  THE REVISERS OF A.D. 1568. The twelve bishops who are mentioned as taking part with Archbishop Parker in this revision, are: William Alley, Bishop of Exeter. William Barlow, Bishop of Chichester. Thomas Bentham, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield. Nicholas Bullingham, Bishop of Lincoln. Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely. Richard Davies, Bishop of St. Davids (Menevensis). Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London. Edmund Guest (or Geste), Bishop of Rochester. Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester. John Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich. Edwin Sandys, Bishop of Worcester. Edmund Scambler, Bishop of Peterborough. The other church dignitaries who are mentioned are: Andrew Pearson, Canon of Canterbury. Andrew Perne, Prebendary of Ely. Thomas Beacon, Prebendary of Canterbury. Gabriel Goodman, Dean of Westminster. At the end of sixteen of the books are placed initials, which are evidently those of the revisers. These, with more or less of certainty, have been identified with names given in the above list.[147] They are as follows, and in the following order:
From a list of the revisers, enclosed in a letter from Parker to Cecil, dated October 5th, 1568, and now in the State Paper Office, we may further gather that the Catholic Epistles and the Apocalypse were revised by Bishop Bullingham, the Gospels of Luke and John by Bishop Scambler, and that the portions undertaken by Parker himself were Genesis, Exodus, Matthew, Mark, and the Epistles from 2 Corinthians to Hebrews inclusive.[149] |
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