Nicholas Heath

Nicholas Heath (c. 1501 in London, † December 1578 in Chobham Park, Surrey ) was Lord Chancellor and the last Catholic Archbishop of York.

Life

As the son of a wealthy cutler in London, he attended the same school as well as Thomas More. Studies at Corpus Christi College (Oxford) in Oxford. From 1519 Christ's College, Cambridge. From 1521, he graduated as a Bachelor of Arts from the staff of whose, where he served as Master of Arts in 1522 ended his education. On April 9, 1524 he was drafted into the teaching college of Clare Hall. Then ordination and promotion in 1535 as a doctor of theology at Cambridge.

Under Henry VIII, he was sent together with Edward Fox ( bishop of Hereford ) to Germany to negotiate with the princes of the Federal schmalkaldischen. This led to the Wittenberg articles, which is a Lutheran- Anglican original. Because of earnings in Germany, he became confessor of Henry VIII. His further negotiations with the Lutherans led to another Lutheran- Anglican paper, the so-called 13 items.

In the times of the Reformation, he restrained himself, was considered a moderate bishop of the Catholic Church and went for a reformation within the Church in England. Due to the coarse restructuring of Queen Elizabeth there was a break between the two. He had proclaimed Queen, but you retain the coronation because of a theological Disputes. After further theological disputes also resulted in his removal as bishop of York, as Lord Chancellor. Under his reign as bishop of York, there was no burning of heretics. He was the last confirmed by a Papal bull Bishop of York.