Bernard Gilpin
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Bernard Gilpin, was an Oxford theologian and then an influential clergyman in the emerging Church of England spanning the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane, Mary and Elizabeth I. He was known as t
Mid seventeenth century portrait of Bernard Gilpin, the property of his family
Memorial of 1901 by the Keswick School of Industrial Art in St. Cuthbert's Church, Kentmere
Kentmere Hall, birthplace and childhood home of Bernard Gilpin.
Bernard Gilpin Making Peace among the Borders, Takes Down the Glove in Rothbury Church, by William Bell Scott, 1859
Cuthbert Tunstall
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Cuthbert Tunstall was an English humanist, bishop, diplomat, administrator and royal adviser. He served as Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. He has
Bernard Gilpin
…Westmorland family with a pedigree back to Richard de Gylpyn in about 1206. His parents were Edwin and Margaret (née Layton), the latter being niece of Cuthbert Tunstall, Bishop of London and then of Durham, and executor of Henry VIII's estate. George Gilpin was Bernard's elder brother. He was born at Kentmere Hall, and…
Cuthbert Tunstall
Arms of Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall, Durham Castle. See of Durham impaling Tunstall (Sable, three combs argent), "which arose from the first of the name and family in England, being barber to William the Conqueror"
Bishop Tunstall burning a translation of the Bible in London, 1870 illustration