#OTD
2nd February 1586
John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury is appointed a member of Queen Elizabeth I’s Privy Council.

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John Whitgift English cleric John Whitgift was born in c. 1530 and died on this day [29 February] in 1604. Born in Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire to a prosperous merchantile family, he was educated at Cambridge Uni…

English priest John Whitgift, confidante of Queen Elizabeth First and Archbishop of Canterbury, was born in c. 1530 and died on this day [29 February] in 1604. His relationship with Andrew Perne was so notorious that he was mockingly called "Perne's boy". #johnwhitgift #supergays #bornonthisday

#OTD
2nd February 1586
John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury appointed as a member of the Privy Council.

#JohnWhitgift #ArchbishopofCanterbury #PrivyCouncil #QueenElizabethI #Tudors #History