The Right Reverend William Chaderton
Bishop of Lincoln

Diocese	Diocese of Lincoln
In office	1595–1608 (death)
Predecessor	William Wickham
Successor	William Barlow
Other post(s)	Bishop of Chester (1579–1595)
Personal details
Born	c. 1540 Moston, Manchester^[1]
Died	(1608-04-11)11 April 1608 Southoe, Cambridgeshire^[1]
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Katherine Revell^[1]
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge Christ's College, Cambridge

William Chaderton^[3] (c.1540 – 11 April 1608) was an English academic and bishop. He also served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.^[4]

He was born in Moston, Lancashire, what is now a part of the city of Manchester. After attending The King's School, Chester^[5] and/or Manchester Grammar School,^[1]^[4] he went on to Cambridge, first entering Magdalene College, then moving to Pembroke College, where he matriculated in 1555. He graduated B.A. in 1557/8 (at Christ's College), M.A. 1561, B.D. 1566, D.D. 1569 (at Queens' College).^[4]

He was a Fellow of Christ's College 1558–1568, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity 1567–1569, Regius Professor of Divinity 1569–1580,^[4] and President of Queens' College, Cambridge from 1568 to 1579.^[6] He was Rector of Holywell, Huntingdonshire in 1570.^[7] He was Bishop of Chester from 1579 to 1595.^[8] He was then Bishop of Lincoln from 1595 to 1608.^[9]

He was also Warden of Manchester College, where he was succeeded by John Dee.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Venables, Edmund (1887). "Chaderton, William" . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 9. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
^ "The Armorial Bearings of the Bishops of Chester". Cheshire Heraldry Society. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ Chadderton, Chatterton.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Chaderton or Chatterton, William (CHDN555W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Inspirational Alumni Members". The King's School Chester. Archived from the original on 15 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
^ Queens' College Cambridge - Fellows & Presidents 1448-1599 Archived 10 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ Parishes - Holywell with Needingworth | British History Online
^ Bishops of Chester
^ Bishops of Lincoln
^ The bishop immediately settled these manors, rents, etc., held of the king in chief, on himself and his wife Katherine during her widowhood, with remainder to his daughter Joan Brooke, wife of Sir Richard Brooke, and her heirs male. Joan Brooke died before the bishop (d. 1608) and her daughter Elizabeth, wife of William Sandes, succeeded to her grandfather's estate. She is said to have married Tyrrell Jocelyn of Holywell,[...]. From: 'Parishes: Southoe', A History of the County of Huntingdonshire: Volume 2 (1932), pp. 346-54. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=42513. Date accessed: 24 July 2007.

Academic offices Preceded byJohn Whitgift Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge 1569–1579 Succeeded byWilliam Whitaker Preceded byJohn Stokes President of Queens' College, Cambridge 1568–1579 Succeeded byHumphrey Tyndall Church of England titles Preceded byWilliam Downham Bishop of Chester 1579–1595 Succeeded byHugh Bellot Preceded byWilliam Wickham Bishop of Lincoln 1595–1608 Succeeded byWilliam Barlow

Bishops of Chester

v t e Bishops of Lincoln
Leicester	Cuthwine Wilfrid Headda Aldwine Torhthelm Eadbeorht Unwona Wernbeorht Hræthhun Ealdred Ceobred see removed to Dorchester
Dorchester	Harlardus Wigmund Coenwulf Wynsige Æthelwold Oscytel united see: Leofwine Alnothus Æscwig Ælfhelm Eadnoth (I) Æthelric Eadnoth (II) Ulfus Normanus Wulfwig Remigius de Fécamp
High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton
Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell
Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow
Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson Stephen Conway, Bishop of Ely (acting) David Court (acting) Stephen Conway

v t e Archdeacons of York
*Diocesan archdeacons:** Durand Hugh Gerard William William of Beverley William son of Tole
High Medieval	Walter of London Robert Butevilain Geoffrey Ralph d'Aunay Peter of Dinan Adam of Thorner Sampson Walter Laurence of Lincoln Sewal de Bovil William Langton John de Langeton the elder Reiner of Skipton Godfrey Giffard Robert Burnell Thomas de Wythen Walter of Gloucester William de Hambleton
Late Medieval	Aymo of Savoy Peter Cardinal de Prés Stephen Cardinal Albert Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Peter Cardinal Gomez de Albornoz Simon Cardinal Langham Gui Cardinal de Maillesec John de Thoern Peter Cardinal Corsini Francis Cardinal Carboni Richard Conyngston Francis Cardinal Uguccioni Roger Coryngham William Pilton Raynald Cardinal de Brancatiis Francis Cardinal Zarabella William Felter Thomas Kempe Andrew Holes Thomas Chippenham Ralph Booth Henry Carnebull John Aleyne/Carver Brian Higden Hugh Ashton Thomas Wynter Thomas Westbie
Early modern	George Palmes John Stokes William Chaderton Robert Ramsden Christopher Gregorie Roger Acrode Henry Hooke Henry Wickham Richard Marshe Edmund Diggle Knightly Chetwood Charles Blake Thomas Hayter Edmund Pyle William Cooper Charles Cooper Robert Markham Stuart Corbett Stephen Creyke
Late modern	Basil Jones Frederick Watkins Robert Crosthwaite Cecil Cooper Arthur England Thomas Layng George Townley Charles Forder Leslie Stanbridge George Austin Richard Seed Sarah Bullock John Weetman (Acting) Samantha Rushton
* territories not recorded

Presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge

v t e Regius Professors of Divinity
University of Oxford	Richard Smyth Peter Martyr Richard Smyth Juan de Villagarcia Richard Smyth Lawrence Humphrey Thomas Holland Robert Abbot John Prideaux Robert Sanderson Robert Crosse Joshua Hoyle John Conant Robert Sanderson William Creed Richard Allestree William Jane John Potter George Rye John Fanshawe Edward Bentham Benjamin Wheeler John Randolph Charles Henry Hall William Howley William Van Mildert Frodsham Hodson Charles Lloyd Edward Burton Renn Hampden William Jacobson Robert Payne Smith James Bowling Mozley William Ince Henry Scott Holland Arthur Headlam Henry Leighton Goudge Oliver Chase Quick Leonard Hodgson Henry Chadwick Maurice Wiles Keith Ward Marilyn McCord Adams Graham Ward
University of Cambridge	Edward Wigan John Madew Martin Bucer John Young Thomas Sedgwick James Pilkington Leonard Pilkington Matthew Hutton John Whitgift William Chaderton William Whitaker John Overall John Richardson Samuel Collins John Arrowsmith Anthony Tuckney Peter Gunning Joseph Beaumont Henry James Richard Bentley John Whalley John Green Thomas Rutherforth Richard Watson John Kaye Thomas Turton Alfred Ollivant James Amiraux Jeremie Brooke Foss Westcott Henry Barclay Swete Vincent Henry Stanton Alexander Nairne Charles Earle Raven Arthur Michael Ramsey John Burnaby Edward C. Ratcliff Dennis Eric Nineham Geoffrey Hugo Lampe Henry Chadwick Stephen Sykes David Frank Ford Ian Alexander McFarland David Fergusson
Trinity College Dublin	Luke Challoner James Ussher Samuel Ward Joshua Hoyle Richard Lingard Michael Ward William Palliser George Browne Owen Lloyd Richard Baldwin Claudius Gilbert Henry Clarke John Pellisier John Lawson James Drought Richard Graves Charles Richard Elrington Joseph Henderson Singer Samuel Butcher George Salmon John Gwynn John Ernest Leonard Oulton Richard Randall Hartford Hugh Frederic Woodhouse

Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity

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