Edmund Gheast

Edmund Gheast (also known as Guest, Geste or Gest; 1514–1577) was a 16th-century cleric of the Church of England.

The Right Reverend

Edmund Gheast
Bishop of Salisbury
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Salisbury
Elected1571
Term ended1577 (death)
Other postsBishop of Rochester (1560–1571)
Orders
Consecrationc. 1560
Personal details
Born1514
Northallerton, Yorkshire
Died1577
BuriedSalisbury Cathedral
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsThomas Geste
Alma materKing's College, Cambridge

Life

Guest was born at Northallerton, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Geste. He was educated at York Grammar School and Eton College and became a scholar of King's College, Cambridge in 1536 (fellow from 1539 to 1554, BA in 1541, MA in 1544, BD in 1551).[1]

He was chaplain to Archbishop Matthew Parker who made him Archdeacon of Canterbury (1559–1564) and Rector of Cliffe, Kent. He became Bishop of Rochester in 1560, holding the office of Archdeacon of Canterbury in commendam.[2] He was then Bishop of Salisbury from 1571 to his death in 1577. He was buried in Salisbury Cathedral.[3]

Guest participated actively in the Convocation of 1563 that met under Archbishop Matthew Parker to revise the Forty-Two Articles.[4] Convocation passed only 39 of the 42, and Queen Elizabeth reduced the number to 38 by throwing out Article XXIX to avoid offending the Roman Catholic party.[4] In 1571, the XXIXth Article, despite the opposition of Guest, was inserted, to the effect that the wicked do not eat the Body of Christ.[5] The Thirty-Nine Articles were ratified by the Queen, and the bishops and clergy were required to assent.[4]

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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. British History Online: Archdeacons of Canterbury 1541–1857: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, volume 3: Canterbury, Rochester and Winchester dioceses (1974), pp. 15–17. Date accessed: 10 January 2010.
  3. Jane Freeman, ‘Guest, Edmund (1514–1577)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, May 2009 , accessed 10 January 2010
  4. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01498a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia Anglicanism
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Anglican Teaching by W. G. WILSON, M.A., B.D., Ph.D. and J.H. TEMPLETON. M.A., B.D.. M.LITT.. Ph.D.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edmund Allen		 Bishop of Rochester
1560–1571		 Succeeded by
Edmund Freke
Preceded by
John Jewel		 Bishop of Salisbury
1571–1577		 Succeeded by
John Piers



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