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SEE OXFORD DNB: Edmund Grindal, (1516x201583), archbishop of York and of Canterbury.
VENN: Of MAGDALENE, CHRIST'S and PEMBROKE. S. of William, of Hensingham, Cumberland. B. c. 1519. B.A. from Pembroke, 1537-8; M.A. 1541; B.D. 1549; D.D. 1564. Fellow of Pembroke, 1538-53. Proctor, 1548-9. Lady Margaret preacher, 1549. Master of Pembroke, 1559-62. Precentor of St Paul's, 1551-4. Chaplain to Bishop Ridley. Chaplain to the King, 1551. Canon of Westminster, 1552-4. A fugitive abroad under Mary. Commissioner for revision of the liturgy. Bishop of London, 1559-70. Archbishop of York, 1570. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1576-83. Suspended 1577-82. Eulogised in Spenser's Shepherd's Calendar. Died July 6, 1583. Buried at Croydon. Will, Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C. (Cooper, I. 470; D.N.B.)