John Pedder (priest)

The Very Rev John Pedder, DD (c1520- 1571) was an English churchman. A Marian exile, he was Dean of Worcester from 1559 until his death.^[1]^[2]

Pedder was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge and was later elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.^[3] He was Rector of Redgrave from 1551 to 1561; and then Vicar of Snitterfield, Warwickshire from 1563; and also Rector of Withington from 1568.^[4] He was appointed a Prebendary of Norwich in 1557; and of Hereford in 1563.

References

↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pedder, John". Dictionary of National Biography 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
↑ "Bishops & Deans of Worcester" Green, B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
↑ Venn database
↑ British History on-line

Church of England titles
Preceded by Seth Holland	Dean of Worcester 1559–1571	Succeeded by Thomas Wilson

Deans of Worcester

Early modern	Henry Holbeach John Barlow Philip Hawford Seth Holland John Pedder Thomas Wilson Francis Willis Richard Edes James Montague Arthur Lake Joseph Hall William Juxon Roger Maynwaring Christopher Potter Richard Holdsworth John Oliver Thomas Warmestry William Thomas George Hickes William Talbot Francis Hare James Stillingfleet Edmund Marten John Waugh Sir Richard Wrottesley William Digby Robert Foley St Andrew St John

Late modern	Arthur Onslow John Jenkinson James Hook George Murray John Peel Hon Grantham Yorke Lord Alwyne Compton John Gott Robert Forrest William Moore Ede Arthur Davies William Beck Bobby Milburn Eric Kemp Tom Baker Robert Jeffery Peter Marshall Peter Atkinson

Anglican Diocese of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral The Old Palace, Worcester Hartlebury Castle Alvechurch Palace Area scheme (1993–2002)

Office holders	John Inge, Bishop of Worcester Graham Usher, Bishop suffragan of Dudley AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley Robert Jones, Archdeacon of Worcester

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Gloucester) Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918; became Diocese of Coventry) Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)

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