John Pedder (c1520- 1571) was an English churchman. A Marian exile, he was Dean of Worcester from 1559 until his death. [1] [2]
Pedder was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge and was later elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. [3] He was Rector of Redgrave from 1551 to 1561; and then Vicar of Snitterfield, Warwickshire from 1563; and also Rector of Withington from 1568. [4] He was appointed a Prebendary of Norwich in 1557; and of Hereford in 1563.
John Taylor was an English churchman and academic, Bishop of Lincoln from 1552 to 1554.
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was an English nobleman. He was the son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester. From his mother, he inherited the title of Baron Herbert.
The Bishop of Worcester is the head of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England.
Henry Pepys was the Church of England Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1840–1841 and of Worcester in 1841–1860. He gave generously to the Three Choirs Festival, held in Worcester every third year. His daughter Emily gained fame as a child diarist.
James Fleetwood was an English clergyman and Bishop of Worcester.
Robert Bennet (Bennett) was an English Anglican bishop and the Dean of Windsor.
Lord Alwyne Compton was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Peter Gordon Atkinson is a retired Anglican priest who most recently served as Dean of Worcester. He was born on 26 August 1952 and educated at St John's College, Oxford. Ordained in 1980, his first post was a curacy in Clapham after which he was priest-in-charge of St Mary, Tatsfield. He was then rector of Holy Trinity, Bath, last principal of Chichester Theological College, and rector of Lavant. After this he was a canon residentiary at Chichester Cathedral before his decanal appointment. On 18 November 2014 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Worcester. He retired effective 25 August 2023.
Nicholas Robinson was a Welsh Bishop of Bangor and correspondent of Lord William Cecil, Sir Francis Walsingham, and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. He was also a dean and vice-president of a college at Queens' College, Cambridge.
Folliott Herbert Walker Cornewall was an English bishop of three sees.
Richard Cheyney was an English churchman, bishop of Gloucester from 1562. Opposed to Calvinism, he was an isolated and embattled bishop of the reign of Elizabeth, though able to keep his see.
John Waugh (1656–1734) was an English clergyman, bishop of Carlisle from 1723.
Richard Longworth was an English churchman and academic, Master of St John's College, Cambridge and Dean of Chester.
Seiriol John Arthur Evans was an Anglican dean and author in the third quarter of the 20th century.
John Véron was a French Protestant controversialist and preacher, known for his activities in England. Véron also served as an English translator for the British Privy Council.
Peter Vannes was an Italian Catholic churchman who became a royal official in England, and Dean of Salisbury.
Robert John Darrell Newhouse was an Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1966 to 1976.
James Calfhill was an Anglican priest, academic and controversialist, who died as Archdeacon of Colchester and Bishop-designate of Worcester.
Edward Hawford D.D. was an English churchman and academic, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1559. While Hawford was a somewhat conservative and administrative-minded academic politician head of house, no friend of religious enthusiasm and suspected of covert Catholicism. Christ's became a Puritan centre under his mastership.
Humphrey Tyndall was an English churchman who became the President of Queens' College, Cambridge, Archdeacon of Stafford, Chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral and Dean of Ely.
