Edmund Gheast

Edmund Gheast
Bishop of Salisbury
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Salisbury
Elected	1571
Term ended	1577 (death)
Other posts	Bishop of Rochester (1560–1571)
Orders
Consecration	c. 1560
Personal details
Born	1514 Northallerton, Yorkshire
Died	1577
Buried	Salisbury Cathedral
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Thomas Geste
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge

Edmund Gheast (also known as Guest, Geste or Gest; 1514–1577) was a 16th-century cleric of the Church of England.

Guest was born at Northallerton, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Geste. He was educated at York Grammar School and Eton College and became a scholar of King's College, Cambridge in 1536 (fellow from 1539 to 1554, BA in 1541, MA in 1544, BD in 1551).^[1]

He was chaplain to Archbishop Matthew Parker who made him Archdeacon of Canterbury (1559–1564) and Rector of Cliffe, Kent. He became Bishop of Rochester in 1560, holding the office of Archdeacon of Canterbury in commendam.^[2] He was then Bishop of Salisbury from 1571 to his death in 1577. He was buried in Salisbury Cathedral.^[3]

In 1563, he participated in the Convocation that met under Archbishop Matthew Parker to revise the Forty-Two Articles.^[4] Convocation passed only 39 of the 42, and Queen Elizabeth reduced the number to 38 by throwing out Article XXIX to avoid offending the Roman Catholic party.^[4] In 1571, the XXIXth Article, despite the opposition of Bishop Guest, was inserted, to the effect that the wicked do not eat the Body of Christ.^[5] The Thirty-Nine Articles were ratified by the Queen, and the bishops and clergy were required to assent.^[4]

References

^ http://venn.csi.cam.ac.uk/
^ British History Online: Archdeacons of Canterbury 1541–1857: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, volume 3: Canterbury, Rochester and Winchester dioceses (1974), pp. 15-17. Date accessed: 10 January 2010.
^ Jane Freeman, ‘Guest, Edmund (1514–1577)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2009 [1], accessed 10 Jan 2010
^ ^a ^b ^c http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01498a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia Anglicanism
^ http://www.episcopalian.org/pbs1928/Articles/AnglicanTeaching/007.HTM Anglican Teaching by W. G. WILSON, M.A., B.D., Ph.D. and J.H. TEMPLETON. M.A., B.D.. M.LITT.. Ph.D.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edmund Allen	Bishop of Rochester 1560–1571	Succeeded by Edmund Freke
Preceded by John Jewel	Bishop of Salisbury 1571–1577	Succeeded by John Piers

v t e Bishops of Rochester

Pre-Conquest	Justus Romanus Paulinus of York Ithamar Damianus Putta Cwichelm Gebmund Tobias Aldwulf Dunn Eardwulf Diora Waermund (I) Beornmod Tatnoth Badenoth Waermund (II) Cuthwulf Swithwulf Ceolmund Cyneferth Burgric Beorhtsige Daniel Ælfstan Godwine (I) Godwine (II) Siward

Conquest–Reformation	Arnost Gundulf Ralph d'Escures Ernulf John (I) John (II) Ascelin Walter Waleran Gilbert Glanvill Benedict of Sausetun Henry Sandford Richard Wendene Lawrence of St Martin Walter de Merton John Bradfield John Kirkby Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Thomas Wouldham Hamo Hethe John Sheppey William Whittlesey Thomas Trilleck Thomas Brinton William Bottlesham John Bottlesham Richard Young John Kemp John Langdon Thomas Brunce William Wells John Low Thomas Rotherham John Alcock John Russell Edmund Audley Thomas Savage Richard FitzJames John Fisher

Post-Reformation	John Hilsey Nicholas Heath Henry Holbeach Nicholas Ridley John Ponet John Scory Maurice Griffith Edmund Allen Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke John Piers John Young William Barlow Richard Neile John Buckeridge Walter Curle John Bowle John Warner John Dolben Francis Turner Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley Thomas Dampier Walker King Hon Hugh Percy George Murray Joseph Wigram Thomas Claughton Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Edward Talbot John Harmer Linton Smith Christopher Chavasse David Say Michael Turnbull Michael Nazir-Ali James Langstaff

Persondata
Name	Gheast, Edmund
Alternative names	Guest, Edmund; Geste, Edmund; Gest, Edmund
Short description	Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Salisbury
Date of birth	1513
Place of birth	Northallerton, Yorkshire
Date of death	1577
Place of death

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