John Studley

Jessica Winston (Idaho State University)

Ed. by William M. Hamlin, Washington State University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

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Born c. 1545
Died c. 1590
Activity c. 1565-c. 1590

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Born in England
Active in England

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John Studley (c. 1545–1590?) was born in the mid-1540s. He attended the newly founded Westminster School and then Cambridge University, matriculating as a pensioner at Trinity College on May 12, 1563. He earned his bachelor’s in 1566/67, becoming a junior fellow on September 8, 1567. In 1566, Studley seems to have been admitted to one of the English legal societies, the Inns of Court, probably the Inn of Chancery, Barnard’s Inn, which is affiliated with Gray’s Inn (Conley 133; Spearing xxii). Studley earned his Master’s degree at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1570, becoming a Major Fellow on April 7, 1570. He was a staunch Puritan and part of a faction which opposed John Whitgift (1530/31?–1604), later Archbishop of Canterbury, who implemented statutes at Cambridge directed…

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Citation: Winston, Jessica. "John Studley". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 July 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13040, accessed 27 November 2024.]