William Chaderton (c.1540 – 11 April 1608) was an English academic and bishop. He also served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity. He was born in Moston, Lancashire, what is now a part of the city of Manchester. After attending

The King's School, Chester The King's School, Chester, is a British co-educational independent day school for children aged 4 to 18. It is one of the seven 'King's Schools' established (or re-endowed and renamed) by King Henry VIII in 1541 after the Dissolution of ...

, he matriculated at

Pembroke College, 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 1555, and graduated M.A. at

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

in 1561. He was Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1569, and President of

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

from 1568 to 1579. He was Rector of Holywell, Huntingdonshire in 1570. He was Bishop of Chester from 1579 to 1595. He was then Bishop of Lincoln from 1595 to 1608. He was also Warden of Manchester College, where he was succeeded by

John Dee John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divinatio ...

Family

Elizabeth Jocelin (née Brooke), author of ''The Mothers Legacie, To her Unborne Childe'' (1624), was his granddaughter.''The bishop immediately settled these manors, rents, etc., held of the king in chief, on himself and his wife Katherine during her widowhood, with remainder to his daughter Joan Brooke, wife of Sir Richard Brooke, and her heirs male. Joan Brooke died before the bishop (d. 1608) and her daughter Elizabeth, wife of William Sandes, succeeded to her grandfather's estate. She is said to have married Tyrrell Jocelyn of Holywell, ..'. From: 'Parishes: Southoe', A History of the County of Huntingdonshire: Volume 2 (1932), pp. 346-54. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42513. Date accessed: 24 July 2007. After his granddaughter's parents separated, and her mother returned home, Bishop Chaderton was mainly responsible for her upbringing. Elizabeth's childhood was therefore passed in the house of Bishop Chaderton, who educated her. She was extremely well versed in art, religion and language.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaderton, Walter 1540s births 1608 deaths Bishops of Chester Bishops of Lincoln 16th-century Church of England bishops 17th-century Church of England bishops Year of birth uncertain Presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge People from Moston, Manchester 16th-century scholars 17th-century scholars People educated at The King's School, Chester Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Lady Margaret's Professors of Divinity Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Cambridge) 1540 births