John Jewel

John Jewel (or Jewell) (24 May 1522 to 23 September 1571) was Bishop of Salisbury from 1559 to 1571. The younger son of John Jewel of Bowden, he was born in the parish of Berry Narbor in Devon. Educated by his uncle John Bellamy, who was rector of Hampton, and other private tutors, in 1535 he matriculated from Merton College, Oxford.