John Harman alias Veysey, Bishop of Exeter

Abt 1464 - 1554  (~ 90 years)

• Name	John Harman alias Veysey  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Bishop of Exeter
  Born	Abt 1464	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Oct 1554	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  Alternate death	23 Oct 1554	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  Buried	Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Agnes Harman ,   d. 1520   2. John Harman alias Veysey, Bishop of Exeter ,   b. Abt 1464, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 22 Oct 1554, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England  (Age ~ 90 years)
  Person ID	I26896	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	William Harman,   b. of Moor Hall, Wixford, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 1470
  Mother	Joan Squire,   d. 1525
  Family ID	F16065	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Graduated from Magdalen College as bachelor by 1489, doctor by 1495. Elected president of Magdalen College 20 Jan 1507, he resigned before his installation, and yet a majority of the college fellows still expressed a preference for him at a subsequent election. Installed by Henry VIII as Bishop of Exeter in 1519. Present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. Much involved in diplomacy, he was dutifully obedient to his monarch but not an enthusiast of the Reformartion. He resigned at the command of Edward VI in 1551, was succeeded by Miles Cloverdale, and was then restored by Queen Mary in 1553.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3677] "The Grazebrook Page" by Robert Sewell. [S3678] "Pedigree of the Family of Grazebrook Since They Settled in Staffordshire, with Sufficient Proofs After Each Generation." Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 3rd series, 117, 158. [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.