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Foster: of co. Lancaster, pleb. Merton Coll., matric. 22 Feb., 1582-3, aged 17; B.A. from Lincoln Coll. 12 Oct., 1586; fellow Brasenose Coll. 1588-1603, M.A. 23 June, 1590, proctor 1598, B.D. 14 April, 1600, sup. for licence to preach 28 June, 1605, D.D. 9 July, 1616, rector of Tedbourne St. Mary, Devon, 1599-1618, fellow of Chelsea college, and chaplain to the king, chaplain to Lord Chancellor Egerton, and canon of Exeter 1616; died 1618. See Ath. ii. 258; Foster's Index Eccl.; & D.N.B.