John Hills (priest)

John Hills, D.D. was a priest and academic in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.^[1]

Hills was born in Fulbourn and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1583, M.A.in 1586 and B.D. in 1593. He became a Fellow at St Catherine's, eventually becoming its Master in 1607.^[2] He was Vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1616 to 1617.^[3] Hills was ordained on 20 May 1585. He became Rector of Fulbourn in 1591. He was Archdeacon of Stow from 1610 to 1612;^[4] and Archdeacon of Lincoln from 1612^[5] until his death on 16 September 1626.^[6]

References

1. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, (1922) p370
2. "Masters of St Catharine's College | St Catharine's College, Cambridge". caths.cam.ac.uk. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
3. "History of the Vice-Chancellorship | Vice-Chancellor's Office". v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
4. Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 9, pp. 21–23
5. Horn, Joyce M.; Smith, David M. (1999), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 9, pp. 9–11
6. "A Survey of the Cathedrals of York, Durham, Carlisle, Chester, Man, Litchfield, Hereford, Worcester, Gloucester, Bristol, Lincoln, Ely, Oxford, Peterborough, Canterbury, Rochester, London, Winchester, Chichester, Norwich, Bangor, and St. Asaph" Willis, B p104: London; T.Osborne; 1742