John Rixman was a
16th century
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English
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priest
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.
Rixman was educated at
Oriel College, Oxford
Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, wh ...
. He was
Principal of
St Mary Hall, Oxford
St Mary Hall was a medieval academic hall of the University of Oxford. It was associated with Oriel College from 1326 to 1545, but functioned independently from 1545 until it was incorporated into Oriel College in 1902.
History
In 1320, ...
from 1532 to 1537. held
livings at St Petroc,
Trevalga
Trevalga ( kw, Trevelgi) is a coastal civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded on the north by the Celtic Sea, on the southeast by Forrabury and Minster parish and on the west by Tintagel parish.
...
,
St Clement Danes, London;
St Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy and St Mary,
Churston Ferrers
Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Today it is administered by local government as the Churston-with-Galmpton ward of th ...
. He was
Archdeacon of Cornwall from 1554 until 1557.
References
Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
Archdeacons of Cornwall
17th-century English people
1557 deaths
Principals of St Mary Hall, Oxford
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