Henry Robinson (c. 1553 – 19 June 1616) was an

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who served as

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from 1598 to 1616. He was educated at

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12 July 1572,

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20 June 1575, B.D. 10 July 1582, and

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6 July 1590). He was elected

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of Queen's in 1575, was Principal of

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from 1576 to 1581, and then Provost of Queen's from 1581 to 1598. He was also a member of

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from 1601 and took part in the

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of 1603.

Memorial Inscription

File:Memorial to Bishop Henry Robinson.jpg Memorial to Bishop Henry Robinson in

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. The inscription reads:

Henrico Robinsono Carleolensi SS. Theol. Doctori, collegii reginae Oxoniae praeposito providissimo, tandemq. hujus Ecclesiae per annos xviii Episcopo vigilantissimo. xiii^o Calend. Julii, anno apartu virginis, 1616, aetat. suae lxiiii^o pie in Domino obdormienti. Bernard' Robinsonus frater ac haeres hoc qualecunq. μνημειον, amoris testimonium collocavit.

Non sibi, sed Patriae, praeluxit Lampadis instar,
Deperdens oleam, non operam, Ille suam:
In minimis fide Servo, majoribus apto,
Maxima nunc Domini gaudia adire datur.

To Henry Robinson of Carlisle,
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, the most provident Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford, and also for 18 years the most vigilant Bishop of this church. On 19th June 3th of the Calends of July">Calends.html" ;"title="3th of the Calends">3th of the Calends of Julyin the year of the virgin birth 1616, in the 64th year of his age, he fell to sleep in the holy Lord. Bernard Robinson his brother and heir placed this ''memorial'', a testimony of his love.

Not from him, but from the nation, the likeness of a light shines,
Exhausting its oil, not his labour:
In servitude to faith in the least things, as in greater things,
He is now permitted to enter upon the greatest joy of the Lord.

References

* 1550s births 1616 deaths Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford Fellows of the Queen's College, Oxford Provosts of the Queen's College, Oxford Principals of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Bishops of Carlisle 16th-century Church of England bishops 17th-century Church of England bishops {{England-bishop-stub