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cleric and linguist. He was educated at both

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and

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and served as Archdeacon of Middlesex (1602–1616) and Vicar of the Church of All Hallows, Barking,

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.'The Parish of All Hallows, Barking' Redstone, L.J and members of the London Survey Committee] Appenxix II London; Published for the London County Council by B. T. Batsford 1929-1934 He left his son an unusually large estate of £1000 per annum. He was among the "First Westminster Company" charged by

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with the translation of the first 12 books of the

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Bibliography

* McClure, Alexander. (1858) ''The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible''. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8 ) * Nicolson, Adam. (2003) ''God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible.'' New York: HarperCollins 1620 deaths People from the Deepings 17th-century English Anglican priests Translators of the King James Version Archdeacons of Middlesex Year of birth unknown Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{bible-translator-stub