Robert Norgate,

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(died 1587) was an English priest and academic in the second half of the sixteenth century. Norgate was born in Aylsham. He was educated at

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, graduating B.A. in 1565; MA in 1568; and B.D. in 1575. He was appointed Fellow in 1567; and Master in 1573. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1584 to 1585.University of Cambridge web-site
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at Forncett and

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. He died at the Master's Lodge on 2 November 1587.

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Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 16th-century English Anglican priests 1587 deaths People from Aylsham Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge {{Christian-clergy-stub