Rowland Taylor

Rowland Taylor (October 6, 1510 - February 9, 1555) was a Protestant martyr of the Tudor period.

Taylor's early life and education

John Taylor (1480-1534), Rowland's father

Rowland Taylor was the first-born and son of John Taylor (1480-1534) who married Susan Rowland, in Rothbury, England in 1509. John was himself distinguished as a leading religious figure in early 16th century England.

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• In 1503 he was ordained Rector at Bishop's Hatfield.
• In 1504 he became Rector of Sutton Coldfield.
• One of the Royal Chaplains at Henry VII?s funeral, April 21, 1509.
• Appointed by King Henry VIII as the King?s Clerk and Chaplain in 1509.
• In 1511 was made Clerk to the Parliament.
• Appointed Archdeacon of Derby in 1515.
• Appointed Royal Ambassador to Burgundy and France and Prolocutor of Convocation.
• In 1516 was appointed Archdeacon of Buckingham.
• Conferred the degrees of Doctor of Civil Law and Doctor of Canon Law at Cambridge in 1520.
• From 1527 - 1534 he was Master of the Rolls of the Court of Chancery. This position was the third most senior judicial position in England; Lord Chancellor being first and Lord Chief Justice being second.
• The Master of the Rolls is the presiding officer of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal.
• Was appointed as one of the commissioners to decide if King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was valid.
• In 1528 appointed Archdeacon of Halifax, England.
• John Taylor died in 1534, when his son Rowland was 24 years old, the year his son Rowland received the L.L.D. from Cambridge.

Rowland Taylor (b. 1510), education

The son had no less an illustrious career than his father. One year before Rowland Taylor's birth (1509), Henry VIII succeeded Henry Tudor. In 1530, Taylor received his L.L.B. degree from Cambridge University. From 1531-1538 Rowland Taylor was Principal of Borden Hostel. In 1534 he received the L.L.D. from Cambridge, the same year Luther completed his German Bible. One year later, 1535, William Tyndale was tried and denounced as a heretic for his new English Bible translation. Tyndale was burnt at the stake in 1536. Many believe that Rowland's wife - Margaret Tyndale - was William Tyndale's sister.

Related Topics:
1509 - Henry VIII - Henry Tudor - 1530 - Cambridge University - 1534 - Luther - Bible - 1535 - William Tyndale - Bible translation - 1536

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