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Henry Holbeach

British bishop

Field	Value
name	Henry Holbeach
honorific-prefix	The Right Reverend
title	Bishop of Lincoln
church	Church of England
diocese	Lincoln
elected
enthroned
ended	1551 (death)
predecessor	John Longland
successor	John Taylor
other_post	Prior of Worcester (1536–1540)
Bishop suffragan of Bristol (1538–1544)
Dean of Worcester (1542–1544)
Bishop of Rochester (1544–1547)
consecration	24 March 1537
consecrated_by	John Hilsey
birth_name	Henry Rands
birth_date
birth_place	Holbeach, Lincolnshire, England
death_date
death_place	Nettleham, Lincolnshire, England
buried	7 August 1551, Nettleham
nationality	English
religion	Anglican

| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend Bishop suffragan of Bristol (1538–1544) Dean of Worcester (1542–1544) Bishop of Rochester (1544–1547) Henry Holbeach ( – 2 August 1551) was an English clergyman who served as the last Prior and first Dean of Worcester, a suffragan bishop, and diocesan bishop of two Church of England dioceses.

Life

Born as Henry Rands (or Randes) in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, he assumed the name of his birthplace on becoming a monk at Crowland Abbey. He proceeded to Cambridge (Bachelor of Theology (BTh) 1527, Doctor of Theology (DTh) 1534), and became prior of Buckingham College, Cambridge.

In 1536, he was elected the Prior of Worcester, and two years later he also became the Bishop of Bristol, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540, the priory was re-established as a cathedral with Holbeach becoming the first Dean of Worcester in 1542. In 1544, he became Bishop of Rochester, and finally in 1547 Bishop of Lincoln.

Marriage

He is believed to have been the first of the English (post reformation) bishops to have been married, his wife Joan proving his will on 5 October 1551 and he left a son Thomas Randes. According to his descendant, Cater Rand, he was "one of the compilers of the liturgy". Holbeach developed the sweating sickness and died on 2 August 1551 at Nettleham (some accounts give 6 August as date of death) and was buried there on 7 August 1551.

References

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[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13477 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Holbeach (formerly Rands), Henry. Retrieved 15 May 2015.]
[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=32733 Priors of Worcester: 1297-1538]. ''British History Online''. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35301 Bishops of Bristol: 1538-1836]. ''British History Online''. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35281 Deans of Worcester: 1540-1874]. ''British History Online''. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34603 Bishops of Rochester: 1540-1860]. ''British History Online''. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.
[http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35150 Bishops of Lincoln: 1521-1868]. ''British History Online''. Retrieved on 18 December 2008.

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