GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-001781
NameHenry Airay (Ayray)
TitleDr
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. ca. 1560-03-25 - d. 1616-10-10 (old)
Linked Manuscripts
Linked SermonsSermon on 1 Timothy 6:6-7 -- subject of sermon (autograph: no)
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesBletchington -- ParishCharlton-on-Otmoor -- ParishQueen's College -- Place of StudySt Edmund Hall -- Place of StudyCanterbury -- PostOxford University -- Post
Source of DataAdam Richter
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB (Article: 246), AO
Other NotePrecise date of birth unknown, but Airay matriculated from St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1580 at age 20. He transferred to Queen's College, in 1582. B.A. (1583), M.A.(1586) from Queen's College, and fellow there beginning in 1586. He became B.D. in 1594 and D.D. in 1600. Provost of Queen's College, 1594. Vice-chancellor of Oxford in 1606. Prebendary of Canterbury beginning in 1609. Rector of Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxfordshire, beginning in 1606, and of Bletchington, Oxfordshire, beginning in 1615.
GEMMS record createdJanuary 22, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 22, 2018