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Hugh Latimer, bishop of Worcester (1485-1555).

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  • Record No:29855
  • Accession No:95-108
  • Subject/Title:Hugh Latimer, bishop of Worcester (1485-1555).
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:1555
  • Owner/Location:TN State Library and Archives 403 7th Ave. N. Nashville, TN 37243-0312 Web Contact: Preservation - State Library
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  • Materials/Media:Photographic print
  • History:P168. No entry in book "Portraits in Tennessee Before 1866." Narrative on reverse. Original in National Portrait Gallery, London (portrait # NPG 295)
  • Notes:Leading spokesman for the Reformation. Chaplain to King Henry VIII. Made Bishop of Worcester, 1535. Favorite preacher in the royal court under Edward VI. Arrested by Queen Mary & burned at the stake, in Oxford, on October 16, 1555.
  • Categories:Portrait paintings; Men; Clergy; Bishops;