John Bradley (bishop)
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Spoken styleMy Lord or Bishop
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John Bradley was a sixteenth-century cleric who served as the last abbot of Milton Abbey, before becoming the only suffragan Bishop of Shaftesbury.
A Benedictine monk, he was elected the abbot of Milton Abbey, Blandford Forum, Devon in 1525.[1] At the dissolution of the monasteries, he surrendered the abbey to King Henry VIII on 11 February 1539.[2] He was appointed the suffragan Bishop of Shaftesbury in February and consecrated on 23 March 1539.[3]
