Bishops of Salisbury
One of the commissioners who condemned John Bradford, Laurence Saunders and Rowland Taylor to death. Cranmer was asked by Dr Capon to be a founding fellow of Wolsey's college. John Capon examined John Maundrel, John Spicer and William Coberley. The examinations of John Hunt and Richard White before the bishops of Salisbury and Gloucester (Brookes and Capon), Dr. Geffre (chancellor) took place on 26 Apr 1557. Foxe says that John Capon died shortly before the death of Mary, 6 Oct 1557.