John Robinson (archdeacon of Bedford)

John Robinson (died 1598) was an English priest and academic in the second half of the 16th century."Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum" p246: London; British Museum; 1819

Robinson was born in Richmondshire and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p470 He was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1564 to 1572.Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Riader-Roissie He held livings at East Treswell, Fulbeck, Thornton, Great Easton, Brant Broughton, Fishtoft, Caistor, Kingston Bagpuze, Little Gransden (1587–97) and Somersham. Robinson became Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral in 1573; and Archdeacon of Bedford in 1574, holding both positions until his death in 1598.

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