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VENN: B.A. 1538-9. 3rd s. of Richard, of Rivington, Lancs. B. there, 1520. M.A. 1542; B.D. 1551. Fellow of ST JOHN'S, 1539. Master of St John's, 1559-61. Regius Professor of Divinity, 1559. V. of Kirby, in Kendal, 1551. A fugitive on the Continent under Queen Mary. Adm. at Basel, in 1556. Assisted in the revision of the Book of Common Prayer, 1558-9. Bishop of Durham, 1561-76. Married Alice, dau. of Sir John Kingsmill, of Hampshire, Knt. Died Jan. 23, 1575-6. Buried at St Andrew's, Auckland; reinterred in Durham Cathedral, 1576. Brother of John (1546-7), Leonard (1544) and Lawrence. (Cooper, I. 344; Vis. of Durham; D.N.B.)
See Oxford DNB: Pilkington, James (15201576), bishop of Durham.
The fact that the entitlement as subdeacon is provided by James's father, Richard of Rivington, Lancs., confirms that the Chester ordinand and the Vicar of Kendal are the same man.
Brother of Laurence [29268], John [56333] and Leonard [31847] Pilkington.