Richard Thornden

{{Short description|Warden of Canterbury College, Oxford and Bishop of Dover}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=September 2017}} '''Richard Thornden''' was an eminent 16th-century priest. In 1524 he was appointed Warden of Canterbury College, Oxford and after that was a Prebendary at Canterbury Cathedral.<ref>Michael Zell, ‘Thornden, Richard (c.1490–1558)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/68339, accessed 31 Dec 2008]</ref> Appointed the second Bishop of Dover in 1545,<ref>[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/johnfoxe/apparatus/person_glossaryY.html John Foxe's Book of Martyrs]</ref> he held the post until his death in 1557.<ref>[http://www.equinoxjournals.com/ojs/index.php/RRR/article/view/2418/1684 equinoxjournals]</ref>

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