John Pedder (priest)

The Very Rev John Pedder, DD (c1520- 1571) was an English churchman. A Marian exile, he was Dean of Worcester from 1559 until his death.[1][2]

Pedder was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge and was later elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He was Rector of Redgrave from 1551 to 1561; and then Vicar of Snitterfield, Warwickshire from 1563; and also Rector of Withington from 1568.[4] He was appointed a Prebendary of Norwich in 1557; and of Hereford in 1563.

References

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pedder, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
"Bishops & Deans of Worcester" Green, B: Worcester, Worcester Cathedral, 1979
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Preceded by Seth Holland	Dean of Worcester 1559–1571	Succeeded by Thomas Wilson

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Anglican Diocese of Worcester
Worcester Cathedral The Old Palace, Worcester Hartlebury Castle Alvechurch Palace Area scheme (1993–2002)
Office holders	John Inge, Bishop of Worcester Martin Gorick, Bishop suffragan of Dudley AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet Peter Atkinson, Dean of Worcester Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley Robert Jones, Archdeacon of Worcester
Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Coventry (1891–1918; Diocese of Coventry erected) Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Gloucester) Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918) & of Warwick (1910–1918) became Diocese of Coventry) Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)