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Foster: student of CORPUS CHRISTI about 1568; from city of Hereford, "a fletcher's son"; chaplain or petty canon of Christchurch, Oxford; BA 31 Jan 1572/3; MA 27 June 1576; BD 1 Feb. 1584/5 (incorp. Cambridge 1585; DD from BRASENOSE COLLEGE 4 July 1594; canon of Hereford 1580 [until his death]; V of Bosbury 1584; R of Hampton Bishop and a portion of Ledbury (Upper Hall) 1587; canon of Exeter 1595-9; R of Upton on Severn. Worcs. 1604; fellow of Chelsea College 1610; Bishop of Gloucester 1612-24, "for his great pains in translating the bible"; buried in Gloucester Cathedral 9 Nov. 1624; father of Robert (1626) and of Miles (1635). See Ath. ii, 359, & Lansdowne MS 984, f. 39
see Oxford DNBA number of appointments (on dispensations) not showing up on entry. Last year is 1611