John Jegon (1550 – 13 March 1618) was an English academic and

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. He supported uniformity of Anglican doctrine and worship, and strong government. This led him into conflict with John Robinson, later pastor to the ''

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'' emigrants. On the other hand, he made efforts to satisfy local Puritans by the appointment of preachers in his diocese. Nicholas Bownd dedicated to him a work on doctrine of

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Education and academic career

He was educated at

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the 16 "old colleges" of the university, and was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the R ...

, where he graduated B.A. and became a Fellow in 1572, and was then at

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, where he became Master in 1590. His pupils included both

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and Francis Manners, Earls of Rutland. He had a long correspondence with their mother Elizabeth, widow of

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. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, from 1596 to 1598. As Vice-Chancellor he attempted to discipline John Rudd.

Clerical career

He became

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in 1601, with the recommendation of

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. Two years later he was appointed as Bishop there. He resided in

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Family

He married Dorothy, daughter of Richard Vaughan. On his death she married the diplomat Sir Charles Cornwallis.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jegon, John 1550 births 1618 deaths Bishops of Norwich Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Fellows of Queens' College, Cambridge Deans of Norwich Vice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 17th-century Church of England bishops