Presumably Foster: Proffet, Nicholas, s. (Nich), cler. Magdalen Hall, matric. 25 July 1655, BA 12 Feb 1657-8, MA 13 July 1660, chaplain Magdalen Coll. 1661-4., vicar of Aston, Northants, 1661, and of Ogbourne St Andrew, Wilts, 1663; as Prophet, see Bloxam, ii. 168; Foster's Index Eccl. A Nich. Prophet, BA from Emmanuel Coll., Cambridge, 1618, rector of Cranford St John, Northants, 1621, and of Marlborough St Peter, Wilts, 1630.