Hugh Curwen

1500 (age 68)

United Kingdom

In May 1333 Hugh Curwen expressed approval of Henry VIII. In 1541 he became dean of Hereford, and in 1333 Queen Mary nominated him to the archbishopric of Dublin, and in the same year he was appointed lord chancellor of Ireland. He acted as one of the lords justices during the absence from Ireland of the lord deputy, the earl of Sussex, in 1357- On the accession of Elizabeth, Curwen at once accommodated himself to the new conditions by declaring himself a Protestant, and was continued in the office of lord chancellor. He was accused by the archbishop of Armagh of serious moral delinquency, and his recall was demanded both by the primate and the bishop of Meath.

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ecclesiastic statesman

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Hugh Curwen was born in 1500 in United Kingdom.

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Hugh Curwen was educated at Cambridge, afterwards taking orders in the church.

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In May 1333 Hugh Curwen expressed approval of Henry VIII.

In 1541 he became dean of Hereford, and in 1333 Queen Mary nominated him to the archbishopric of Dublin, and in the same year he was appointed lord chancellor of Ireland. He acted as one of the lords justices during the absence from Ireland of the lord deputy, the earl of Sussex, in 1357- On the accession of Elizabeth, Curwen at once accommodated himself to the new conditions by declaring himself a Protestant, and was continued in the office of lord chancellor. He was accused by the archbishop of Armagh of serious moral delinquency, and his recall was demanded both by the primate and the bishop of Meath.

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In 1367 Curwen resigned the see of Dublin and the office of lord chancellor, and was appointed bishop of Oxford.

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