George Cromer
George Cromer (died 16 March 1542) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in the reign of Henry VIII of England, from 1521/2.[1]
The Most Reverend George Cromer | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Armagh Primate of All Ireland | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | Armagh |
| Appointed | 2 October 1521 |
| In office | 1521-1543 |
| Predecessor | John Kite |
| Successor | George Dowdall |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | April 1522 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 16 March 1542 |
| Nationality | English |
He was English by birth, a descendant of the Cromer (also spelt Crowemer) family of Tunstall, Kent and Cromer, Norfolk. Caught up in Henry's Reformation of the Church of England, he was deprived of his See of Armagh.[2] He continued in place as Archbishop of Armagh, despite suspicions from Henry about his true beliefs and despite being suspended by the Pope on a charge of heresy.[3][4]
He was Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1532-4, as a placeman of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, whose family dominated Irish politics from the 1470s until the late 1530s.[5][6]
References
- Chapter in A.J. Hughes, William Nolan (eds.) (2001), Armagh: Interdisciplinary essays on the History of an Irish County
Notes
- The Succession of the Bishops of Armagh [ Succession list ] : Free Genealogy Pages from Ulster Ancestry
- George Cromer
- Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- Archived 2005-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, dating this at 1539.
- Garrett, Ninth Earl of Kildare (1513–1534)
- , . Archived September 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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