Bishops of Bristol 207:Augustinian canons 115:Bristol Cathedral 32:bishop of Bristol 16:Bishop of Bristol 239: 183: 161: 160: 94:Stephen Gardiner 247: 246: 242: 241: 240: 238: 237: 236: 187: 186: 174:Stephen, Leslie 167: 158: 154: 123: 105:, Somerset, to 42:He was born in 40: 17: 12: 11: 5: 245: 243: 235: 234: 229: 224: 219: 214: 209: 204: 199: 189: 188: 185: 184: 153: 150: 149: 148: 145: 142: 139: 136: 133: 130: 122: 119: 56:Wadham College 39: 36: 30:and the first 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 244: 233: 230: 228: 225: 223: 220: 218: 215: 213: 210: 208: 205: 203: 200: 198: 195: 194: 192: 181: 180: 175: 171: 165: 164:public domain 156: 155: 151: 146: 143: 140: 137: 134: 131: 128: 127: 126: 120: 118: 116: 112: 108: 104: 99: 98:Edmund Bonner 95: 91: 86: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 59: 57: 53: 49: 45: 37: 35: 33: 29: 25: 21: 177: 124: 111:Winterbourne 87: 60: 41: 23: 19: 18: 202:1558 deaths 197:1490 births 103:Leigh Court 28:Augustinian 191:Categories 170:Bush, Paul 152:References 90:Queen Mary 83:Henry VIII 75:Bishopston 107:Edward VI 73:stall of 71:prebendal 52:Bonhommes 20:Paul Bush 67:Westbury 63:Edington 44:Somerset 176:(ed.). 166::  65:, near 172:". In 121:Works 24:Bushe 96:and 38:Life 22:(or 77:in 193::

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Augustinian
bishop of Bristol
Somerset
University of Oxford
Bonhommes
Wadham College
Edington
Westbury
prebendal
Bishopston
Salisbury Cathedral
Henry VIII
Queen Mary
Stephen Gardiner
Edmund Bonner
Leigh Court
Edward VI
Winterbourne
Bristol Cathedral
public domain
Bush, Paul
Stephen, Leslie
Dictionary of National Biography
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1490 births
1558 deaths
Augustinian canons
Bishops of Bristol
People associated with the Dissolution of the Monasteries
People from Somerset

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