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VENN: M.A. 1584 (Incorporation in another University. It conferred the privileges of their degree.'Incorp. from Oxford). S. of Philip, of Worminghall, Bucks., Esq. Adm. at Christ Church, a scholar from Westminster, 1576; B.A. (Oxford) 1579-80; M.A. 1582-3; B.D. 1591; D.D. 1601. Proctor, 1589. Dean of Christ Church, 1605-11. Vice-Chancellor, 1607-11. Chaplain to James I. R. of St Anne and St Agnes, London, 1580-1. Archdeacon of Nottingham, 1590-1611. R. of St Andrew, Holborn, 1597-1611. R. of Black Notley, Essex, 1599. Preb. of St Paul's, 1599-1611. Preb. of Lincoln, 1610-1. Bishop of London, 1611-21. Contributed poems to the Oxford Collections. Died Mar. 30, 1621, aged 62. Buried in St Paul's Cathedral. Will, 'Prerogative Court of Canterbury.'P.C.C. (Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.; A. B. Beaven.)
Linked the V. of Hampstead Norris as the only BD in V/F in 1590s.