John Robinson (archdeacon of Bedford) explained

John Robinson (died 1598) was an English priest and academic in the second half of the 16th century.^[1]

Robinson was born in Richmondshire and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[2] He was President of St John's College, Oxford, from 1564 to 1572.^[3] He held livings at East Treswell, Fulbeck, Thornton, Great Easton, Brant Broughton, Fishtoft, Caistor, Kingston Bagpuze, Little Gransden (1587-97)^[4] and Somersham. Robinson became Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral in 1573; and Archdeacon of Bedford in 1574, holding both positions until his death in 1598.

References

1. "Catalogue of the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum" p246: London; British Museum ; 1819
2. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
3. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1250-1277 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Riader-Roissie
4. Web site: Rectors of Little Gransden. Bluebell Benefice.