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Willet, Andrew

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a learned English divine, was born at Ely in 1562. He was educated at Peterhouse and at Christ College, Cambridge, where he obtained a fellowship; became prebendary of Ely July 22, 1584; had the rectory of Childerly, in Cambridgeshire, and in 1597 that of Little Grantesden, in the same county; became chaplain .to prince Henry, and died at Hoddesden, in Hertfordshire, December 4, 1621. He was the author of, Synopsis Papismi (1593): Tetrastylon Papisticum (eod.): Sacrorum Emblematum Centuria Una, etc. (1598): A Catholicon (1602): Hexapla on Genesis, Exodus, etc., and other works.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Willet, Andrew'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​w/willet-andrew.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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