Foster: of Westmorland, pleb. Queen's Coll., matric. 11 July, 1606, aged 15; B.A. 30 April, 1610, M.A. 8 July, 1613, chaplain and fellow, B.D. and licenced to preach 9 March, 1620-1, D.D. 17 Feb., 1626-7; provost of his college 1626-46, vice-chancellor 1640-1 (nephew of Barnaby), a zealous puritanical lecturer at Abingdon, Berks, chaplain in ordinary, rector of Stratfieldsaye, Hants, 1627, precentor of Chichester 1631, rector of Blechingdon, Oxon, 1632, and of Great Haseley, Oxon, 1642, dean of Worcester 1636, nominated dean of Durham Jan., 1645-6, but died before installation; died 5 March, 1645-6, will at Oxford proved 11 March, 1646. See Gutch, i. 162; Ath. iii. 179; Lansdowne MS. 985, f. 82.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Ordi(ordination) | Potter, Christoferus | / | deacon | View |
| 1615 | Subsc | Potter, Christophorus | / | View | |
| 1615 | Ordi(ordination) | Potter, Christoferus | / | priest | View |
| 1626 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Potter, Christopherus | Queen's College Oxford / | provost | View |
| 1626 | Subsc | Potter, Christopher | Queen's College Oxford / | provost | View |
| 1627 | Appt(Institution) | Potter, Christopherus | Stratfeild Say / | Rector | View |
| 1631 | Appt(Installation) | Potter, Christopher | Chichester Cath. / | Precentor | View |
| 1631 | Disp(Dispensation) | Potter, Christ: | Binfeild / | Rector | View |
| 1631 | Appt(Collation) | Potter, Christopherus | Chichester Cathedral / Oving Prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1631 | Appt(Collation) | Potter, Christopherus | Chichester Cathedral / | Precentor | View |
| 1631 | Appt(Collation) | Potter, Christopher | Chichester Cathedral / | Precentor | View |
| 1631 | Appt(Collation) | Potter, Christopher | Chichester Cathedral / Prebend of Oving | Prebendary | View |
| 1631 | Disp-App | Potter, Christ: | Stratfeild / | Rector | View |
| 1632 | Disp(Dispensation) | Potter, Christopher | Stratfield Saye / | Rector | View |
| 1632 | Disp(Dispensation) | Potter, Christofer | Blethesdon als Blechindon / | Rector | View |
| 1632 | Disp-App | Potter, Christofer | Stratfeildsay / | Rector | View |
| 1632 | Disp-App | Potter, Christopher | King Charles / | royal chaplain | View |
| 1632 | Disp-App | Potter, Christopher | Blechesden / | Rector | View |
| 1632 | Subsc | Potter, Christophorus | Blechingdon / | Rector | View |
| 1632 | Disp-App | Potter, Christofer | 'ordinary' to Charles I / | royal chaplain | View |
| 1632 | Appt(Institution) | Potter, Christoferus | Blechingdon alias Blechesden / | Rector | View |
| 1633 | Libc | Potter, Christoferus | Stratfeild Say / | Rector | View |
| 1635 | Libc | Potter, Christoferus | Chichester Cathedral / Prebend of Oving | Prebendary | View |
| 1635 | Libc | Potter, Christoferus | Chichester / | Precentor | View |
| 1635 | Libc | Potter, | Blechingdon / | Rector | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Presentation) | Potter, Christopher | Worcester Cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1636 | Subsc | Potter, Christopher | Worcester cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Installation) | Potter, Christopher | Worcester cathedral / dean | Dean | View |
| 1638 | Appt(Presentation) | Potter, Christopher | Blechingdon / | Rector | View |
| 1638 | Libc | Potter, Christopher | Chichester Cath. / | Precentor | View |
| 1641 | Libc | Potter, | Blechington / | Rector | View |
| 1641 | Libc | Potter, Christopher | Chichester Cath. / | Precentor | View |