Richard Stearne ( c 1596 - 1683 )

Birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (c 1596) Death: Bishopthorpe Palace, York (18 June 1683) Burial: St Stephen's Chapel, York Minster Profession: Clergyman, Church of England Education: Schools at Mansfield and Nottingham; Trinity College, Cambridge; BA (1615), MA (1618); Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; BD (1625); Jesus College, Cambridge; DD (1633); Incorporated at Oxford (1627) Career: Fellow of Corpus (1623-1633); Master of Jesus (1633-1641, 1660); Chaplain to Archbishop Laud and attended him at his death on the scaffold (c1633-1645); Rector of Yeovilton, Somerset (1634); Rector of Harlton, Cambridgeshire (1642-1645); imprisoned in Tower of London (1642); Schoolmaster at Stevenage, Hertfordshire; Bishop of Carlisle (1660-1664); Archbishop of York (1664-1683); founded scholarships at Corpus Christi and Jesus Colleges and gave £1850 towards the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral Membership: Fellow Election Date: 29/03/1665.