John Thornborough

John Thornborough

John Thornborough (1551-1641) was an English bishop.

In a long ecclesiastical career, he was employed as a chaplain by the Earl of Pembroke, and Queen Elizabeth. He was bishop of Limerick in 1593, bishop of Bristol in 1603, and bishop of Worcester from 1617. ["Concise Dictionary of National Biography"]

He wrote an alchemical book, "Lithotheorikos" of 1621. ["Lithotheorikos, sive, Nihil, aliquid, omnia, antiquorum sapientum vivis coloribus depicta".] He is known to have employed Simon Forman. [ [http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-927905-5.pdf PDF] , p. 31.]

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