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SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Bill
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William Bill (1546)
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- 1546-1551 (Creation)
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(c. 1505- 15 July 1561)
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William Bill was Master of St John's (1546/7 to 1551), Vice-Chancellor of the University (1548) and twice Master of Trinity College (1551-1553, 1558-1561), Provost of Eton College (1558-1561) and Dean of Westminster (1560-1561).
Bill was born in Ashwell, Hertfordshire and had two brothers and two sisters. His brother, Thomas became physician to Henry VIII. William was educated at St John's and was elected a Fellow in 1534. He received his B.D. 1544-1546.
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Note
- See Howard, Henry Fraser. An Account of the Finances of The College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge 1511-1926. (Cambridge, 1935). p. 30 for a perspective of Bill's mastership.