Person: Cox, Richard (1540 - 1691)

• Comments

  VENN: Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, 1519. S. of Richard, of Whaddon, Bucks. B. c. 1500. B.A. 1523-4. Incorp. (Oxford) 1525, Canon of Cardinal College. M.A. (Oxford) 1526. Incorp. (Cambridge) 1534-5; B.D. (Cambridge) 1535; D.D. 1537. Incorp. (Oxford) 1545. Fellow, 1522. Head Master of Eton, 1530-4. Archdeacon and preb. of Ely, 1541-53. Preb. of Lincoln, 1542. Dean of Osney, Oxford. R. of Harrow, Middlesex, 1544. Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 1546-53. Chancellor of Oxford, 1547. Canon of Windsor, 1548. Dean of Westminster, 1549. Deprived of his preferments, and imprisoned, under Mary; afterwards retiring to Frankfurt. Bishop of Norwich, 1559. Bishop of Ely, 1559; where he refused to alienate the revenues, and incurred the Queen's displeasure. Died July 22, 1581. Will, P.C.C. (1574). (Cooper, I. 437; D.N.B.)

Education Events

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  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	25/12/1540	DD		View
  Appt	Cox, Richard	06/06/1542	DD		View
  LibC	Cox, Richardus	19/11/1544	DD		View
  Appt	Cox, Ricardus	15/11/1545	DD		View
  LibC	Cox, Richardus	00/00/1547	DD		View
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	28/07/1559	DD		View
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	21/12/1559	DD		View

Appointment Events

• Archdeacon : Archdeaconry of Ely (24/12/1540 - 25/12/1540 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	24/12/1540	Archdeacon	Presentation	Archdeaconry of Ely/	View
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	25/12/1540	Archdeacon	Presentation	Archdeaconry of Ely/	View
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	25/12/1540	Archdeacon	Presentation	Archdeaconry of Ely/	View

• Prebendary : Lincoln cathedral, Prebend of Sutton-cum-Buckingham (06/06/1542 - 25/11/1669 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Cox, Ricardus	03/06/1542	Prebendary	Collation	Lincoln Cathedral/Prebend of Sutton et Buck cum Horley et Horton	View
  Appt	Cox, Richard	06/06/1542	Prebendary	Installation	Lincoln Cathedral/Prebend of Sutton and Buck'	View
  Appt	Stanhope, Thomas	25/11/1669	Prebendary	Collation	Lincoln Cathedral/Prebend of Sutton cum Buckingham	View

• Prebendary : Ely cathedral, 1st prebend (19/11/1544 - 20/05/1554 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Libc	Cox, Richardus	19/11/1544	Prebendary		Ely Cathedral/unspecified prebend	View
  Vac	Coxe, Richard	20/05/1554	Prebendary	resignation	Ely Cathedral/	View

• Rector : Hougham with Marston (15/11/1545 - 12/03/1552 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Cox, Ricardus	15/11/1545	Rector	Appointment	Hougham/	View
  Appt	Todde, Willelmus	12/03/1552	Rector	Institution	Howgham and Marston/	View

• Bishop : Bishopric of Ely (28/07/1559 - 22/04/1691 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	28/07/1559	Bishop	election	Ely/	View
  Appt	Coxe, Richardus	21/12/1559	Bishop	consecration	Ely/	View
  Appt	Patrick, Simon	22/04/1691	Bishop	Appointment	Ely/	View