John Jewel

John Jewel
BornMay 24, 1522
Berrynarbor, Devon
DiedSeptember 23, 1571(1571-09-23) (aged 49)
Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire
EducationMerton College, Oxford and Corpus Christi College, Oxford
OccupationBishop of Salisbury
Known forAuthor of the Apology of the Church of England
Arms of Jewel: Or, on a chevron azure between three gillyflowers gules stalked and leaved vert a maiden's head of the first ducally crowned of the third on a chief sable a hawk's lure double stringed between two falcons argent beaked and legged of the first[1]

John Jewel (alias Jewell) (24 May 1522 – 23 September 1571) of Devon, England was Bishop of Salisbury from 1559 to 1571.

  1. ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., ed. (1895). The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620. Exeter. p. 505.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)