Edmund Hownde

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Edmund Hownde, D.D. was a priest and academic in the 16th century.[1]

Hownde was born in Calais and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1564, M.A.in 1567 and B.D. in 1574. He was a Fellow of Caius from 1573 to 1576; and Master of St Catharine's from 1577.[2] Hownde was ordained on 20 January 1573. He was a Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth. He also held livings at Burton Coggles and Symondsbury, where he died in 1598.[3]

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  1. ^ "A History of the University of Cambridge: 1546–1750" Nugent, c; Brooke, L; Leader, D.R; Morgan, V p90: Cambridge; CUP; 2004 ISBN 052135059X
  2. ^ "Masters of St Catharine's College". St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, (1922) p370