William Eley (academic) explained

William Eley, D.D. was an English priest and academic.[1]

A graduate of Brasenose College, Oxford, he was the second President of St John's College, Oxford. He held the living at Crick, Northamptonshire and died in prison at Hereford in 1609.[2]

References

  1. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol3/pp251-264 British History on-line
  2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp440-479 Alumni Oxonienses (1500–1714): Eade-Eyton