The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Stephen Gardiner, Bishop (1483? c.1495? - 12 Nov 1555)

English Roman Catholic bishop during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I of England. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10364?docPos=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gardiner References in Documents:
An Exact and particular Account of the rarities in the Anatomy School (Oxford MS Rawlinson C. 865) 73 Lords prayer, Creed, 10 Commandments, Description of a Catholick, and Qu. Eliz. answer to Bp Gardiner written [and engrav’d] in a very small compass by the same Hand.