Hugh Bellot
For the professor of American history, see Hugh Hale Bellot.
Hugh Bellot (1542 – 1596) was bishop of Bangor and then bishop of Chester.
He assisted William Morgan in his Welsh-language translation of the Bible. He was also a reputed misogynist.[1]
Life
He graduated B.A. at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1564; he then became M.A. and fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge in 1567.[2] He was ordained bishop of Bangor in 1585,[3] and bishop of Chester in 1595.
Notes
- ↑ A. L. Rowse, The Expansion of Elizabethan England (2003 edition), p. 78.
- ↑ "Bellot, Hugh (BLT561H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "Bishops". Churchineales.org. The Church in Wales. 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
- ↑ "Cambrian Travellers Guide Wrexham 1840". Wrecsam.com. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
References
Mew, James (1885). "Bellot, Hugh". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography. 4. London: Smith, Elder & Co. - Williams, Glanmor. "Bellot, Hugh (1542–1596)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2060. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Nicholas Robinson |
Bishop of Bangor 1585–95 |
Succeeded by Richard Vaughan |
| Preceded by William Chaderton |
Bishop of Chester 1595–96 | |
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