John Best (bishop)

John Best (died 1570) was Bishop of Carlisle from 1560^[1]^{[unreliable source]} until his death.^[2]

Background[]

He was from Halifax and attended King Henry VIII's College from 1538 to 1539.

Personal life and career[]

In 1550 he married Elizabeth Somner. In 1553 Best was canon of Wells and in 1559 he was made Rector of Romaldkirk. He was consecrated Bishop of Carlisle^[3] on 2 March 1561, after the previous Bishop had been deprived of his see, after performing Elizabeth I's coronation in Roman Catholic liturgy despite Elizabeth's Protestant faith.

Death[]

Best died in 1570, nine years after being consecrated Bishop of Carlisle.

Notes[]

^ Tudor Place
^ ‘Best , John(1d 1570)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Barnes,M. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, September 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X
^ List of Bishops

Church of England titles
Preceded by Owen Oglethorpe	Bishop of Carlisle 1560–1570	Succeeded by Richard Barnes

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[1] Tudor Place

[2] ‘Best , John(1d 1570)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Barnes,M. (Oxford, Oxford University Press, September 2004) ISBN 0-19-861411-X

[3] List of Bishops

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