. Historical portraits ... ^ _o. o t— «) o o. _in o W o Ui o O u — 2 o n! w >, US > m 00 u — ^ n -o u, u ■a O o ^ « u u o a. J^ K n (; ■*i« ; 1 « Q _c i mu tt\ a u W 5 > o73 o -o t/i t^ rt •s c: o o Oi ^ n a. o o >, pl^ n •—• rt P o u U, ^ lOI RICHARD FOX {d. 1528) successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Win-chester, son of Thomas Fox, a yeoman of Lincolnshire, wasprobably born about 1448. He was one of the greatest of thestatesmen who secured the throne of Henry VH, and also one ofthe earliest patrons of the New learning in England. The onlyimportant secular off
. Historical portraits ... ^ _o. o t— «) o o. _in o W o Ui o O u — 2 o n! w >, US > m 00 u — ^ n -o u, u ■a O o ^ « u u o a. J^ K n (; ■*i« ; 1 « Q _c i mu tt\ a u W 5 > o73 o -o t/i t^ rt •s c: o o Oi ^ n a. o o >, pl^ n •—• rt P o u U, ^ lOI RICHARD FOX {d. 1528) successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Win-chester, son of Thomas Fox, a yeoman of Lincolnshire, wasprobably born about 1448. He was one of the greatest of thestatesmen who secured the throne of Henry VH, and also one ofthe earliest patrons of the New learning in England. The onlyimportant secular office he ever held was that of Privy Seal, butfrom 1485 to 1513, when he began to be ousted by the growinginfluence of Wolsey, he was one of the leaders at the Tudor council-board. He had been educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, metHenry VH during his exile in France and returned to England inhis train. His main diplomatic feat was the negotiation of thatmarriage between James IV of Scotland and
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