John Jegon

The Right Reverend John Jegon
Bishop of Norwich

Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Norwich
Installed	c. 1603
Term ended	c. 1617
Predecessor	William Redman
Successor	John Overall
Other posts	Dean of Norwich (1601–1603)
Orders
Consecration	c. 1603
Personal details
Born	1550
Died	13 March 1618(1618-03-13)
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Aylsham, Norfolk
Spouse	Dorothy Vaughan
Occupation	Academic
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge

John Jegon (1550 – 13 March 1618) was an English academic and Bishop of Norwich. He supported uniformity of Anglican doctrine and worship, and strong government.^[1] This led him into conflict with John Robinson, later pastor to the Mayflower emigrants.^[2] On the other hand, he made efforts to satisfy local Puritans by the appointment of preachers in his diocese.^[3] Nicholas Bownd dedicated to him a work on doctrine of Sabbath.^[4]

Education and academic career

He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. and became a Fellow in 1572, and was then at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he became Master in 1590.^[5]^[6] His pupils included both Roger Manners and Francis Manners, Earls of Rutland.^[7] He had a long correspondence with their mother Elizabeth, widow of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland.^[8]

He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, from 1596 to 1598. As Vice-Chancellor he attempted to discipline John Rudd.^[9]

Clerical career

He became Dean of Norwich in 1601, with the recommendation of John Whitgift.^[10] Two years later he was appointed as Bishop there. He resided in Aylsham.^[11]

Family

He married Dorothy, daughter of Richard Vaughan. On his death she married the diplomat Sir Charles Cornwallis.^[12]

Notes

↑ Ian Atherton, Norwich Cathedral: Church, City, and Diocese, 1096-1996 (1996), p. 513.
↑ http://www.sturton-le-steeple.org.uk/html/pilgrims.html
↑ Susan Doran, Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England, 1500-1700 (2003), p. 166.
↑ Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 27.
↑ "Jegon, John (JGN567J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Dictionary of National Biography
↑ http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/RogerManners(5ERutland).htm[]
↑ Kenneth Charlton, Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England (1999), p. 223.
↑ http://shephallmanor.net/chapter_5.htm
↑ Ian Atherton, Norwich Cathedral: Church, City, and Diocese, 1096-1996 (1996), p. 523.
↑ http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/content/northnorfolknews/content/community/History.aspx
↑ http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=7675&inst_id=14&nv1=browse&nv2=sub

Academic offices
Preceded by John Copcot	Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1590–1602	Succeeded by Thomas Jegon
Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Dove	Deans of Norwich 1601–1603	Succeeded by George Montgomery
Preceded by William Redman	Bishop of Norwich 1603–1617	Succeeded by John Overall

Deans of Norwich

Early modern	William Castleton John Salisbury John Christopherson John Boxall John Harpsfield John Salisbury George Gardiner Thomas Dove John Jegon George Montgomery Edmund Suckling John Hassal John Crofts Herbert Astley John Sharp Henry Fairfax Humphrey Prideaux Thomas Cole Robert Butts John Baron Thomas Bellock Edward Townshend Philip Lloyd

Late modern	Joseph Turner George Pellew Meyrick Goulburn William Lefroy Henry Wakefield Henry Beeching John Willink David Cranage Herbert St Barbe Holland Norman Hook Alan Webster David Edwards Paul Burbridge Stephen Platten Graham Smith Jane Hedges (announced)

Bishops of Norwich

Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Athelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford

Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 2337814

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