Bancroft, Richard (1544-09-12 - 1610-11-02)

Precise date of birth unknown, but Bancroft was baptized on 12 September 1544. B.A. (1567) from Christ's College, Cambridge. M.A. (1570) from Jesus College, Cambridge. Became D.D. in 1585. Prebendary of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, c. 1567. University preacher at Cambridge beginning in 1576. Rector of Teversham, Cambridgeshire beginning in 1576; of Cottingham, Northamptonshire beginning in 1586; and of Wrotham, Kent, 1594-1597. Treasurer of St Paul's beginning in 1586 and prebendary beginning in 1590. Canon of Westminster beginning in 1587. Prebendary of Canterbury beginning in 1595. Bishop of London, 1597-1604. Archbishop of Canterbury, 1604-1610. Chancellor of Oxford, 1608-1610.