Edward Chetwynd (1577–1639) was an English churchman,

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from 1617.

Life

A native of

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in Staffordshire, he entered

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, in 1592, where he graduated

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in 1595,

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in 1598, and B.D. in 1606. He was chosen lecturer to the Corporation of Abingdon in 1606, and in the following year lecturer to the Corporation of

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. In 1613 he was appointed Chaplain to Queen

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. He took the degree of D.D. in 1616, and was appointed

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in 1617. He also held the vicarages of

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and Berkeley, Gloucestershire, and was

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of Sutton Coldfield before 1617.Joseph Jackson Howard, ''Visitation of England and Wales'' vol. 30 (1893), p. 122. :s:Burgess, John (1563-1635) (DNB00) He published ''Concio ad Clerum pro gradu habita Oxoniae 19 Dec. 1607'', Oxford, and some sermons.

John Chetwynd John Chetwynd (1643 – 9 December 1702), of Rudge, near Sandon, Staffordshire was an English Member of Parliament. He was the eldest son of John Chetwynd of Rudge. He was Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1689 to 1695, and again in 170 ...

was his son; he married Helena, daughter of John Harington as his second wife in 1620.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chetwynd, Edward 1577 births 1639 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests Deans of Bristol People from the Borough of Stafford