1559 Consecration of new Bishops

1559 Consecration of new Bishops is in 1559-1579 Elizabeth I Accedes.

                    In 1559 five new Bishops were consecrated including:
                
                    Archbishop Edwin Sandys (age 40) was consecrated Bishop of Worcester.
                
                    Bishop William Barlow (age 61) was consecrated Bishop of Chichester.
                
                    Archbishop Edmund Grindal (age 40) was consecrated Bishop of London.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 20 Dec 1559. The xx day of Desember a-for non, was sant Thomas evyn, my lord of Canturbere (age 55) whent to Bow chyrche and ther wher v nuw byshopes mad.1559 Consecration of new Bishops

Note. P. 220. New bishops made. A tabular list of the new bishops will be found in Strype, Annals, i. 157.