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William Downham (1511–1577) was bishop of Chester. Under Mary of England, he was chaplain to her sister Princess Elizabeth.〔Andrew Pettegree, ''The Reformation: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies'' (2004), p. 337.〕 He became bishop of Chester in 1561, shortly after Elizabeth's accession.〔https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35844〕 As bishop, he was considered rather ineffectual against the Roman Catholics, preferring not to offend the gentry.〔Christopher Haigh, ''Reformation and Resistance in Tudor Lancashire'' (1975), p. 210.〕 The reformer Christopher Goodman attacked him in 1571, as supine, on a pretext of the continuing Whitsun plays.〔https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=57329〕 He had further problems with the diocesan finances, being dependent on rents that could prove hard to collect.〔Christopher Haigh, ''Reformation and Resistance in Tudor Lancashire'' (1975), p. 225.〕 He also had very few university graduates among his candidates for ordination.〔Richard L. Graves, ''Society and Religion in Elizabethan England'' (1981), p. 78.〕 ==Family== George Downame and John Downame were his sons.〔Benjamin Brook, ''The Lives of the Puritans'' (1813), p. 496.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Downham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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