Cuthbert Tunstall (or Tonstall) (1474 - November 18, 1559) was an English church leader, twice Bishop of Durham. Events December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years), with 43 remaining. ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Arms of the Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. ...

He was an illegitimate son of Thomas Tunstall of Thurland Castle, Lancashire. His legitimate half-brother, Brian Tunstall, was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. Cuthbert seems to have studied at Oxford, at Cambridge and at Padua, and became a distinguished scholar, winning favourable comment from Erasmus. Having held several livings in quick succession, he became chancellor to William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1511, and was soon employed on diplomatic business by King Henry VIII and Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, being sent to Brussels in 1515 and to Cologne in 1519. He was present during the famous Diet of Worms in 1521. Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... The Battle of Flodden or Flodden Field was fought in northern England on September 9, 1513, between an invading Scots army under King James IV and an English army commanded by Thomas Howard. ... Events January 20 - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway. ... The University of Oxford, situated in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest in the English-speaking world, after Oxford University. ... Gymnasivm Patavinum: The University shown in a 1654 woodcut The University of Padua (Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is one of the most well-renowned universities in Italy. ... Erasmus Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. ... Walliam Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527 (Louvre Museum) William Warham (c. ... The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior bishop of the state Church of England and of the worldwide Anglican Communion, outranking the other English archbishop, the Archbishop of York. ... Events Diego Velázquez and Hernán Cortés conquer Cuba; Velázquez appointed Governor. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (c. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and is considered by many to be the de facto capital of the European Union, as two of its three main institutions have their headquarters... Events June - Invasion of Persia by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. ... Map of Germany showing Cologne Cologne skyline at night. ... Events March 4 - Hernán Cortés lands in Mexico. ... The phrase Diet of Worms comes from the word Diet, a general assembly of the estates of the Holy Roman Empire and Worms, which is the name of the place the meeting was held. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. ...

In 1516 he had been made Master of the Rolls. In 1521 he became Dean of Salisbury, in 1522 Bishop of London, and in 1523 Keeper of the Privy Seal. For Henry VIII he negotiated with Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, after the Battle of Pavia in 1525, and he helped to arrange the Peace of Cambrai in 1529. In 1530 he succeeded Wolsey as Bishop of Durham. However, Tunstall's religious views soon caused anxiety. He adhered firmly to the traditional teaching of the Church, but after some hesitation he accepted Henry as its head and publicly defended this position. In 1537 the bishop was appointed president of the new Council of the North, but although he was often engaged in negotiations with the Scots, he found time to take part in other public business and to attend parliament, where in 1539 he participated in the discussion on the Bill of Six Articles. Although he disliked the religious policy pursued by the advisers of King Edward VI and voted against the first Act of Uniformity in 1549, he continued to discharge his public duties without molestation until after the fall of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and then in May 1551, he was placed in custody. Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... The Master of the Rolls is the third most senior judge of England, the Lord Chancellor being first and the Lord Chief Justice being second. ... Events January 3 - Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther. ... Events January 9 - Adrian Dedens becomes Pope Adrian VI. February 26 - Execution by hanging of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan under orders of conquistador Hernán Cortés. ... The current Bishop of London is Richard John Carew Chartres, who is the 132nd Bishop, and was installed on January 26, 1996. ... Events April - Battle of Villalors - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Charles V (Spanish: Carlos V) (24 February 1500–21 September 1558) was effectively (the first) King of Spain from 1516 to 1556 (in principle, he was from 1516 king of Aragon and from 1516 guardian of his insane mother, queen of... In 1525 during The Battle of Pavia, Charles V (1500-1558), The Holy Roman Emperor, defeated Francis I (1494-1547), King of France, taking him prisoner for ransom, and confining him in Spain. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ... Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... Arms of the Bishop of Durham The Bishop of Durham is the officer of the Church of England responsible for the diocese of Durham, one of the oldest in the country. ... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... The Council of the North was an administrative body set up by Richard III of England in 1484 to improve government control over the northern counties. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... Edward VI (12 October 1537–6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death. ... Over the course of English history there were a number of acts of uniformity. ... Events July - Ketts Rebellion Francis Xavier arrives in Japan. ... Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (c. ... Events Russia, Reforming Synod of the metropolite Macaire, Orthodoxy: introduction of a calendar of the saints and an ecclesiastical law code ( Stoglav ) Major outbreak of the sweating sickness in England. ...

A bill charging Tunstall with treason was introduced, but the House of Commons refused to pass it. He was, however, deprived of his bishopric in October 1552. On the accession of Mary in 1553 he was released and again became Bishop of Durham, but during this reign he showed no hostility to the Protestants. In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... The House of Commons is a component of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also includes the Sovereign and the House of Lords. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ... Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 6 July 1553 (de jure) or 19 July 1553 (de facto) until her death. ... Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

When Elizabeth I came to the throne he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy, and would not help to consecrate Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury. He was arrested, and was a prisoner at Lambeth Palace when he died. Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. ... The Oath of Supremacy, imposed by the Act of Supremacy 1559, provided for any person taking public or church office to swear allegiance to the monarch as Supreme Governor of the Church of England. ... Matthew Parker Matthew Parker (August 6, 1504 - May 17, 1575) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559. ... Lambeth Palace Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury, located in Lambeth, beside the Thames opposite the Palace of Westminster. ...

Among Tunstall's writings are De veritate corporis et sanguinis domini nostri Jesu Christi in eucharistia (1554); and De arte supputandi libri quattuor (1522). The bishop's correspondence as president of the Council of the North is in the British Library. British Library main building, London The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the worlds largest research libraries, holding over 150 million items and adding some 3 million every year. ...

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• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.