Family and Education
b. 30 Jan. 1617, 2nd s. of Francis Sancroft (d.1649) of Fressingfield, Suff, yeoman farmer and Margaret, da. of Thomas Boucher (Butcher) of Wilby. educ. Bury St Edmunds Sch. bef. 1634; Emmanuel, Camb., matric. 1634, BA 1638, MA 1641, fell. 1642-51, BD 1648, DD 1662; Padua Univ. matric 1660. Bodl. Tanner 114, f. 89. unm. d. 23 Nov. 1693; admon. to gt.-nephew, William Sancroft of Suff. 1699. TNA, PROB 44/7.
Offices Held
Chap. to Charles II 1661 – 77; PC 1678 – 89.
Chap. to John Cosin, bp. of Durham, 1660; delegate to Savoy Conference 1660; rect. Houghton-le-Spring Durham 1661 – 64; preb. Durham 1662 – 65, St Paul’s 1664 – 78; dean York 1664 – 65, St Paul’s 1664 – 78; adn. Canterbury 1668 – 70; prolocutor, lower house of Convocation of Canterbury 1670; ecclesiastical commr. 1681–4.
Bursar, Emmanuel Camb. 1644, master, 1662 – 65.
Parlimentarian
Likenesses
oils on canvas after B. Lens, Lambeth Palace; line engraving by D. Loggan, 1680 NPG 636; chalk drawing by E. Lutterel, c.1688, NPG 301.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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