owne, D.D.# (1510-1514).

#William Malverne# or #Parker# (1514-1539).

Parker wrote a Rhythmical History of St. Peter's Abbey, which was
reprinted in the appendix of Hearne's "Robert of Gloucester's
Chronicle." It was compiled from local records extending up to the time
of Abbot Horton.

He subscribed in 1534 to the King's supremacy, and remained Abbot till
the dissolution of the greater monasteries. Different traditions are
current as to his behaviour. Willis (in "Mitred Abbeys") describes him
as losing his pension and the chance of preferment on the score of
contumacy. Another tradition asserts that the king promised him the
bishopric, but that he died before the appointment was made. The place
of his burial is not known, and it is hoped that his tomb will escape
desecration for the sake of gratifying mere idle curiosity.

BISHOPS OF GLOUCESTER.

#John Wakeman# (1541-1549) was the last abbot of Tewkesbury, and
chaplain to Henry VIII.

#John Hooper# (1550-1554) was originally a monk at Cleeve; afterwards
became a Lutheran. He could not comply with the statute of the Six
Articles, and left Oxford in 1539 and went abroad. In Edward VI.'s reign
he preached the reformed doctrine in London. He was instrumental in
procuring the deprivation of Bishop Bonner in 1549, and was extremely
hostile to Gardiner. He was consecrated Bishop of Gloucester and
Worcester by Archbishop Cranmer. He was summoned to London in 1553, and
imprisoned. In 1554 his bishopric was declared void. He refused to
recant, and was burnt as an obstinate heretic in Gloucester in 1555.

#James Brookes# (1554-1558). Formerly chaplain or almoner to Bishop
Gardiner, and a very zealous Papist. He was delegated by the Pope for
the examination and trial of Cranmer, Ridley, and Latimer.

#Richard Cheiney# or #Cheyney# (1561-1579).

#John Bullingham# (1581-1598).

#Godfrey Goldsborough# (1598-1604).

#Thomas Ravis# (1604-1607), previous to his institution, had been Dean
of Christ Church, Oxford. He was one of the translators of the
Authorised Version. He was translated to London.

#Henry Parry# (1607-1610) was translated from Rochester in 1607, and
from Gloucester went to Worcester.

#Giles Thompson# (1611-1612).

#Miles Smith# (1612-1624). He was one of the translators of the
Authorised Version, and is said to have written the preface.

#Godfrey Goodman# (1624-1640).

#William Nicholson# (1660-1671).

#John Prickett# or #Prichard# (1672-1680).