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John Young (bishop of Rochester)

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Name
  
John Young

Successor
  
William Barlow

Elected
  
1578

Predecessor
  

Denomination
  
Died
  
1605

Profession
  
Academic

Term ended
  
1605

Other posts
  
Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge(1567–1578)


John Young (c. 1532 – 1605) was an English academic and bishop.

Life

He was educated at Mercers' School in London, and graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1552. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1553, and Master there in 1567. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1569.

He became Bishop of Rochester in 1578, employing Edmund Spenser as secretary for a short time early in his tenure. In The Shepheardes Calender Young appears as Roffy, which abbreviates Roffensis, alluding to his see.

References

John Young (bishop of Rochester) Wikipedia


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