John Capon, alias

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John Salcot (died 1557) was a Benedictine

Benedictine

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 monk who became bishop of Bangor

Bishop of Bangor

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, then bishop of Salisbury

Bishop of Salisbury

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 under Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England

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. He is often referred to as John Salcot alias Capon (variously spelt).

He graduated B.A. from the University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

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, in 1488. He became prior of St John's Abbey, Colchester, and then abbot of St Benet's Hulme, in Norfolk

Norfolk

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. He was a vocal supporter of Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon

Catherine of Aragon

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.

He was abbot of Hyde Abbey

Hyde Abbey

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 from 1530, and bishop of Bangor from 1533 (without papal approval). It is believed that he never took up residence at Bangor, and he admitted that he found it a problem that he did not speak Welsh

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. He was translated to become bishop of Salisbury in 1539.

Under Mary of England he was involved in the trials of John Bradford

John Bradford

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 and other Protestants.

William Capon

William Capon

William Capon was an English churchman and scholar.-Life:He was born at Salcott, near Colchester in Essex in 1480. He was educated at Cambridge University, earning his B.A. degree in 1499 and his M.A. in 1502 . In 1516 he became a Master of Jesus College, Cambridge and in 1526, aged 46, he was...

was his brother.