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Thomas Aldrich (academic)

Thomas Aldrich was a priest and academic in the sixteenth century.[1]

The son of John Aldrich, MP[2] he was born in Norwich. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, becoming Fellow in 1562; and Master from 1570 until 1573. Aldrich was forced out as Master for displaying Puritan sympathies and replaced by Robert Norgate, a nephew of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury.[3] Aldrich was Rector of Hadleigh, Suffolk and Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1570 until 1576.[4]

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