JOHN

See also:

• SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599)
• JOHN SPENSER (1559-1614)

SPENSER (1559-1614)  , president of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, was educated at Merchant Taylors' school, London, and Oxford . After graduating he became Greek reader in Corpus Christi College, and held that office for ten years, resigning in 1588 . He then left Oxford and held successively the livings of Alveley, Essex (1589-1592), Ardleigh, Essex (1592-1594), Faversham, Kent (1594-1599), and St Sepulchre's London (1599-1614) . He was also presented to the living of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, in 1592 . In 1607 he was appointed president of Corpus Christi College . After the death of his friend Richard Hooker he edited the first five books of Hooker's Ecclesiastical Politic (London, 1604) . The introduction to that work and A Sermon at Paule's Crosse on Esay V., 2, 3 (London, 1615) are his only published writings . He was, however; one of the translators of the authorized version of the Bible, serving on the New Testament committee .