GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2409
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2600)
Name
John Favor
Title
Dr
Gender
Male
Lived
b. ca. 1557-03-25 d. 1624-03-10 (old)
Linked Reports
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
BL Catalogue; David Robinson
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB; AO (Foster)
Other note
Born at Southampton ca. 1557, he matriculated as a a scholar of New College, Oxford in 1576; fellow, 1578; graduated BCL, 1584; DCL, 1592. Instituted vicar of Halifax, Yorkshire at the suggestion of Henry, earl of Huntington to help spread Protestant views in a predominantly Catholic region. To that end, he published a polemical work against Rome, Antiquitie Triumphing over Noveltie, in 1619. Made canon of Southwell, 1593; canon of York Minster, 1614, and precentor of York, 1617. Warden of hospital of St Mary Magdalen, Ripon, 1613 to his death 10 March, 1623.
GEMMS record created
July 23, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024