Family and Education
b. Apr. 1597, s. of Simon Sterne of Mansfield, Notts. and Margery, da. of Gregory Walker of Mansfield, Notts. educ. Mansfield free sch.; Trinity, Camb. matric. 1611, BA 1615, MA 1618, ord. priest 1621; Corpus Christi, Camb. fell. 1623-33, BD 1625; incorp. Oxf. 1627; Jesus, Camb. DD 1635. m. Elizabeth (c.1617-74), da. of Edward Dickinson, of Farnborough, Hants, 13 ch. incl. 2s. d. 18 June 1683.
Offices Held
Chap. to Charles I 1638.
Chap. to William Laud†, abp. of Canterbury 1633; rect. Yeovilton, Som. 1634 – 45, Harlton, Cambs. 1642 – 45, 1661.
Master, Jesus, Camb. 1634 – 44, 1660; schoolmaster, Stevenage, Herts. 1645 – 60; delegate, Savoy Conference 1661.
Commr. execution of the Poll Tax Act bef. 1667.
FRS 1665.
Parlimentarian
Likenesses
mezzotint by F. Place, after unknown artist, NPG 29521; tomb effigy by Grinling Gibbons, York Minster.
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Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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