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time to repair the dainage. The line of bishops of LIP' coin, which had includol two eeints, three cardinals, and six chancellors (marked below *). waa brought to a worthy close by Thoniaa Watson, wno died a prisoner tor the Faith at Wisbech Castle on 27 Sept., 1584, be- ing the last survivor on Ei^lish soil of the ancient CathoUc hierarchy. The following is the complete list of bishops: Remigius de Fteamp, 1067; "Hobert Bloet, 1094; •Alexander 1123; Hobert de Cfaesney, 1148; vacancy, 1168; 'Walter de Coutances, 1173; vacancy, 1184; St. Hugh of Lincoln, 1186; William de Blois, 1201 (cons. 1203); vacancy, 1206; "Hugh do Wells, 1209; Robert GroBeeteste, 1235; Henry de I^x- inton, 1253; Richard de Gmvesend 1258; Oliver Sut- ton, 1280; John dc Dslderhy {popularly regarded as a «int), 1300; Henry Burghersh, 1320; Thomas Bek,
lorla); WoauswoBTH, Nulei on Mtdtmal Srrtiaivilh InJta
tl Linatn fwammim (London, 1808); Vehablbh akd Pukt,
ZiHcnln ia Diocaan Hiitoria Sirita (Loadon, 1880); Ilom,
Lincoln Culhrdral (Londan. 1808): BnAoaB/LW, StaluUt ef Lin-
coln Callialral (London. 1802-7): KsHnKICK, Un»In. Ihi Co-
Iktdni and Ser (London, 1H08): FAiiinAiHHii, CathtdraU a/
Enotand and Wala (Loniion, 1D07).
Edwin Bdrton,
LtndanaB (van Linda), Wiluam Bamabus, Bishop of Ruremonde and of Ghent, b. at Dordrecht, in 1525; d.atGhent. 2 November, 1588; he waa the son of Da- masus van der Lint. He studied philosophy and the- ology at Lou vain, and having during this time applied himself also to Greek and Hebrew, went to Paris to pei^ feet hims^lF in these languages. In 1552 he won the lieenriateat I,nu\ain, and the samp year was ordained to the prieBthoo<l. Two years later, he was appointed
1341; John Gynwell, 1347; John Bokyngham, 1363;
(Cardinal), 1405; Richard Fleming, 1420;
1431; William of Alnwick, 1436; Marmaduke Lumley,
1450; vacancy, 1451 ; John Chadworth, 1452; *ThomaH
Rothei:hani(Scot), 1472; 'John Russell. 1480; William
Smyth, 1496;ThomflsWolsey (Cardinal), 1514; William
Atwater, 1614; John Longland, 1521; HeniyHolbeach,
1547 (schismatic); John Taylor, 1552 (Bcbiamatic) ;
John White, 1554; Thomas Watson, 1557. The
diocese included the counties of Lincoln, Leicester,
Huntingdon, Bedford, Buckingham, and part of Hert^
fordabire^ and was divided in to sixHrchdeaconriea: Lin-
coln, Leicester, Be<)for(l. Buckinpiham. Huntin^tdoii,
and Stow. From the diocese three other sees have
been formed: Ely, under Henry I; Oxford and Peter-
borough, under Henry VIII — yet the Anglican diocese
is to^y the largest in England. The ai
were; gules, two lions pns.^nt gaflant o
aiuTB Our Lady sitting with her Babe, croi
tre of the second.
s of the _
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n, vol. VI. pt. Ill (London. 1848); Wm-
KU, CatiudnU Churchet af Em/land and Wain (I*indon. 18B0); Ldud, SolurH OruKMk EpiHota, RalU Siria (Loadon, 1881 ):
W«MO*, Mtmoriaii of Lincoln (London, ISM); ' '^ --•' '
(LoDdaQ, 1879): — ^i . .
(LondDD, 1872): ArdMKlogia,
Fhite. 1
LIII (L
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HOtofv of lAnfolnlhirt
[irofessor of Saored Scripture at the University of Dil-
b^n. In 1S56, he took the doctor's degree at Lou-
vain, and was appointed vicar-general to the Bishop of
Utrecht and dean of the chapter at The Hague. Soon
afterwards he became a royal counsellor and inquisi-
tor in Friesland. In 1562, Philip II designated Lmda-
nus for the newly erected See of Ruremonde, and the
following year, on 4 April, he was consecrated in Brus-
aela by Granvelle. He was not, however, able to enter
his diocese until 11 May, 1569. Throughout tiie Low
Countries the erection of this bishopric had caused dis-
fil_e»su^e, especially in the country of Guelders, of which uremonde was a part: where every act of the royf^ authority excited defiance. The heretics, moreover, were dissatisfied with the appointment of Lindanus, who was a staunch defender of the Faith. The new bishop began at once to reform his diocese, assisted in person at the Provincial Synods of Mechlin and of Lou- vain (1570, 1573) and carried out the laws and regula- tions of the Council of Trent.
In 1672, he was obliged U) flee for several months from Ruremonde to the South of the Low Countries; on hifl return to his see, he defended vigorously the properties of the (llhurch against the civilauthorities. In 1573, a violent conflict broke out between himself and th* Duke of Alba; and the heretics obliged him to flee on several occasions. In 1578, he journeyed to
