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Cardinal Erskine
By G. W.
I am anxious to obtain some information respecting Cardinal Erskine, a Scotchman, as his name would impart, but called Cardinal of England? I suppose he was elevated to the sacred college between Cardinal Howard, the last mentioned by Dodd in his *Church History*, and the Cardinal of York, the last scion of the house of Stuart. And is the following a correct list of English Cardinals since Wolsey, who died in 1530? Elevated in John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester 1535 Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury 1536 William Peyto, Bishop of Salisbury 1557 William Allen 1587 Philip Howard 1675 —— Erski…
Topics: English Cardinals, Church History, Royal Family of England