William Chaderton

William Chaderton [Chadderton, Chatterton.] (died 1608) was an English academic and bishop. He also served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.

He was born in Manchester. He matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1555, and graduated M.A. at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1561. ["Concise Dictionary of National Biography"]

He was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1569, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge from 1568 to 1579 [ [http://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/queens/Misc/Fellows/1448-1599.html Queens' College Cambridge - Fellows & Presidents 1448-1599 ] ] . He was Rector of Holywell, Huntingdonshire in 1570 [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42477 Parishes - Holywell with Needingworth | British History Online ] ] . He was bishop of Chester from 1579 to 1595 [ [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/bishops_of_chester.htm Bishops of Chester ] ] . He was then bishop of Lincoln from 1595 to 1608 [ [http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/bishops_of_lincoln.htm Bishops of Lincoln ] ] .

He was also Warden of Manchester College, where he was succeeded by John Dee.

Family

Elizabeth Jocelin (nee Brooke), author of "The Mothers Legacie, To her Unborne Childe" (1624), was his granddaughter. ["The bishop immediately settled these manors, rents, etc., held of the king in chief, on himself and his wife Katherine during her widowhood, with remainder to his daughter Joan Brooke, wife of Sir Richard Brooke, and her heirs male. Joan Brooke died before the bishop (d. 1608) and her daughter Elizabeth, wife of William Sandes, succeeded to her grandfather's estate. She is said to have married Tyrrell Jocelyn of Holywell, [...] ". From: 'Parishes: Southoe', A History of the County of Huntingdonshire: Volume 2 (1932), pp. 346-54. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42513. Date accessed: 24 July 2007.]

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