FOSTER: pleb. Trinity Coll., matric. 29 July, 1651, scholar 1650, B.A. 25 Jan., 1653-4, M.A. 20 June, 1656, fellow 1656 (incorporated at Cambridge 1663), B.D. 29 Nov., 1664, D.D. 9 July, 1673, warden or dean of collegiate church of Manchester 1667-84, canon of Lincoln 1670, sinecure rector of Llansantffraid-yn-Mechan, co. Montgomery, 1672, chaplain in ordinary to the king 1673, dean of St. Asaph 1674-89, vicar of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, 1683, bishop of Chester 1689-1707, and rector of Wigan, co. Lancaster, 1689, rector of Llanrwst, co. Denbigh; died 12 Feb., 1706-7, aged 74; father of William 1688. See Ath. iv. 670; Chetham, vi. N.S. 139; Thomas, 243; Rawl. iii. 356; Lansdowne MS. 987, f. 304; & Foster's Index Eccl.
Monumental inscription in Chester Cathedral
Type | Name | Date | Qualification | University | Full Record |
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Appt | Stratford, Nicolaus | 26/03/1670 | BD | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Sub | Stratford, Nicholas | 00/00/0000 | Prebendary | Lincoln Cathedral/Leicester St Margaret | View | |
Appt | Stratford, Nicolaus | 26/03/1670 | Prebendary | Collation | Lincoln Cathedral/Prebend of Leicester St Margaret | View |
Vac | Stratford, Nicholas | 07/07/1689 | Prebendary | Promotion | Lincoln Cathedral/St Margaretts prebend | View |
Vac | Stratford, Nicolas | 25/10/1689 | Prebendary | Promotion | Lincoln Cathedral/Prebend of Leicester St Margaret | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Vac | Stratford, Nicholai | 04/02/1708 | Bishop | natural death | Chester/ | View |
Type | Name | Date | Office | Event | Location | Full Record |
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Sub | Stratford, Nicholas | 00/00/1696 | Bishop | Others | Chester diocese/ | View |