Richard Hooker was an English priest in the Church of England and an influential theologian. He was one of the most important English theologians of the sixteenth century. His defence of the role of r
Portrait of an unknown man, formerly thought to be Richard Hooker
Statue of Hooker in front of Exeter Cathedral
Westminster Abbey by Canaletto, 1749
John Jewel of Devon, England was Bishop of Salisbury from 1559 to 1571.