Richard Yngworth
Richard Ingworth or Richard Yngworth, prior of Langley, was appointed Bishop of Dover[1] under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1537,[2] a post he held until his death eight years later.[3] As Bishop of Dover, Yngworth acted as the agent for Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in obtaining the surrender of the friaries; as part of the suppression of the monasteries, nunneries and friaries of England and Wales.
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Bishops of Dover
- Richard Yngworth
- Richard Thornden
- Richard Rogers
- Edward Parry
- Rodney Eden
- William Walsh
- Harold Bilbrough
- John Macmillan
- Alfred Rose
- Lewis Meredith
- Tony Tremlett
- Richard Third
- Richard Llewellin
- Stephen Venner
- Trevor Willmott
- Rose Hudson-Wilkin
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