John Young (bishop of Rochester)

John Young (c. 1532 – 1605) was an English academic and bishop.

John Young
Bishop of Rochester
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Rochester
Elected1578
Term ended1605 (death)
PredecessorJohn Piers
SuccessorWilliam Barlow
Other post(s)Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
(1567–1578)
Personal details
Bornc. 1532
Died1605
DenominationAnglican
ProfessionAcademic
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge

Early life edit

He was educated at Mercers' School in London, and graduated BA at the University of Cambridge in 1552.[1] He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge in 1553, and Master there in 1567. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1569.[2]

Career edit

He became Bishop of Rochester in 1578, employing Edmund Spenser as secretary for a short time early in his tenure. In The Shepheardes Calender Young appears as Roffy, which abbreviates Roffensis, alluding to his see.[2][3][4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Young, John (YN551J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ a b Concise Dictionary of National Biography
  3. ^ "Scholarly Resources / Biography | Spenser Online". english.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2 January 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ^ A. C. Hamilton, The Spenser Encyclopedia (1997), p. 535.

Further reading edit

  • Percy W. Long, Spenser and the Bishop of Rochester, PMLA, Vol. 31, No. 4 (1916), pp. 713–735.
  • Alexander Corbin Judson (1935), A biographical sketch of John Young, bishop of Rochester, with emphasis on his relations with Edmund Spenser
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge
1567–1578
Succeeded by
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Rochester
1578–1605
Succeeded by