Life

He graduated with an M.A. degree at Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church, Oxford

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 in 1565. He was Master

Master (college)

A Master is the title of the head of some colleges and other educational institutions. This applies especially at some colleges and institutions at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge .- See also :* Master A Master (or in female form Mistress) is the title of the head of some...

 of University College, Oxford

University College, Oxford

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 in 1572, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1581, and again in 1590. He became Dean of Christ Church in 1584.

He became Dean of Durham in 1596, where he was a witness to the decay of agriculture in northeast England. He was Bishop of Durham from 1606.

In early 1611, he had custody of Arbella Stuart

Arbella Stuart

Lady Arbella Stuart was an English Renaissance noblewoman who was for some time considered a possible successor to Queen Elizabeth I on the English throne....

, in the intention of the King to take her north to Durham

Durham

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. In the event Arbella was moved from Lambeth

Lambeth

Lambeth is a district of south London, England, and part of the London Borough of Lambeth. It is situated southeast of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...

 to be confined at Barnet

Barnet

High Barnet or Chipping Barnet is a place in the London Borough of Barnet, North London, England. It is a suburban development built around a twelfth-century settlement and is located north north-west of Charing Cross. Its name is often abbreviated to Barnet, which is also the name of the London...

, while the bishop travelled north leaving Sir James Croft in charge, and for health reasons did not follow, being moved to East Barnet

East Barnet

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. When Arbella and her husband William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset

Sir William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG was an English nobleman and Royalist commander in the English Civil War....

 (who was in the Tower of London

Tower of London

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) made simultaneous but badly coordinated escapes on 3 June 1611, she simply walked free.