John Jewel

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John Jewel (alias Jewell) (24 May 1522 – 23 September 1571) was an influential Church of England cleric and theologian, and was Bishop of Salisbury from 1559 to 1571.

Life

John Jewel was born the youngest son of John Jewel of Bowden, and Alice Bellamye in Berrynarbor, Devon on May 24, 1522.

He matriculated to Merton College, Oxford in July 1535.

He was later elected as a scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford where he studied under the tutelage of Peter Martyr Vermigli.

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