John Williams (died 4 September 1613) was Principal of

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, from 1602 to 1613 and also

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. Born in

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, Williams entered

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, in 1569, graduating with a BA in 1573/4 and an MA in 1577, before being elected a

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of All Souls College, Oxford, in 1579. After his ordination, he was appointed rector of Llandrinio,

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, in 1594, and also Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity (a position he held until his death). He was elected Fellow of Jesus College in 1590, Principal in 1602,

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of the

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in 1604 and Dean of Bangor in 1605. He died in 1613 and was buried at St Michael's Church, Oxford.

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