William Sancroft the Elder (1582 – April 1637) served as Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1628 until 1637.[1]

Admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge on 12 October 1596, Sancroft gained a scholarship, and graduated B.A. 1600/1, M.A. 1604, B.D. 1611, and D.D. 1629. He served as a Fellow at Emmanuel College 1604–1616, as Rector of Stanford-le-Hope 1618–1628, and as Master of Emmanuel College 1628–1637. He died at Bury St Edmunds in April 1637.[2]

Sancroft's nephew William Sancroft later served as Master of Emmanuel College, Dean of St Paul's, and Archbishop of Canterbury.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Milton, Anthony (9 May 2002). Catholic and Reformed : the Roman and Protestant Churches in English Protestant thought, 1600-1640 (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780521893299. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sancroft, William (SNCT596W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ↑ "Sancroft, William (SNDT633W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.


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