John Young (c. 1532 – 1605) was an English academic and bishop.

Early life

He was educated at

Mercers' School The Mercers' School was an independent school in the City of London, England, with a history going back at least to 1542, and perhaps much further. It was operated by the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was closed in 1959. History After the diss ...

in London, and graduated BA at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

in 1552. He became a Fellow of

Pembroke Hall, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

in 1553, and Master there in 1567. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1569.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''

Career

He became

Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...

in 1578, employing

Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of ...

as secretary for a short time early in his tenure. In ''

The Shepheardes Calender ''The Shepheardes Calender'' was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work, published in 1579. In emulation of Virgil's first work, the ''Eclogues'', Spenser wrote this series of pastorals at the commencement of his career. However, Spenser's m ...

'' Young appears as Roffy, which abbreviates Roffensis, alluding to his see.A. C. Hamilton, ''The Spenser Encyclopedia'' (1997), p. 535.

Notes

*Percy W. Long, ''Spenser and the Bishop of Rochester'', PMLA, Vol. 31, No. 4 (1916), pp. 713–735. *Alexander Corbin Judson (1935), ''A biographical sketch of John Young, bishop of Rochester, with emphasis on his relations with Edmund Spenser'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, John 1532 births 1605 deaths Bishops of Rochester People educated at Mercers' School Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge 16th-century Church of England bishops 17th-century Church of England bishops 16th-century scholars Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge

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