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VENN: B.A. 1520-1. S. of Richard, of Newport, Salop. School, Cambridge. M.A. 1524; B.D. 1533; D.D. 1537. Fellow of ST JOHN'S, 1522. Ord. sub-deacon (Lincoln) Mar. 7, 1527-8. Chaplain to Bishop Fisher. Public orator, 1528-37. Master of St John's, 1537-8. Vice-Chancellor, 1537-8. Provost of King's, 1538-47. R. of All Hallows-the-Great, London, 1537-43. Bishop of Chichester, 1543-56 (deprived, 1551-4). Died Aug. 11, 1556. Will (Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.). (Cooper, I. 156; Masters, 67; D.N.B.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Day, George (c.15021556), bishop of Chichester