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VENN: Matric. sizar from ST JOHN'S, Easter, 1544. 5th s. of Richard. B. at Rivington, Lancs. B.A. 1543-4; M.A. 1547; B.D. 1561; D.D. 1564. Fellow, 1544; ejected under Queen Mary and retired abroad, where he married. Replaced, 1559, on the death of his wife. Regius Professor of Divinity, 1561. Master of St John's, 1561-4. Ord. deacon (London) May 15, 1552; priest (Ely) Nov. 1560. R. of Middleton, in Teesdale, 1559. University preacher, 1561. R. of Whitburn, Durham, 1563. Canon of Durham, 1567-99. Married Sept. 30, 1597, as his 2nd wife, Jayne Barnes, widow of Richard, Bishop of Durham. Died Aug. 1599. Brother of James (1538-9), Lawrence, and John (1546-7), probably father of Barnabas (1582). (Cooper, II. 268; D.N.B.; H. M. Wood.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Pilkington, Leonard (15271599), Church of England clergyman
Brother of Laurence [29268], James [29267] and John [56333] Pilkington.