Richard Clayton (dean of Peterborough)
Richard Clayton (died 1612) was an English churchman and academic, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge and Dean of Peterborough.
Life
He was son of John Clayton of Crook, Preston, Lancashire, and was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1572, but moved to Oxford, where he proceeded B.A., and was incorporated in that degree at Cambridge in 1576.[1] In the following year he was admitted a fellow of St. John's, on the Lady Margaret's foundation. He commenced M.A. at Cambridge in 1579, and was incorporated in that degree at Oxford on 12 July 1580.[2] He proceeded B.D. at Cambridge in 1587, was elected a college preacher at St. John's the same year, and was created D.D. in 1592.
He became Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1593, was installed
He was collated to a canonry of Peterborough on 21 June 1596, was
Notes
- ^ "Clayton, Richard (CLTN572R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Choke-Colepepper
- ^ Mark Dever, Richard Sibbes (2000), p. 22.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Clayton, Richard (d.1612)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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Preceded by | Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge 1593–1595 |
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Preceded by | Dean of Peterborough 1607–1612 |
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