William Chaderton
William Chaderton[1] (1540? – 1608) was an English academic and bishop. He also served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.[2]
He was born in Moston, Lancashire, what is now a part of the city of Manchester. After attending The King's School, Chester,[3] he matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1555, and graduated M.A. at Christ's College, Cambridge in 1561.[4][5]
He was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1569, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge from 1568 to 1579.[6] He was Rector of Holywell, Huntingdonshire in 1570.[7] He was Bishop of Chester from 1579 to 1595.[8] He was then Bishop of Lincoln from 1595 to 1608.[9]
He was also Warden of Manchester College, where he was succeeded by John Dee.
Family
Elizabeth Jocelin (née Brooke), author of The Mothers Legacie, To her Unborne Childe (1624), was his granddaughter.[10] After his granddaughter's parents separated, and her mother returned home, Bishop Chaderton was mainly responsible for her upbringing. Elizabeth's childhood was therefore passed in the house of Bishop Chaderton, who educated her. She was extremely well versed in art, religion and language.
Notes
- ↑ Chadderton, Chatterton.
- ↑ "Chaderton or Chatterton, William (CHDN555W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ↑ "Inspirational Alumni Members". The King's School Chester. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ↑ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
- ↑ http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zQPnB1IAjUsC&pg=PA167&dq=born+moston&as_brr=3
- ↑ Queens' College Cambridge - Fellows & Presidents 1448-1599
- ↑ Parishes - Holywell with Needingworth | British History Online
- ↑ Bishops of Chester
- ↑ Bishops of Lincoln
- ↑ 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.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Whitgift |
Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge 1569–1579 |
Succeeded by William Whitaker |
| Preceded by John Stokes |
President of Queens' College, Cambridge 1568–1579 |
Succeeded by Humphrey Tyndall |
| Church of England titles | ||
| Preceded by William Downham |
Bishop of Chester 1579–1595 |
Succeeded by Hugh Bellot |
| Preceded by William Wickham |
Bishop of Lincoln 1595–1608 |
Succeeded by William Barlow |