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Foster: s. George, of Cockington, Devon, gent. EXETER COLL. matric. 2 Dec. 1631, aged 16; scholar of CORPUS CHRISTI COLL. 1634, B.A. 3 Dec. 1635, M.A. 23 Feb. 1638-9, created D.C.L. 4 Nov. 1644 ('of kin to the Marquis of Hertford, and chancellor of the University', his mother being Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, knight and baronet), rector of Portlemouth, Devon 1656, archdeacon of Exeter 1662, buried in Portlemouth 19 Sept. 1688, father of Robert (ID 21288). See Ath., iv. 244; D.N.B.; & Foster's Ind. Eccles.