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Information trouvée : John Whitgift (c. 1530-1604) was an English archbishop. On March 24 1577, Whitgift
was appointed Bishop of Worcester, and during the absence of Sir Henry Sidney in Ireland
(1577) he acted as vice-president of Wales. In August 1583 he was appointed Archbishop
of Canterbury, and placed his stamp on the church of the Reformation. Although he
wrote to Queen Elizabeth remonstrating against the alienation of church property,
Whitgift always retained her special confidence. In his policy against the Puritans,
and in his vigorous enforcement of the subscription test, he thoroughly carried out
the queen's policy of religious uniformity.