Lancelot Andrewes
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Lancelot
Andrewes (1555
– 25 September 1626) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions
in the Church of
England during the reigns of Queen
Elizabeth I and King James I. During the
latter's reign, Andrewes served
successively as Bishop of
Chichester, Ely and Winchester and
oversaw the translation of the Authorized
Version (or King James Version) of the Bible. In the Church of
England he is commemorated on 25 September with a Lesser Festival.
Early
life, education and ordination
Andrewes
was born in 1555 near All Hallows, Barking, by the Tower of London -
originally a dependency of Barking Abbey in Barking, Essex, of an ancient Suffolkfamily later
domiciled at Chichester Hall, Rawreth; his father,
Thomas, was master of Trinity House. Andrewes
attended the Cooper's free school, Ratcliff, in the parish of Stepney and then
the Merchant
Taylors' School under Richard Mulcaster. In 1571
he entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge and
graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts degree, proceeding to a Master of
Arts degree in 1578.[1] His academic reputation spread so quickly that on the
foundation in 1571 of Jesus
College, Oxford he was named in the charter as one of the
founding scholars "without his privity" (Isaacson,
1650); his connection with the college seems to have been purely notional,
however.[2] In 1576 he was elected fellow of Pembroke
College, Cambridge; in 1580 he took orders[3] and in 1581 was incorporated MA at Oxford. As
catechist at his college he read lectures on the Decalogue (published
in 1630), which aroused great interest.
Andrewes was the brother of the scholar and
cleric Roger
Andrewes who also served as a translator for the King James
Version of the Bible.
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