Paul French (died 1 November 1600) was a

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from 1560 to 1600.''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Career

He was educated at

All Souls College, Oxford All Souls College (official name: College of the Souls of All the Faithful Departed) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Unique to All Souls, all of its members automatically become fellows (i.e., full members of t ...

and graduated BA in 1542, and MA in 1545. He was appointed: *Rector of

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, Berkshire 1552 *Rector of Boyton, Wiltshire 1565 *Prebendary of

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1566–1600 *Prebendary of Milton Manor in

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1588–1600 He was appointed to the second stall in

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in 1560, and held the stall until 1600.

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