Grindal

Grindal, Edmund (1519-83), Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in the parish of St. Bees, Cumberland. He was educated at Cambridge, where he became fellow (1538) and vice-master (1549) of Pembroke Hall. He remained in Germany during the reign of Mary. In 1559 he was appointed Bishop of London, whence he was translated to York in 1570 and to Canterbury in 1575. In 1577 he was suspended for refusing to prohibit "prophesyings," - i.e. meetings of the clergy for the purpose of expounding the Scriptures - but he was reinstated the year before his death.