Theophilus Feild or Field (bap. 1575,

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– 1636) was successively bishop of

Llandaff Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and '' Taf'') is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, whose ...

(1619-1627), of

St. David's St Davids or St David's ( cy, Tyddewi, , "David's house”) is a city and a community (named St Davids and the Cathedral Close) with a cathedral in Pembrokeshire, Wales, lying on the River Alun. It is the resting place of Saint David, ...

(1627-1635) and of

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...

(1635-1636). The son of notable preacher John Feild and father of

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David Feild, he entered

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

as a

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but received his B.A. from Pembroke College in 1595/6. He owed his earlier promotion to the

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. The noted antiquary Sir John Stradling received his poetic endorsements for his works. In 1598 he was briefly master of the school that is now

Colchester Royal Grammar School Colchester Royal Grammar School (CRGS) is a state-funded grammar school in Colchester, Essex. It was founded in 1128 and was later granted two royal charters - by Henry VIII in 1539 and by Elizabeth I in 1584.Trevor J. Hearn, ''Vitae Corona Fide ...

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* 1575 births 1636 deaths Bishops of Llandaff Bishops of St Davids Bishops of Hereford 17th-century Church of England bishops Burials at Hereford Cathedral Headmasters of Colchester Royal Grammar School 17th-century Welsh Anglican bishops {{UK-bishop-stub