George Bancroft (translator)

George Bancroft, also known as George Bancrafte (died 1573?)^[1] was an English clergyman and translator.

Life

He was rector of Grittleton, Wiltshire, and chaplain to William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, in the 1540s. Under Mary I of England Bancroft was sheltered by the patronage of Andrew Baynton, having a living at Bromham when he lost that at Grittleton. Under Elizabeth I of England his position then improved.^[1]

Works

Bancroft translated into English as The answere that the preachers of the gospel at Basile made (1548) the Latin Protestant polemic Responsio Prædicatorum Basileensium in defensionem rectæ Administrationis Cœnee Dominicæ, defending the Reformation at Basel, and attacking Catholic views of the Eucharist.^[2]

References

1. Summerson, Henry. "Bancroft, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/1269. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. "[TCP] The answere that the preachers of the Gospel at Basile, made, for the defence of the true administration, and vse of the holy Supper of our Lord Agaynst the abhominatio[n], of the popyshe Masse. Translated out of Latin into Englyshe by George Bancrafte. 1548. — Responsio praedicatorum Basileensium in defensionem rectae administrationis Coenae Dominicae. English". ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 May 2021.

• "Bancroft, George" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bancroft, George". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.