John Pedder (priest)

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The Very Rev John Pedder, DD (c1520- 1571) was an English churchman. A Marian exile, he was Dean of Worcester from 1559 until his death.[1][2]

Pedder was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge and was later elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was Rector of Redgrave from 1551 to 1561; and then Vicar of Snitterfield, Warwickshire from 1563; and also Rector of Withington from 1868.[4] He was appointed a Prebendary of Norwich in 1557; and of Hereford in 1563.

References

  1.  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pedder, John". Dictionary of National Biography 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 
  2. ”Bishops & Deans of Worcester” Green,B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
  3. Venn database
  4. British History )n-line
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Seth Holland
Dean of Worcester
1559–1571
Succeeded by
Thomas Wilson


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