Person: Freake, Edmund (1544 - 1713)

• Comments

  VENN: M.A. c. 1550; D.D. 1570. B. in Essex, c. 1516. Augustinian Canon of Waltham, till the surrender, 1540. Ord. deacon (London) 1544; priest, June 18, 1545. R. of Foulmire, Cambs., 1562-71. Archdeacon of Canterbury, 1564-76. Preb. of Westminster, 1564-72. Canon of Windsor, 1565-72. R. of Purleigh, Essex, 1567-75. Dean of Rochester, 1570-2. Dean of Sarum, 1570-2. Bishop of Rochester, 1572-5; of Norwich, 1575-84; of Worcester, 1584-91. Died Mar. 21, 1590-1. Buried at Worcester. Father of John ID 24255. (Cooper, II. 96; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.)
  
  SEE OXFORD DNB: Freake, Edmund (c.1516–1591), bishop of Norwich and of Worcester.

Education Events

• DD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Freke (Freake), Edmundus	03/03/1572	DD		View
  Appt	Freake, Edmundus	09/03/1572	DD		View
  Appt	Freake, Edmundus	14/11/1575	DD		View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 19/12/1544 (Hodgkin, John/Bedford 1537-1560)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Freeke, Edmundus	19/12/1544	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 18/01/1545 (Hodgkin, John/Bedford 1537-1560)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Freeke, Edmundus	18/01/1545	priest	ordination	View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Fowlmere (21/02/1571 - 21/02/1571 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Freake, Edmundus	21/02/1571	Rector	resignation	Fullmer/	View

• Bishop : Bishopric of Rochester (03/03/1572 - 14/06/1713 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Freke (Freake), Edmundus	03/03/1572	Bishop	election	Rochester/	View
  Appt	Freake, Edmundus	09/03/1572	Bishop	consecration	Rochester/	View
  Appt	Atterbury, Francis	14/06/1713	Bishop	Appointment	Rochester/	View