John Scory

John Scory

John Scory (died 1585) was a Cambridge Dominican order friar.

He was bishop of Rochester from 1551 to 1552, bishop of Chichester from 1552 to 1553. He was deprived of this position on Queen Mary's accession, but returned under Elizabeth's reign, and became bishop of Hereford from 1559 to 1585.

He participated in the Westminster disputation of 1559.

Works

*"Epistle to the Faytheful in Pryson in England", written during his exile


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