Thomas Huet (died 19 August 1591) was a

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clergyman and translator of the Bible.

Life

Huet, who was probably from Brecknockshire,

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originally, is recorded as being a member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1544. He was Master of the College of the Holy Trinity,

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when it was dissolved. Between 1559 and 1565, he was appointed to various church livings: he became rector of

Cefnllys Cefnllys is an abandoned ghost village, formerly a medieval castle town and borough, near Llandrindod Wells in Radnorshire (now part of Powys), Wales. The settlement was founded during the 13th century by the Mortimer family in order to streng ...

and Llanbadarn Fawr, both in Radnorshire, and also

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of Llanbadarn Trefeglwys and Ystrad, both in

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. He was

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of St David's Cathedral from 1562 to 1588. Richard Davies, Bishop of St David's, recommended that Huet be appointed bishop of Bangor but this did not take place. Huet assisted Richard Davies and

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in the translation into Welsh of the

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in 1567, particularly the

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. In 1571, Huet was named in the charter granted by

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as one of the eight founding fellows of

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. Huet died in 1591 and was buried in the church at

Llanafan Fawr Llanafan Fawr is a village and community and ecclesiastical parish in the former cantref of Buellt (Builth) and historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales. It is now part of Powys. The community includes the former parish of Llanfihangel Bryn Pa ...

church in Brecknockshire.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huet, Thomas 1591 deaths Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford People from Brecknockshire Year of birth unknown Welsh translators 16th-century Welsh Anglican priests Welsh biblical scholars Translators of the Bible into Welsh