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Chaderton, William

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

an English prelate of the 16th century, was born probably in Cheshire. He became first a fellow, then master of Queen's College, Cambridge; was chosen Lady Margaret professor of divinity, then king's professor; was made bishop of Chester in 1579, of Lincoln in 1594, and died in April, 1608. See Fuller, Worthies of England (ed. Nuttall), 1, 269.