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Bishop John Vesey, was born John Harman, probably about 1462, the son of a yeoman
Yeoman

Yeoman is a noun used to indicate a variety of positions or social classes and is also used as a complimentary adjective in reference to a diligent, dependable worker or the work of such a person....
 farmer, in a farmhouse now known as Moor Hall Farm, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a town within the Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, with a population of List of English cities by population recorded in the 2001 census....
. He was educated at Magdalene College, Oxford where he was awarded a doctorate in Canon and Civil Law
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 and after ordination was appointed Rector of St Marys, Chester
Chester

Chester is the county town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, Wales, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider local government district of the Chester , which had a population of 118,210 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
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He became a friend of Thomas Wolsey, also educated at Magdalene. In 1509, Wolsey became a Canon of Windsor
Dean and Canons of Windsor

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 and Chaplain
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 to Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
, and Vesey was appointed a Canon of Exeter
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Bishop John Vesey, was born John Harman, probably about 1462, the son of a yeoman
Yeoman

Yeoman is a noun used to indicate a variety of positions or social classes and is also used as a complimentary adjective in reference to a diligent, dependable worker or the work of such a person....
 farmer, in a farmhouse now known as Moor Hall Farm, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a town within the Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, with a population of List of English cities by population recorded in the 2001 census....
. He was educated at Magdalene College, Oxford where he was awarded a doctorate in Canon and Civil Law
Civil law

Civil law may refer to:*Civil law , a system of law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis*Civil law , a branch of common law dealing with disputes between individuals and/or organizations ...
 and after ordination was appointed Rector of St Marys, Chester
Chester

Chester is the county town of Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, Wales, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider local government district of the Chester , which had a population of 118,210 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001....
.

He became a friend of Thomas Wolsey, also educated at Magdalene. In 1509, Wolsey became a Canon of Windsor
Dean and Canons of Windsor

The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle....
 and Chaplain
Chaplain

A chaplain is typically a priest, pastor, ordained deacon, rabbi, imam or other member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church , or who are unable to attend church for various reasons; such as health, confinement, or military or civil duties; Laity chaplains are also found in other settings such...
 to Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lordship of Ireland and claimant to the Early Modern France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII of England....
, and Vesey was appointed a Canon of Exeter
Exeter

Exeter Exeter was the most south-westerly Roman fortified settlement in Roman Britain and has existed since time immemorial. Exeter Cathedral, founded in 1050 is Anglicanism....
. Vesey was promoted Bishop of Exeter
Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The incumbent usually signs his name as Exoniensis or incorporates this in his signature....
 in 1519 and the King awarded him the temporalities of the See, worth about £1,500 a year. The town of his birth was to benefit greatly from his wealth. In 1527, he obtained permission to enclose a large plot of land close to his birthplace and built a grand house, (which is now Moor Hall Hotel
Moor Hall Hotel

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) where he occasionally lived, in great style.

The township of Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a town within the Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, with a population of List of English cities by population recorded in the 2001 census....
 had fallen on hard times and he took it on himself to restore the fortunes of the town and its inhabitants. He prevailed upon the King to grant the town a Royal Charter
Royal Charter

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 in 1528.

He is credited with rebuilding the aisles of the Church, reviving the markets and building a Market place, paving the town, building two stone bridges, founding and endowing a Free Grammar School, Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School is a selective state grammar school in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Founded in 1527, it is one of the List_of_the_oldest_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom#Sixteenth_century....
 and building 51 stone houses.

He survived the fall of Wolsey in 1529 and prospered reasonably under Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex was an England statesman who served as Henry VIII of England's chief minister from 1532 to 1540....
 until 1551, where his opposition to protestant reform caught up with him. He was deprived of his See, and its temporalities, in exchange for a pension of £485 a year. He died in 1555 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church on Trinity Hill, Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield

Sutton Coldfield is a town within the Birmingham, in the West Midlands of England. Sutton is located about from central Birmingham, in the northeast of the city, with a population of List of English cities by population recorded in the 2001 census....
 where it annually visited by the school in a ceremony.

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