Bernard Gilpin

Mid seventeenth century portrait of Bernard Gilpin, the property of his familyVerified on 6 November 1978 by Robin Gibson OBE, Assistant Keeper, the National Portrait Gallery, London Bernard Gilpin (1517 – 4 March 1583), was an Oxford theologian and then an influential clergyman in the emerging Church of England spanning the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Jane, Mary and Elizabeth I. He was known as the 'Apostle of the North' for his work in the wilds of northern England. Provided by Wikipedia