Edmund Bonner
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Edmund Bonner was a 16th-century English bishop of London notorious for his zealous role in persecuting Protestants during the reign of Mary I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edmund Bonner canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4441638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Bonner Context triple: [Marian persecutions, participant, Edmund Bonner]
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A.
John Throckmorton
John Throckmorton was a 17th-century English settler and landowner in the American colonies, after whom the New York neighborhood of Throggs Neck is named.
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B.
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
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C.
William Waynflete
William Waynflete was a 15th-century English bishop, Lord Chancellor, and prominent educational patron best known for his role in the development of Oxford University.
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D.
Edmund Grindal
Edmund Grindal was a 16th-century English Protestant cleric who served as Archbishop of Canterbury and played a significant role in shaping the Elizabethan Church of England.
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E.
John Cromwell
John Cromwell was an American film and stage director and actor best known for his work in classic Hollywood cinema during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Edmund Bonner Target entity description: Edmund Bonner was a 16th-century English bishop of London notorious for his zealous role in persecuting Protestants during the reign of Mary I.
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A.
John Throckmorton
John Throckmorton was a 17th-century English settler and landowner in the American colonies, after whom the New York neighborhood of Throggs Neck is named.
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B.
Nicholas Bacon
Nicholas Bacon was a prominent 16th-century English lawyer and statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under Queen Elizabeth I.
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C.
William Waynflete
William Waynflete was a 15th-century English bishop, Lord Chancellor, and prominent educational patron best known for his role in the development of Oxford University.
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D.
Edmund Grindal
Edmund Grindal was a 16th-century English Protestant cleric who served as Archbishop of Canterbury and played a significant role in shaping the Elizabethan Church of England.
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E.
John Cromwell
John Cromwell was an American film and stage director and actor best known for his work in classic Hollywood cinema during the 1930s and 1940s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bishop of London
ⓘ
Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDegree |
Bachelor of Civil Law
ⓘ
Doctor of Civil Law ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | St George's, Southwark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1500 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1569-09-05 ⓘ |
| deprivedOfSee |
1549
ⓘ
1559 ⓘ |
| diocese | Diocese of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Broadgates Hall, Oxford
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ |
| era | Tudor period ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
examination and condemnation of Protestant heretics
ⓘ
zealous enforcement of heresy laws ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| nickname | Bloody Bonner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
persecution of Protestants under Mary I of England
ⓘ
role in the Marian persecutions ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ diplomat ⓘ |
| opposed | religious policies of Edward VI of England ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Protestant Reformation in England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatedIn | English Reformation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hanley, Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Marshalsea Prison, Southwark, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfImprisonment | Marshalsea Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Archdeacon of Leicester
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bishop of London NERFINISHED ⓘ chaplain to Cardinal Thomas Wolsey ⓘ royal chaplain to Henry VIII ⓘ |
| reappointedBy | Mary I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| removedFromOfficeBy |
Edward VI of England
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restoredToSee | 1553 ⓘ |
| servedAs |
English ambassador to France
ⓘ
English ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Henry VIII of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wrote | A profitable and necessary doctrine (attributed) ⓘ |
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Subject: Edmund Bonner Description of subject: Edmund Bonner was a 16th-century English bishop of London notorious for his zealous role in persecuting Protestants during the reign of Mary I.
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