Foster: of Christ Church Oxford 1550, MA 17/02/1553 ns, one of the first fellows of St John's College and the first Greek reader there; catholic divine, imprisoned in Wisbech castle for religion, rector of Solihull, Warwicks, 1560. See DNB; Fasti, i. 135.
See also Hegarty, 'A Biographical Register of St John's College Oxford 1555-1660' (Oxford Historical Society ns xliii, 2011), p. 9.
Bavand appears as Rector of Solihull at Archbishop Parker's visitation on 3 October 1560 - Lichfield RO, B/V/1/4 (we owe this information to Michael Protheroe, 16 October 2015)
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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--- | Libc | Bavan, John | Solihul / | Rector | View |
1570 | Vac(Deprivation) | Bavand, John | Solihull / | Rector | View |