John Pedder (priest) explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Pedder, John. 44.
  2. "Bishops & Deans of Worcester" Green, B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
  3. https://archive.today/20130620023511/http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-130418.pl?sur=Pedder&suro=w&fir=John&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 Venn database
  4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66474 British History on-line