Samuel Harsnett

The Most Reverend and Right Honourable

Samuel Harsnett
Archbishop of York
ProvinceProvince of York
DioceseDiocese of York
Installed1629
Term ended1631
PredecessorGeorge Montaigne
SuccessorRichard Neile
Other postsBishop of Chichester (1609–1619)
Bishop of Norwich (1619–1628)
Orders
Ordination1583
Personal details
BornSamuel Halsnoth
June 1561 (1561-06)
Colchester, Essex
Died25 May 1631(1631-05-25) (aged 69)
Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire
BuriedSt Mary's Church, Chigwell
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
ParentsWilliam & Agnes Halsnoth
SpouseThomasine Harsnett
ChildrenThomasine Harsnett
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge

Samuel Harsnett (or Harsnet) (June 1561 – May 1631), born Samuel Halsnoth, was an English writer on religion and Archbishop of York from 1629.

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