Thomas Bilson


Thomas Bilson
Lord Bishop of Winchester
ProvinceChurch of England
SeeWinchester
Installed1597
PredecessorWilliam Day
SuccessorJames Montague
Other post(s)Bishop of Worcester (1596–1597)
Personal details
Born1547
Winchester, England
Died18 June 1616

Thomas Bilson (1547 – 18 June 1616) was an Anglican Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Winchester. With Miles Smith, he oversaw the final edit and printing of the King James Bible.[1]

  1. ^ W. Richardson, 'Bilson, Thomas (1546/7–1616)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP 2004).