John Pedder (priest)

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John Pedder (c1520- 1571) was an English churchman. A Marian exile, he was Dean of Worcester from 1559 until his death.[1][2]

Pedder was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge and was later elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was Rector of Redgrave from 1551 to 1561; and then Vicar of Snitterfield, Warwickshire from 1563; and also Rector of Withington from 1568.[4] He was appointed a Prebendary of Norwich in 1557; and of Hereford in 1563.

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1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pedder, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 44\. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
2. ^ "Bishops & Deans of Worcester" Green, B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
3. ^ Venn database
4. ^ British History on-line

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Preceded by

Seth Holland

|  Dean of Worcester
1559–1571  | Succeeded by

Thomas Wilson

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