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WOLTON, JOHN, son of John Wolton, Wigan, Lancs. , and Isabella, dau. of John Nowell, and sister of Alexander Nowell, Head Master of the School; b. ; adm. ; KS 18 Jan 1549/50 (Acts of Chapter i, 279); left 1553; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. student 26 Oct 1553; BA 1555; BD and DD 2 Jun 1579; ordained deacon 25 Apr 1560, aged 25, priest 4 Jun 1560; Prebendary of Exeter and of St. Paul’s 1560 [check]; Rector of Sampford Peveril, Devon 15 Aug 1561; Rector of Spraxton, Somerset 1563; Vicar of Braunton, Devon 4 May 1570; Rector of Kenn, Devon 15 Oct 1573; Rector of Lezant, Cornwall 1584; Rector of Haccombe, Devon 20 Oct 1585; first Warden, Manchester Collegiate Church 28 Jul 1578; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 2 Aug 1579; author, The Christian Manuell, 1576, and other works; m. twice; d. 13 Mar 1593/4. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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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.