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VENN: Matric. pens. from TRINITY, Easter, 1609. S. of Andrew, of Pitierran, N.B. B. in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sept. 1, 1590. School, Westminster. B.A. 1612-3; M.A. 1616; B.D. 1623; D.D. 1628. Fellow, 1614. Incorp. at Oxford, 1616. Ord. deacon and priest (London) Dec. 20, 1618, age 26. R. of Stoke Hammond, Bucks., 1618-24. V. of Trumpington, Cambs., 1620. R. of Kirby-under-Wood, Lincs., 1621. R. of Barcombe, Sussex, 1622. Preb. of Lincoln, 1623-61. R. of St Andrew's, Holborn, 1624-62. R. of West Cheam, Surrey, 1624. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Feb. 2, 1627-8. President of Sion College, 1633. Archdeacon of Bedford, 1631-61. Preb. of St Paul's, 1642-61. Chaplain to Charies I and II. Bishop of Lichfield, 1661-70. Lichfield Cathedral was restored partly at his own expense. Built Bishop's Hostel, Trinity College, 1670. Died Oct. 28, 1670. Bequeathed his books to the University Library. Father of Andrew (1645). (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.)
John Hacket (1592-1670), Bishop of Coventry & Lichfield: see Oxford Dictionary of National Biography