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John Layfield, D.D. (also spelled Laifield) (died 1617 in London
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John Layfield, D.D. (also spelled Laifield) (died 1617 in London
London

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) was a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
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, the chaplain to George Clifford
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 on his 1592 voyage to Puerto Rico
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, rector of St Clement Danes
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 in London
London

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 from 1601 and appointed a founding fellow of Chelsea College by King James I of England in 1610. He was also a member of the "First Westminster Company" charged by James I of England
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 with the translation of the first 12 books of the King James Version of the Bible
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. It was said that "being skilled in architecture, his judgment was much relied on for the fabric of the tabernacle and temple."