Foster: born in Northants, s. Walter, of Oxford (city), "gen. cond." New Inn Hall, matric. entry 4 May, 1627, aged 13; B.A. from Magdalen Hall 20 Oct., 1631, M.A. 11 June, 1634 (incorporated at Cambridge 1639), created B.D. 12 April, 1648, and D.D. 18 Dec., 1649 (reincorporated at Cambridge 18 March, 1658-9,), warden of Wadham Coll. 1648-59, master of Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1658-60; vicar (of his native parish) Fawsley, Northants, 1637, preacher of Gray's Inn 1661, canon of York 1660, rector of Cranford, Middlesex, 1661, vicar of St. Laurence Jewry, London, 1662-8, and of Polebrook, Northants, 1666, canon and precentor of Exeter 1667, canon of St. Paul's 1668, F.R.S., one of its founders 1662, and first secretary 1668, dean of Ripon 1668, and bishop of Chester 1668, until his death 19 Nov., 1672; buried in St. Laurence Jewry. See Ath. iii. 968; Gardiner, 170; Burrows, 563; Foster's Index Eccl.; Al. West. 22; & Foster's Gray's Inn Reg.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1637 | Appt(Institution) | Wilkins, John | Fawsley / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1637 | Subsc | Wilkins, Johannes | / | View | |
| 1638 | Ordi(ordination) | Wilkins, Johannes | / | priest | View |
| 1638 | Subsc | Wilkins, Johannes | / | View | |
| 1661 | Appt(Institution) | Wilkins, Johannes | Cranford / | Rector | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Wilkins, John | St Lawrence Jewry / | Vicar | View |
| 1662 | Subsc | Wilkins, John | St Lawrence Jewry / | Vicar | View |
| 1662 | Appt(Institution) | Wilkins, not given | St Lawrence Old Jewry / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1664 | Libc | Wilkins, Johannes | St Lawrence, Old Jewry / | Vicar | View |
| 1664 | Vac(resignation) | Wilkins, Johannes | Cranford / | Rector | View |
| 1667 | Appt(collation) | Wilkins, Johannes | St Paul's Cathedral / prebend of Chamberlainwood | Prebendary | View |
| 1667 | Subsc | Wilkins, Johannes | St Pauls Cathedral / Prebend of Chamberlaine Wood | Prebendary | View |
| 1668 | Vac(cession) | Wilkins, Johannes | St Lawrence, Old Jewry / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1669 | Vac(Promotion) | Wilkins, Johannes | St Paul's Cathedral / prebend of Chamberlainwood | Prebendary | View |
| 1672 | Vac(natural death) | Wilkins, John | Ripon, Hospital of Sancti Johannes Baptisti / | Master | View |
| 1672 | Vac(natural death) | Wilkins, John | Ripon, Hospital of Beata Maria Magdalena / | Master | View |