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VENN: B.A. 1540/1; M.A. 1545; D.D. 1572. Probably of QUEENS'. B. 1521. Of Aylmer Hall, Tivetshall, Norfolk. Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. at Oxford, 1573. Tutor to Lady Jane Grey. R. of Rodney Stoke and Stoke Gifford, 1541. V. of Wellington, Somerset, 1543. Preb. of Wells, 1543. R. of Market Bosworth, 1553. Archdeacon of Stow, Lincs., 1553. Retired to Strassburg and Zurich, under Queen Mary. Returned in 1558. R. of Cassington, Leics., 1561. Archdeacon of Lincoln, 1562-77. Bishop of London, 1577-94. Married Judith Bures of Suffolk, by whom he had a large family. Died June 3, 1594. Buried in St Paul's.
SEE OXFORD DNB: Aylmer, John (1520/211594), bishop of London