Thomas Goldwell took which position from 1559 to 1560?
Thomas Goldwell Thomas Goldwell ( 15013 April 1585 ) was an English bishop , the last of those who had refused to accept the English Reformation . Life . Thomas Goldwell was the son of William Goldwell of Great Chart , Kent . He is thought to have studied at Canterbury College , Oxford ; in January 1532 a student surnamed Goldwell was questioned concerning books in his possession which supported Catherine of Aragon , and Goldwell later referred to Richard Thornden , who was warden of that College from 1524 to 1534 , as his old friend and master . He graduated BA in 1528 , MA on 17 July 1531 , and BTh on 20 March 1534 . While at Oxford he attained more eminence in mathematics , astronomy , and kindred sciences , than in divinity or the humanities . He became chaplain to Cardinal Pole and lived with him at Rome , where he was appointed of the English Hospital of the Holy Trinity . Goldwell was attainted in 1539 . In 1547 he became a novice in the Theatine House of St . Paul , at Naples . On the death of Paul III , Cardinal Pole brought him to Rome as his personal attendant at the conclave of 1549-50 that elected of Pope Julius III . Goldwell then returned to Naples , and made his profession as a Theatine . In 1553 , while Edward VI was still reigning an Act of General Pardon was passed , from which Goldwell had the signal honour of being specially excepted by name , along with Pole and some others . On Marys accession , Pole was named papal legate , and Goldwell returned with him to England . In 1555 Goldwell became bishop of St Asaph , a diocese largely within Wales . While still only bishop-designate , he was sent to Rome on 2 July 1555 to report on the state of religion in England to Paul IV , and probably received his episcopal consecration at that time . He returned to England and assisted at the consecration of Pole as Archbishop of Canterbury . Mary planned to make him Bishop of Oxford and ambassador to Rome in November 1558 , and the documents were drawn up , but were not enacted due to her death . Goldwell attended Cardinal Poles funeral by the Queens permission and then returned to St Asaphs . When Elizabeth came to the throne , Goldwell complained of not being invited to her first parliament as a bishop . It was alleged that , by his nomination to Oxford , he was no longer Bishop of St . Asaph ; but that , as he had not done homage to the queen for Oxford , he was not yet bishop of that see . Not allowed to perform a bishops office , say Mass , or administer the sacraments , as long as he remained in the country , by June 1559 he decided to leave England . Although the ports were being watched for him , he succeeded in making his escape . In 1561 Goldwell became superior of the Theatines at San Silvestro , their house in Rome . He was the only English bishop at the last stages of the council of Trent , ( Richard Pate , Bishop of Worcester , and Reginald Pole being at the earlier stages in the 1540s ) and in 1562 was again attainted . In the following year he was appointed vicar-general to Carlo Borromeo , archbishop of Milan . Later , he returned to Rome , where he is known to have ordained the famous Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria as a priest . In 1580 , in spite of his advanced age , he set out for England at the head of the mission which included Campion and Persons , but he was taken ill at Reims and obliged to return to Rome . He died in Rome in 1585 . Episcopal succession . While bishop , he served as the principal consecrator of : and the principal co-consecrator of :