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1558, and was buried in Bristol cathedral^. A license to elect a bishop in the room of Paul Bushe issued 19th March 1553-4^; but it does not seem to have been acted on, as another license was sent to the dean and chapter 25th Oct. following".
1554 John 'H.oLYMA>:,S.T.P..i'ormer]y a monk o/Iieading,\\SkS 1&2P.&M. elected, and received the royal assent loth Nov. 1554^. He was consecrated in the bishop of London's chapel ^ on the 1 8 th, and obtained the temporalities on the 28th of the same month '^. He died 20th Dec. 1558, and was buried in the church of Hamborough in Ox- fordshireii.
After the death of bishop) Holyman the see of Bristol was vacant upwards of three years.
1562 Richard Cheyney, bishop of Gloucester^ obtained the 4 Eliz. Queen's permission to hold the see of Bristol in com- mendam with his own of Gloucester 29th April 1562^"^, and accordingly he took the administration of this bishopric 3rd May following, and held them both during his life. He died 25th April 1579, and was buried in Gloucester cathedral.
Both sees xvere vacant about two years after the death of bishop Cheyney.
1581 John Bullingham, archdeacon of Huntingdon, was ap- 23 Eliz. pointed by the Queen in i 581 to hold the see of Bris- tol with that of Gloucester. He was consecrated 3rd Sept. 158112*, He resigned Bristol in 1589, in which year her Majesty nominated ^-^
1589 Richard Fletcher, S.T.D., dean of Peterborough ;
32 Eliz.
^ Ex Epitaph. Hie jacet Do- ^ Ibid,
minus Paulus Bussh, primus hu- ^ Virtute literarum Dec. et Cap.
jus ecclesise Episcopus, qui obiit Cantuar. dat. i6th Nov. Reg.
II die Octobris A. D. 1558, Cantuar.
setatis suae 68, &c. His will is 10 Pat. i & 2 Phil. & Mar. p. i.
in Reg. Well. fol. 3. in Cur. m. 26.
Prerog. Lond. and dated 25th 1 1 His will is in Reg. Well. fol.
Sept. 1558: it was proved ist 38. in Cur. Prerog. Lond.
Dec. following. i- Reg. Parker, fol. 22.
6 Pat. I Mar. p. i. m. 24. i-'* Rgg. Grindal, fol. 70.
7 Pat. I & 2 Phil. & Mar. p. i . '^ jjer Majesty issued her con- m. 26. ge d'elire 23rd Oct. 1589.
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