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[[File:John Whitgift from NPG.jpg|thumb|John Whitgift, by an unknown artist]]'''John Whitgift''' (c. 1530&ndash;1604) was [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1583, serving Queen Elizabeth I until her death, and crowning [[James I]]. He was buried in [[Croydon]] and set up a charitable foundation which still supports three schools in Croydon.
[[File:John Whitgift from NPG.jpg|thumb|John Whitgift, by an unknown artist]]'''John Whitgift''' (c. 1530–1604) was [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1583, serving Queen Elizabeth I until her death, and crowning [[James I]]. He was buried in [[Croydon]] and set up a charitable foundation which still supports three schools in Croydon.


Stephen Bates, in his book <cite>A church at war: Anglicans and homosexuality</cite>, comments "Archbishop John Whitgift, the man who crowned James I, took as his close companion Dr Andrew Perne, the ex-Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge".<ref>Stephen Bates, <cite>A church at war: Anglicans and homosexuality</cite>, p.78 (accessible via Google Books)</ref>
Stephen Bates, in his book <cite>A church at war: Anglicans and homosexuality</cite>, comments "Archbishop John Whitgift, the man who crowned James I, took as his close companion Dr Andrew Perne, the ex-Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge".<ref>Stephen Bates, <cite>A church at war: Anglicans and homosexuality</cite>, p.78 (accessible via Google Books)</ref>


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John Whitgift, by an unknown artist

John Whitgift (c. 1530–1604) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583, serving Queen Elizabeth I until her death, and crowning James I. He was buried in Croydon and set up a charitable foundation which still supports three schools in Croydon.

Stephen Bates, in his book A church at war: Anglicans and homosexuality, comments "Archbishop John Whitgift, the man who crowned James I, took as his close companion Dr Andrew Perne, the ex-Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge".[1]

References

  1. Stephen Bates, A church at war: Anglicans and homosexuality, p.78 (accessible via Google Books)