Fletcher, Richard (1550-1586)

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VENN: M.A. of Cambridge. Adm. c. 1540. Of the Province of York. Ord. by Bishop Ridley, c. 1548. V. of Bishop's Stortford, Herts., 1551-5. At Frittenden, Kent, in 1557. V. of Cranbrook, Kent, 1559-86. R. of Smarden, 1566-86. Died Feb. 12, 1585-6, aged 63. Buried at Cranbrook. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. there which states his Cambridge connection, and mentions, Richard (next) and Giles (1565). (H. G. Harrison.)

Father of Richard Fletcher, Bishop of London [62713], and of Giles Fletcher [62706].

Oxford DNB article on Bishop Richard has biographical details on Fletcher the elder.

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