Richard Ingworth or Richard Yngworth, prior of Langley, was appointed Bishop of Dover^[1] under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1537,^[2] a post he held until his death eight years later.^[3] As Bishop of Dover, Yngworth acted as the agent for Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in obtaining the surrender of the friaries; as part of the suppression of the monasteries, nunneries and friaries of England and Wales.