John Aylmer (bishop)


John Aylmer
Bishop of London
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseLondon
Elected12 March 1577
Term ended3 June 1594
PredecessorEdwin Sandys
SuccessorRichard Fletcher
Orders
Consecration24 March 1577
Personal details
Born1521
Died3 June 1594 (aged 72-73)
Fulham Palace, London
BuriedSt Paul's Cathedral, London
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
Previous post(s)Archdeacon of Lincoln
1562–1577
Archdeacon of Stow
1553–1554 & 1559–1562
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge

John Aylmer (Ælmer or Elmer; 1521 – 3 June 1594) was an English bishop, constitutionalist and a Greek scholar.[1]

  1. ^ Dangerous Positions; Mixed Government, the Estates of the Realm, and the Making of the "Answer to the xix propositions", Michael Mendle, University of Alabama Press, 1985. pg 49.

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