British historical figure. Consecrated as Bishop of London in 1361. Son of Nigel Theobald, a prosperous cloth merchant. A boy was destined for a career in the Church which saw him as Canon at Hereford in 1349 and at Salisbury in 1353. During those years he was also employed by Edward III on diplomatic missions abroad. By 1361 he has become Bishop of London. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375, Chancellor of England from 1379. In 1375 he founded a College for priests-in-training in Sudbury. He was beheaded in Wat Tyler's rebellion in 1381. His body is buried in Canterbury cathedral. However his head was brough back to St Gregory's Church in Sudbury, where it now reposes in a special niche in the vestry.
British historical figure. Consecrated as Bishop of London in 1361. Son of Nigel Theobald, a prosperous cloth merchant. A boy was destined for a career in the Church which saw him as Canon at Hereford in 1349 and at Salisbury in 1353. During those years he was also employed by Edward III on diplomatic missions abroad. By 1361 he has become Bishop of London. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1375, Chancellor of England from 1379. In 1375 he founded a College for priests-in-training in Sudbury. He was beheaded in Wat Tyler's rebellion in 1381. His body is buried in Canterbury cathedral. However his head was brough back to St Gregory's Church in Sudbury, where it now reposes in a special niche in the vestry.
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