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Richard Milbourne

Richard Milbourne

English bishop (died 1624)


Richard Milbourne (died 1624) was an English bishop.

Life

He was born in London, and educated at Winchester School and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1579, and graduated B.A. in 1582.[1] He was Fellow of Queens' from 1582 to 1593. He became rector of Sevenoaks, Kent in 1607 (or 1611), of Cheam, Surrey, and vicar of Goudhurst, Kent. He was Dean of Rochester in 1611, and chaplain to Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

He became Bishop of St David's in 1615 and Bishop of Carlisle in 1621.[8][9][unreliable source]


Notes

  1. "Milbourne, Richard (MLBN579R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. "Fellows & Presidents 1448-1599". Quns.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 15 September 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. Arthur Tozer Russell, Memoirs of the life and works of the Rt Hon. and Right Rev. Father in God Lancelot Andrewes, D.D., Lord Bishop of Winchester (1860), p. 409.
  4. "Bishop - Past Bishops". St Davids Cathedral. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  5. "Bishops of Carlisle". Tudorplace.com.ar. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
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