Hugh Weston

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Hugh Weston (c. 1505 – 1558) was an English churchman and academic, Dean of Westminster and Dean of Windsor, and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.

Life

He was born at

Lady Margaret professor of divinity
.

On 15 September 1541, he was collated rector of St. Nicholas Olave, and on 19 May 1544, rector of

Fleet prison
.

How long he remained in confinement is uncertain, but he retained all his offices except his professorship, and received further preferment on

Richard Smith
on 18 April 1554.

In 1556, when it was decided to restore

Actes and Monuments. Edward Weston
was his great-nephew.

References

  1. ^ "Weston, Hugh (WSTN554H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ "John Foxe's Book of Martyrs". Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
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