Cuthbert Tunstall
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The Right Reverend Cuthbert Tunstall |
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| Prince-Bishop of Durham | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Durham |
| Elected | 1530 & 1556 |
| Term ended | 1552 & 1559 (twice deprived) |
| Predecessor | Cardinal Thomas Wolsey |
| Successor | James Pilkington |
| Other posts |
Bishop of London 1522–1530 |
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| Consecration | 1522 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1474 Hackforth, Yorkshire |
| Died | 18 November 1559 |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | Thomas Tunstall |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Cuthbert Tunstall (otherwise spelt Tunstal or Tonstall; 1474 – 18 November 1559) was an English Scholastic, church leader, diplomat, administrator and royal adviser. He served as Prince-Bishop of Durham during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.
Cuthbert Tunstall was born at Hackforth in Yorkshire in 1474, an illegitimate son of Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle in Lancashire. His legitimate half-brother, Brian Tunstall, was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Cuthbert studied mathematics, theology, and law at Oxford (Balliol College), Cambridge (Trinity College), and Padua, where he graduated Doctor of Laws. He was proficient in Greek and Hebrew.
William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, made Tunstall his chancellor on 25 August 1511, and shortly afterward appointed him rector of Harrow on the Hill. He eventually became a canon of Lincoln (1514) and archdeacon of Chester (1515). Soon thereafter he was employed on diplomatic business by King Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey. In 1515, Tunstall was sent to Flanders with Sir Thomas More. It was at Brussels that he would meet Erasmus as well, becoming the intimate friend of both scholars. In 1519 he was sent to Cologne; a visit to Worms (1520–21) gave him a sense of the significance held by the Lutheran movement and its literature.
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