Thomas Reynolds (also "Reynold" or "Raynolds") (died c.1560) was an English bishop and academic. He was theWarden ofMerton College, Oxford, from 1545 and was createdBishop of Hereford byMary I.
A cleric of the reformedChurch of England underEdward VI, after the Restoration he was achaplain to Queen Mary, who gave him preferment and created himDean of Exeter in 1555. He also served asVice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Oxford. On the accession ofElizabeth I, the formalities for his post asbishop were not yet complete and he was deprived. He died in theMarshalsea Prison.[1][2]
Reynolds was the uncle ofJohn Reynolds andWilliam Reynolds, of a family nearPinhoe,Devon. Adam Hamilton has argued for a relationship toRichard Reynolds, and incidentally for an identification of Thomas Reynolds as a Catholic at an earlier period of his life.[3][4]
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| Preceded by | Warden of Merton College, Oxford 1545–1559 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1556–1557 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Hereford 1557–1558 | Succeeded by |