MAXEY, ANTHONY; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1577, adm. scholar 18 Apr 1578, matr. Easter 1578; BA 1581/2; MA 1585; BD 1594; DD 1608; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 7 May 1589; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1589-93; Rector of Hackford, Norfolk 1589-1602; Rector of Horham, Suffolk 1591-5; Rector of Reepham, Norfolk 1594-1612; Rector of Winterton, Norfolk, from 1601; Rector of Horton, Bucks., from 1612; Dean of Windsor from 25 Jun 1612; Rector of Blyborough, Lincs., from 1617; ‘an unblushing simonist’; said to have made the highest bid for the vacant bishopric of Norwich shortly before his death (CSP Dom 1611-8, 532); a Chaplain in Ordinary to James I; m.; d. 3 May 1618. DNB.
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- https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/college-1