Giles Robinson

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Giles Robinson was an English priest in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. [1]

Robinson was born in Cumberland and educated at The Queen's College, Oxford. [2] He was Principal of St Mary Hall, Oxford from 1532 to 1537. held livings at St Petroc, Trevalga, St Clement Danes, London; St Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy and St Mary, Churston Ferrers. He held livings at Salkeld and Crosthwaite. The brother of Bishop Henry Robinson, [3] he was Archdeacon of Carlisle from 1600 until 1602. [4]

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References

  1. 2he Ejected of 1662 in Cumberland & Westmorland" Nightingale, B p359: Manchester; MUP; 1911
  2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500–1714, Riader-Roissie
  3. Wikisource-logo.svg "Robinson, Henry (1553-1616)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  4. Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M.; Mussett, Patrick (2004), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 11, pp. 18–20