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RAINBOWE, EDWARD, son of Rev. Thomas Rainbowe, Vicar of Blyton, Lincs., and Rebecca, dau. of Rev. David Allen, Rector of Ludborough, Lincs.; b. 20 Apr 1608; adm. 1621 (Wood, Athenae Oxon., iv, 865); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, scholar Jul 1623; migrated to Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, scholar, matr. Easter 1625; BA 1626/7 (incorp. Oxford 15 Jul 1628); MA 1630; BD 1637; DD 1643; Master of School, Kirton in Lindsey 1630; ordained 1632; Curate, The Savoy Chapel, London; Goche Fellow, Magdalene Coll. 1633-42, Dean 1637; Vicar of Childerley, Cambs., 1637; Master, Magdalene Coll. 1642–50, when expelled by Parliament for refusing to take the Engagement; Vicar of Little Chesterford, Essex 1652; Rector of Benefield, Northants 23 Mar 1658/9 – res 1664; reinstated as Master of Magdalene Coll. 1660 – Jul 1664; Chaplain to Charles II; Dean of Peterborough 5 Jan 1660/1 – Jul 1664; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ., 1662-3; consecrated Bishop of Carlisle 10 Jul 1664; a famous preacher and generous benefactor to the poor of his diocese; m. 1652 Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Henry Smith DD, Master of Magdalene Coll., Cambridge; d. 26 Mar 1684. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.