John Jegon
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John Jegon (1550 – 13 March 1618) was an English academic and
Education and academic career
He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. and became a Fellow in 1572, and was then at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he became Master in 1590.[5][6] His pupils included both Roger Manners and Francis Manners, Earls of Rutland.[7][unreliable source] He had a long correspondence with their mother Elizabeth, widow of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland.[8]
He was
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, from 1596 to 1598. As Vice-Chancellor he attempted to discipline John Rudd.[9]
Clerical career
He became Dean of Norwich in 1601, with the recommendation of John Whitgift.[10] Two years later he was appointed as Bishop there. He resided in Aylsham.[11]
Family
He married Dorothy, daughter of
Sir Charles Cornwallis.[12]
Notes
- ^ Ian Atherton, Norwich Cathedral: Church, City, and Diocese, 1096-1996 (1996), p. 513.
- ^ "Pilgrims". Archived from the original on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
- ^ Susan Doran, Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England, 1500-1700 (2003), p. 166.
- ^ Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 27.
- ^ "Jegon, John (JGN567J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ "Roger MANNERS (5° e. Rutland)".
- ^ Kenneth Charlton, Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England (1999), p. 223.
- ^ "Chapter 5". shephallmanor.net. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
- ^ Ian Atherton, Norwich Cathedral: Church, City, and Diocese, 1096-1996 (1996), p. 523.
- ^ "The North Norfolk News". Archived from the original on 5 May 2007. Retrieved 22 June 2007.
- ^ "AIM25 collection description". www.aim25.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
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