Person: Still, John (1571 - 1608)

• Comments

  VENN: Matric. pens. from CHRIST'S, Nov. 1559. S. of William, of Grantham. B. there. B.A. 1561-2; M.A. 1565; B.D. 1570; D.D. 1575. Fellow, 1562-72. Lady Margaret preacher, 1570. Lady Margaret Professor, 1570-3. Master of St John's, 1574-7. Master of Trinity, 1577-93. Vice-Chancellor, 1575-6, 1592. Chaplain to Archbishop Parker. R. of Hadleigh, Suffolk, 1571-92. Dean of Bocking, 1572. V. of East Markham, Notts., 1573. Canon of Westminster, 1573-93. Archdeacon of Sudbury, 1577-93. Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1593-1608. Adm. at Gray's Inn, Mar. 8, 1606-7. Married (1) Anne, dau. of Thomas Alabaster, of Hadleigh; (2) Jane, dau. of Sir John Horner, of Cloford, Somerset. Authorship of Gammer Gurton's Needle, a comedy played at Christ's College, attributed to him on inconclusive evidence by Isaac Reed. Buried in Wells Cathedral, Apr. 4, 1608. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Will ('Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C.) 1608. Father of John (1604) and Nathaniel (c. 1595). (Peile, I. 70; Cooper, II. 467; D.N.B.)
  Bishop of Bath and Wells 1592-1608.

Education Events

• BD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Styll, Johannes	30/07/1571	BD		View
  Appt	Still, Johannes	16/06/1575	BD		View

• DD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Still, Johannes	18/02/1576	DD		View
  LibC	Styll, Johannes	18/08/1590	DD		View
  Appt	Still, Johannes	10/02/1593	DD		View
  Appt	Still, Johannes	11/02/1593	DD		View

Appointment Events

• Rector : Hadleigh (30/07/1571 - 19/02/1593 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Styll, Johannes	30/07/1571	Rector	Collation	Hadleigh/	View
  Libc	Styll, Johannes	18/08/1590	Rector		Hadleigh/	View
  Vac	Still, Johannes	19/02/1593	Rector	Promotion	Hadleigh/	View

• commissary : Commissary in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury (16/06/1575 - 18/02/1576 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Still, Johannes	16/06/1575	commissary	Appointment	deanery of Bocking/	View
  Appt	Watte, Thomas	18/02/1576	commissary	Appointment	Deanery of Bocking/	View
  Appt	Still, Johannes	18/02/1576	commissary	Appointment	Deanery of Bocking/	View

• Bishop : Bishop of Bath & Wells (23/01/1593 - 29/03/1608 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Still, John	23/01/1593	Bishop	election	Bath and Wells diocese/	View
  Appt	Still, Johannes	10/02/1593	Bishop	confirmation of election	Bath and Wells/	View
  Appt	Still, Johannes	11/02/1593	Bishop	consecration	Bath and Wells/	View
  Appt	Still, John	19/02/1593	Bishop	Installation	Bath and Wells/	View
  Vac	Still, John	29/03/1608	Bishop	Death	Bath and Wells/	View

Death Events

• Death (29/03/1608)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Still, John	29/03/1608	Death	Vac	View