Michael Rabbet (or Rabbett) (c. 1562 – 5 February 1630) was an English clergyman and translator of the
Authorised King James Version
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of the Bible.
Life
He matriculated as a pensioner of
Trinity College, Cambridge
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in 1572. He graduated B.A. in 1576, and M.A. in 1579.
He was a Fellow and tutor at
Caius College from 1579 to 1587, and proceed B.D. in 1586 . He was ordained on 8 February 1582, and was university preacher in 1587. He was rector of
Cricket Malherbie,
Somerset
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in 1581, and of
Streatham, Surrey from 1585 onwards.
He was admitted at
Gray's Inn
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on 20 February 1597, and was rector of
St Vedast, Foster Lane, London, from 1604 to 1617. He is listed in the Second Westminster Company of the translators for King James. He died on 5 February 1630, aged 78.
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1562 births
1630 deaths
16th-century English Anglican priests
17th-century English Anglican priests
Translators of the King James Version
Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge