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FOSTER: Robert, of Yorks., cler. fil. LINCOLN COLLEGE, OXFORD, matric. 1 July 1603, aged 15; BA 23 Jan. 1604/5; Fellow 1601-19; MA 20 Oct. 1607 (incorporated at Cambridge 1609); proctor 1616; BD 19 May 1617; licensed to preach 1 July 1617; created DD 31 Aug. 1636. Canon of CHRIST CHURCH 1642; Regius Professor of Divinity, 1642-8, 1660-1. Son of Robert Sanderson, born at Sheffield, Yorks., 19 Sept. 1587, bapt. next day. Rector of Wyberton 1618-9; Vicar of Heckington 1618, and Rector of Boothby Paynell (all), co. Lincs., 1619. Chaplain to Dr Mountain, Bishop of Lincoln 1619; Canon of Lincoln 1629, and of Southwell 1641; Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, Nov. 1631; rector of Muston, co. Leics. 1633; Bishop of Lincoln 1660, until his death 29 Jan. 1662, bur. in the chapel of Bugden Church. Father of Thomas, 1639.
SEE OXFORD DNB: Sanderson, Robert (15871663), bishop of Lincoln