Fictional Portrayals
Bishop Gardiner is a character in The Fifth Queen trilogy by Ford Madox Ford.
Gardiner is a prominent character in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, where he appears as an implacable opponent of Thomas Cromwell.
Gardiner is played by Terence Rigby in the 1998 film Elizabeth, where he is portrayed as a villainous bishop who took part in the Ridolfi plot and who vehemently opposed Elizabeth I's Act of Uniformity. This is fantastical, since Gardiner had died before Elizabeth ascended the throne. A less misleading portrayal of Gardiner can be seen in the BBC dramas The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R. In The Tudors television series Gardiner is played by Simon Ward.
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Thomas Wolsey |
Bishop of Winchester 1531–1551 |
Succeeded by John Ponet |
| Preceded by John Ponet |
Bishop of Winchester 1553–1555 |
Succeeded by John White |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by William Knight |
Secretary of State 1528–1531 |
Succeeded by Thomas Cromwell |
| Preceded by Thomas Goodrich (Keeper of the Great Seal) |
Lord Chancellor 1553–1555 |
Succeeded by Nicholas Heath |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Thomas Larke |
Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1525–1549 |
Succeeded by Walter Haddon |
| Preceded by William Mowse |
Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1553–1555 |
Succeeded by William Mowse |
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