Richard Bancroft
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Richard Bancroft was an English churchman, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1604 to 1610 and "chief overseer" of the King James Bible.
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Lambeth Palace
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Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is situated in north Lambeth, London, on the south bank of the River Thames, 400 yards south-east of the Palace of W
Richard Bancroft
…act were laid the foundations of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Bancroft was "the chief overseer" of the authorized version of the Bible. He died at Lambeth Palace on 2 November 1610. In 2016, during the refurbishment of the Garden Museum, which is housed at the medieval church of St Mary-at-Lambeth, 30 lead coffins…
Lambeth Palace, photographed in 2004, looking east across the River Thames. Visible are the 15th-century Lollards' Tower at left, the 17th-century Great Hall (with cupola) at centre, the late 15th-century brick gatehouse towards the right, and the 14th-century tower of St Mary-at-Lambeth on the far right.
The Great Hall, St Mary-at-Lambeth, and the Tudor gatehouse (from inside), with the river on the right.
The Guard Room
Lambeth Palace from the south c. 1685