Goodrich, Thomas, 1494-1554

LC control no.	nb2018004634
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Goodrich, Thomas, 1494-1554 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Goodrick, Thomas, 1494-1554 Goodryck, Thomas, 1494-1554 Thomas, Bishop of Ely, 1494-1554
Associated country	Great Britain
Associated place	Cambridge (England)
Birth date	1494
Death date	1554-05-10
Place of birth	Lincolnshire (England)
Place of death	Somersham (England)
Field of activity	Christianity Theology Preaching
Affiliation	Jesus College (University of Cambridge) Church of England
Profession or occupation	Clergy Bishops
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Found in	Cranmer, Thomas. Defence de la vraye et catholique doctrine du sacrement du corps & sang de nostre sauueur Christ, 1552: t.p. (tres réuérend pére en Dieu, Thomas euesque d'Ely, chancellier d'Angleterre) leaf 2 (a tres reverend pere en dieu Thomas Goodrick, evesque d'Ely, chancellier d'Angleterre) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online, viewed 7 March 2018 (Goodrich or Goodryck, Thomas (1494-1554), bishop of Ely and lord chancellor; he was educated in Lincolnshire and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1510 and MA in 1514; he became a fellow of the college and was made a proctor in 1515; he was ordained deacon in Lincoln diocese in 1522, and a priest the next year; on 16 November 1529, he was admitted to the rectory of St Peter Westcheap, London; a promotion to royal chaplaincy followed and in 1533 he was promoted to one of the canonries of St Stephen's, Westminster; in 1534 he was made Bishop of Ely; in 1551 Goodrich was made lord chancellor; after Mary's accession to the throne, he was allowed to retain his bishopric but he seems to have been held under house arrest in London until March or April 1554; he was then allowed to return to the country, to the palace of Somersham, Huntingdonshire, where he died on 10 May 1554)
Associated language	eng fre