BANCROFT, JOHN, son of Christopher Bancroft, Asthall, Oxfordshire, and Audrey Andrews; nephew of Most Rev. Richard Bancroft DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1592, matr. 10 Feb 1592/3, aged 18, Westminster Student to (?) 1601, Tutor; BA 1596; MA 1599; BD 1607; DD 24 Jan 1609/10; tutor to Robert Burton, the author of Anatomy of Melancholy; ordained; Rector of Finchley, Middlesex, 11 Dec 1601-8; Rector of Orpington, Kent, 1605-40; Rector of Stormouth, Kent 1608-10; Rector of Woodchurch, Kent, 1609-33; Rector of Biddenden, Kent, 1610-40; Prebendary of St. Paul’s, 23 Oct 1609 – Jun 1632; Master of University Coll., Oxford, 7 Mar 1609/10 - 23 Aug 1632; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 10 Jun 1632; built a residence for himself and his successors in the See of Oxford at Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire; d. 12 Feb 1640/1. DNB.
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Houses
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- NT Ashburnham
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