LAYFIELD, JOHN, son of Rev. Edward Layfield, St. Peter-le-Poer, London [presumably Rector of Fulham, Middlesex, and Prebendary of London]; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1577, adm. scholar 18 Apr 1578, matr. Lent 1577/8; BA 1581/2; MA 1585; BD 1592; DD 1603; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1583, Major Fellow 29 Apr 1585-1603; ordained; probably Chaplain to George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, during his expedition to the West Indies 1598; Rector of Aldwinkle St. Peter’s, Northants 30 Sep 1598-1602; Rector of St. Clement Danes, London, from 23 Mar 1601/2; Rector of Graveley-cum-Chivesfield, Herts., 10 Oct 1605; one of the revisers of the Bible 1606; Fellow, Chelsea College 1610; author, A Large Relation of the Porto Ricco Voiage, printed in Purchas, Pilgrims, 1625, iv, 1155; m. 24 Jan 1602/3 Bridget, widow of John Brickett, St. Ethelburga, London, merchant, dau. of John Robinson, Reading, Berks., and half-sister of Most Rev. William Laud DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; d. 6 Nov 1617. DNB.
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- https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/college-1