VENN: Matric. pens. from ST JOHN'S, Michs. 1565. Perhaps s. of Oliver, of Boston, Lincs. B.A. 1569-70. R. of All Saints', Colchester, 1569-71; of St Peter, 1569-79. R. of Abberton, Essex, 1571-8. Afterwards a preacher in Essex. Imprisoned at Bury St Edmunds for dispraising the Book of Common Prayer, 1578. Author, theological. (Cooper, II. 147; D.N.B.; Lincs. Pedigrees, 779.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Pigg, Oliver (b. c.1550, d. in or after 1591), Church of England clergyman
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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1569 | Appt(Institution) | Pigg, Oliver | Colchester All Saints / | Rector | View |
1571 | Appt(Institution) | Pigg, Oliver | Abberton / | Rector | View |
1571 | Ordi(ordination) | Pigge, Oliverus | / | deacon | View |