George Cromer

George Cromer (died 1543) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in the reign of Henry VIII of England, from 1521/2 [ [http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ShowFreePage.php?id=184 The Succession of the Bishops of Armagh [ Succession list : Free Genealogy Pages from Ulster Ancestry ] ] .

Caught up in Henry's reformation of the Church of England, he was deprived of his see, Armagh [ [http://www.pgil-eirdata.org/html/pgil_datasets/authors/c/Cromer,George/life.htm George Cromer ] ] . He in fact continued in place as archbishop, despite suspicion from Henry and also suspension by the Pope, for alleged heresy ["Concise Dictionary of National Biography"] [ [http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/relg/historygeography/HistoryoftheCatholicChurchfromtheRenaissancetotheFrenchRevolutionVolume2/chap16.html] , dating this at 1539.] .

He was Lord Chancellor of Ireland in 1531, as a placeman of Garrett, 9th Earl of Kildare [ [http://www.libraryireland.com/JoyceHistory/Garrett9.php Garrett, Ninth Earl of Kildare (1513-1534) ] ] [ [http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/chancellors/Chancellors12.htm] , [http://www.chaptersofdublin.com/books/chancellors/Chancellors13.htm] .]

References

*Chapter in A.J. Hughes, William Nolan (eds.) (2001), "Armagh: Interdisciplinary essays on the History of an Irish County"

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External links

* [http://www.ulsterbiography.co.uk/biogsC.htm Dictionary of Ulster Biography, page C]