John Kite
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John Kite (died 1537) was successively Archbishop of Armagh, 1513–1521, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1521–1537.
John Kite was educated at Eton College and then at King's College, Cambridge,[1] where he was graduated Bachelor of Canon Law. He was appointed a prebendary of Exeter Cathedral and Sub-Dean of the King's Chapel, Westminster in 1510. From 1510-1518 he was prebendary of Stratton in the diocese of Salisbury.
In 1518, as archbishop, he accompanied John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners on an embassy to Charles I of Spain and was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. In 1522 he was living at Rose Castle, Cumberland when he was visited by Dr , Archdeacon of Carlisle Cathedral, of whom he wrote to Cardinal Wolsey. His alliance with Wolsey may explain his quick promotion. He took the Oath of Supremacy in 1534.
Bibliography[]
- ^ "Kite, John (KT480J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
General references[]
- Joyce M. Horn, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 3 Salisbury Diocese, (London: Institute of Historical Research, 1962) citing Register of Edmund Audley, Bishop of Salisbury
- James Wilson, 'The Seal of William Burbank', Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian Society; Vol. XV
- 1537 deaths
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- People educated at Eton College
- Bishops of Carlisle
- Archbishops of Armagh
- 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops
- 16th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland