Six Preachers
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The college of Six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral
was created by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
as part of the reorganisation of the monastic Christ Church Priory into the new secular Cathedral.
First mentioned in a letter of Cranmer to Thomas Cromwell in 1540, the Six Preachers were established by the Statutes of 1541.
They were provided with houses in the Precincts but quickly became non-resident and rented out their properties.
They had the right to dine with the Dean and Canons and to sit in the stalls in the quire with the canons during services.
They were required to preach 20 sermons a year in their own parishes or in a church dependent on the Cathedral, as well as preaching in the Cathedral.
There has been an unbroken succession of Six Preachers from 1544 to the present day. In 1982 one of the twentieth-century Six Preachers, Canon Derek Ingram Hill
, marked the appointment of the 200th Six Preacher with the publication of a small book detailing the history of the institution and giving a short biography of each of its occupants.
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....
was created by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from...
as part of the reorganisation of the monastic Christ Church Priory into the new secular Cathedral.
First mentioned in a letter of Cranmer to Thomas Cromwell in 1540, the Six Preachers were established by the Statutes of 1541.
They were provided with houses in the Precincts but quickly became non-resident and rented out their properties.
They had the right to dine with the Dean and Canons and to sit in the stalls in the quire with the canons during services.
They were required to preach 20 sermons a year in their own parishes or in a church dependent on the Cathedral, as well as preaching in the Cathedral.
There has been an unbroken succession of Six Preachers from 1544 to the present day. In 1982 one of the twentieth-century Six Preachers, Canon Derek Ingram Hill
Derek Ingram Hill
Canon Derek Ingram Hill was an Anglican priest, notable as a pastor, administrator and historian, active mainly in the south-east of England and particularly in the city of Canterbury and its cathedral....
, marked the appointment of the 200th Six Preacher with the publication of a small book detailing the history of the institution and giving a short biography of each of its occupants.
Six Preachers with articles
- John ScoryJohn ScoryJohn Scory was a Cambridge Dominican order friar who later became a Bishop in the Church of EnglandHe was Bishop of Rochester from 1551 to 1552, Bishop of Chichester from 1552 to 1553...
: 1541 - Lancelot RidleyLancelot RidleyLancelot Ridley , was an English clergyman, known as a theological writer, and rector of St James' Church, Stretham, Cambridgeshire.- Life :...
: 1541–1554, 1560– - Richard TurnerRichard Turner (reformer)Richard Turner was an English Protestant reformer and Marian exile.-Life:Born in Staffordshire, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, of which he became a Fellow....
: 1550 - Thomas BecconThomas BecconThomas Beccon was a British Protestant reformer from Norfolk. He studied under Hugh Latimer and was ordained in 1533. He was arrested for Protestant preaching and was forced to recant around 1540. He then began to write under the pen name of "Theodore Basille." When Edward VI came to the...
: c. 1550 - Rowland TaylorRowland TaylorRowland Taylor was an English Protestant martyr during the Marian Persecutions....
: 1551 - Richard ClarkeRichard Clarke (vicar)Doctor Richard Clarke or Clerke was an eminent scholar, translator and preacher in the Anglican ChurchClarke was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and was a Fellow there from 1583 to 1598. He was appointed Vicar of Minster on 18 October 1597 and Monkton in Thanet. On 8 May 1602 he was...
: 1602 - Richard CulmerRichard CulmerSir Richard Culmer is listed by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as being of unknown parentage, although some sources indicate that he was the eldest son of Sir Henry Culmer , the first Baron Culmer...
: 1644 - John CookeJohn Cooke (Six Preacher)Rev. John Cooke was a post-Restoration Church of England clergyman.He was the son of Thomas Cooke of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford...
: 1687 - Thomas WiseThomas Wise (priest)Thomas Wise D.D. was an eighteenth-century clergyman of the Church of England.-Life:He was born at Drayton, Vale of White Horse, the son of John Wise from Dorchester, Oxfordshire...
: 1711 - John DuncombeJohn Duncombe (writer)John Duncombe was an English clergyman and writer, son of William Duncombe.He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow. He married the poet Susanna Highmore...
: c.1760 - Evelyn Levett Sutton : 1811 (see under Charles Manners-SuttonCharles Manners-SuttonCharles Manners-Sutton was a priest in the Church of England who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 to 1828.-Life:...
) - Henry John ToddHenry John ToddHenry John Todd was an English clergyman, librarian, and scholar, known as an editor of John Milton.He was librarian at Lambeth Palace , and examined and described manuscripts, chiefly biblical, which formerly belonged to Professor Carlyle, Orientalist, and after his death were transferred to the...
: 1818 - Thomas BartlettThomas Bartlett (theologian)-Life:Bartlett was educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and graduated B.A. 1813, and M.A. 1816. He held the living of Kingstone, near Canterbury, from 1816 to 1852; he was then preferred to Chevening, near Sevenoaks. In 1854 he moved on to Luton, Bedfordshire, and in 1857 to Burton Latimer,...
: 1832 - Francis Nixon : 1841
- Francis James HollandFrancis James HollandFrancis James Holland, was a Canon in the Church of England.He was born in St. George, Middlesex, a son of Sir Henry Holland and Margaret Emma Caldwell. He went to Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge in 1846, graduating BA in 1850 and MA in 1853...
: 1859 - John A. T. Robinson : 1958
- Derek Ingram HillDerek Ingram HillCanon Derek Ingram Hill was an Anglican priest, notable as a pastor, administrator and historian, active mainly in the south-east of England and particularly in the city of Canterbury and its cathedral....
: 1964