Robert Bennet
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Robert Bennet (Bennett) (died 1617) was an English bishop.
He was born in Baldock, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1567, and becoming a Fellow.[1][2] As a young man he was noted as a tennis player.[3] He offended Elizabeth I of England by preaching against her proposed marriage to François, Duke of Anjou.[2]
He became Dean of Windsor in 1595, and Bishop of Hereford in 1603.[4]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Bennett, Robert". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b Francis Overend White, Lives of the Elizabethan bishops of the Anglican Church (1898), pp. 411-6.
- ^ A. Hugh Fisher, The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See, p. 105; online text.
- ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography
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| Preceded by Herbert Westphaling |
Bishop of Hereford 1603–1617 |
Succeeded by Francis Godwin |
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