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Dee, Francis, Bishop of Peterborough
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Dates of existence
d. 1638
History
Eldest son of David Dee and Marcia Roper. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School, London, 1591-1596, then St John's College, Cambridge, after winning a BIllingsley scholarship. Graduated BA in 1600, was ordained a priest on 1 May 1602, proceeded MA in 1603, and became a fellow of St John's. He proceeded BD in 1610 and DD in 1617. He married Susan le Poreque and had two children. On her death he married Elizabeth Winter; they had no children. Dee was rector of Holy Trinity-the-Less, Knightrider Street, London, 1607-1620, and rector of All Hallows, Lombard Street, 1615-1634. Around 1621-1622 Dee also held the living of Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, through the patronage of the dean (Godfrey Goodman) and chapter of Rochester. He was Chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral 1618-c. 1634, became Dean of Chichester in 1630, and in 1629 was chaplain to the English ambassador in Paris in 1629. In 1630 he was one of the founders of Sion College. He was nominated in September 1633 for the upcoming vacancy of the see of Gloucester, but when the bishop (Godfrey Goodman) decided not to move he was instead elected to Peterborough and was consecrated by Archbishop Laud in 1634. As well as bequeathing funds to found two fellowships and two scholarships at St John's, Dee was instrumental in the establishment of the benefaction of Edmund Mountstephen, whose purpose Dee had wished to be the building of a new College chapel.