Robert Newton (English academic administrator) explained

Robert Newton was an Oxford college head in the 16th-century.^[1]

Newton was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1552, M.A. in 1557 and B.D. in 1575. He was Rector of Exeter from 1557 to 1559.^[2] A priest, he held the living at Bugbrooke.

Notes and References

1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp1050-1083 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Nabbes-Nykke
2. Exeter College', A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford (1954), pp. 107–118