Bishop Andrewes

The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Lancelot Andrewes
Bishop of Winchester
"Bishop Andrews", c. 1660
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Winchester
In office	1619–1626
Predecessor	James Montague
Successor	Richard Neile
Other posts	Dean of the Chapel Royal (1618–1626) Bishop of Ely (1609–1619) Lord Almoner (1605–1619) Bishop of Chichester (1605–1609) Dean of Westminster (1601–1605)
Orders
Ordination	c. 1579 (deacon); 1580 (priest)
Consecration	1605
Personal details
Born	1555 All Hallows-by-the-Tower, City of London, England
Died	(1626-09-25)25 September 1626 (aged 70–72) Southwark, Surrey, England
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Winchester House, Southwark (at death)
Parents	Thomas Andrewes (father)
Occupation	Preacher; translator
Alma mater	Pembroke Hall, Cambridge

Lancelot Andrewes (1555 – 25 September 1626) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. During the latter's reign, Andrewes served successively as Bishop of Chichester, of Ely, and of Winchester and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible (or Authorized Version). In the Church of England he is commemorated on 25 September with a Lesser Festival.

Andrewes was born in 1555 near All Hallows, Barking, by the Tower of London, of an ancient Suffolk family later domiciled at Chichester Hall, at Rawreth in Essex; his father, Thomas, was master of Trinity House. Andrewes attended the Cooper's free school, in Ratcliff, in the parish of Stepney and then the Merchant Taylors' School under Richard Mulcaster. In 1571 he entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, proceeding to a Master of Arts degree in 1578. His academic reputation spread so quickly that on the foundation in 1571 of Jesus College, Oxford he was named in the charter as one of the founding scholars "without his privity" (Isaacson, 1650); his connection with the college seems to have been purely notional, however. In 1576 he was elected fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge; on 11 June 1580 he was ordained a priest by William Chaderton, Bishop of Chester and in 1581 was incorporated Master of Arts (MA) at Oxford. As catechist at his college he read lectures on the Decalogue (published in 1630), which aroused great interest.