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William Chaderton

Bishop of Lincoln
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
In office1595–1608 (death)
PredecessorWilliam Wickham
SuccessorWilliam Barlow
Other post(s)Bishop of Chester (1579–1595)
Personal details
Bornc. 1540
Died(1608-04-11)11 April 1608
Southoe, Cambridgeshire[1]
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
SpouseKatherine Revell[1]
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
Christ's College, Cambridge
Arms: Quarterly 1st and 4th Gules a cross potent Or 2nd and 3rd Argent a chevron between three crampirons Gules.[2]

William Chaderton[3] (c.1540 – 11 April 1608) was an English academic and bishop. He also served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.[4]

He was born in Moston, Lancashire, what is now a part of the city of Manchester. After attending The King's School, Chester[5] and/or Manchester Grammar School,[1][4] he went on to Cambridge, first entering Magdalene College, then moving to Pembroke College, where he matriculated in 1555. He graduated B.A. in 1557/8 (at Christ's College), M.A. 1561, B.D. 1566, D.D. 1569 (at Queens' College).[4]

He was a Fellow of Christ's College 1558–1568, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity 1567–1569, Regius Professor of Divinity 1569–1580,[4] 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d Venables, Edmund (1887). "Chaderton, William" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ "The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ Chadderton, Chatterton.
  4. ^ a b c d "Chaderton or Chatterton, William (CHDN555W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ^ "Inspirational Alumni Members". The King's School Chester. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  6. ^ Queens' College Cambridge - Fellows & Presidents 1448-1599 Archived 10 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Parishes - Holywell with Needingworth | British History Online
  8. ^ Bishops of Chester
  9. ^ Bishops of Lincoln
  10. ^ 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 Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge
1569–1579
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of Queens' College, Cambridge
1568–1579
Succeeded by
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Chester
1579–1595
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Lincoln
1595–1608
Succeeded by