John Young (bishop of Rochester)

This article is about the Anglican bishop of Rochester. For the medieval suffragan bishop, see John Young (suffragan bishop in London). For the Episcopal bishop of Florida, see John F. Young.
John Young
Bishop of Rochester
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Rochester
Elected 1578
Term ended 1605 (death)
Predecessor John Piers
Successor William Barlow
Other posts Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
(1567–1578)
Personal details
Born c. 1532
Died 1605
Denomination Anglican
Profession Academic
Alma mater University of Cambridge

John Young (c. 1532 – 1605) was an English academic and bishop.

Life

He was educated at Mercers' School in London, and graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1552.[1] He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1553, and Master there in 1567. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1569.[2]

He became Bishop of Rochester in 1578, employing Edmund Spenser as secretary for a short time early in his tenure. In The Shepheardes Calender Young appears as Roffy, which abbreviates Roffensis, alluding to his see.[2][3][4]

Notes

  1. "Young, John (YN551J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. 1 2 Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  3. "Scholarly Resources / Biography | Spenser Online". english.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  4. A. C. Hamilton, The Spenser Encyclopedia (1997), p. 535.

Further reading

Academic offices
Preceded by
John Whitgift
Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
1567–1578
Succeeded by
William Fulke
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Piers
Bishop of Rochester
1578–1605
Succeeded by
William Barlow
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