Knight, William (1541-1542)

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Foster: fellow of New Coll. 1495, D.C.L. abroad, sup. for incorporation 12 Oct., 1531; secretary to Henry VII. & VIII., sent on an embassy to the Emperor Maximilian 1514, vicar of Preston, co. Lancaster, 1492, rector of Sandhurst 1507-45, and of Stowting, rector of Chartham, Kent, 1514, and of All Hallows, Bread Street, 1515, vicar of Chesham St. Mary, Bucks; dean of the collegiate church of B. Mary of Pratis, Leicester, 1515, canon of Lincoln 1516-41, of St. Paul's 1517-42, and of Bangor 1520-9, rector of Bangor-is-y-coed 1527-41, archdeacon of Chester 1522-41, of Huntingdon 1523-41, and of Richmond, Yorks, 1529-41, prebendary of St. Stephen's, Westminster, 1529, canon 1537-42, and bishop, of Bath and Wells 1541, until his death 29 Sept., 1547. See Ath. ii. 752; Fasti, i. 89.

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