Bridgewater, John, approximately 1532-1596?

found: Oxford dictionary of national biography, 2004(Bridgewater, John; b. ca. 1532; d. in or after 1596; rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, 1563; Roman Catholic exile at the English College of Douai, 1574)

found: Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, viewed September 12, 2024(Bridgewater, John ; catholic theologian ; active in Reims, Rome and Trier ; variant names: Aquapontanus, Joannes; Aquapontanus, Ioannes; Aquapontanus, Jean; Aquepontanus, Johannes; Aquipontanus, Johannes) - https://d-nb.info/gnd/119629968

found: BnF, catalogue général, viewed September 12, 2024(Bridgewater, John ; Anglican minister, then Catholic priest ; variant name: Bridgwater, John) - http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12064775g

found: Dictionary of national biography, 1886:vol. 6, p. 324 (Bridgewater, John ; born 1532? in Yorkshire, died 1596? ; a catholic divine ; On 14 April 1563 he was elected rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. In the following month he was admitted rector of Luccombe, Somersetshire, and soon afterwards he was appointed canon residentiary of Wells. He was also domestic chaplain in London to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester. On 16 April 1565 he was admitted rector of Porlock, Somersetshire; on 28 November 1570 he became master of the hospital of St. Katharine, near Bedminster; and on 29 March 1572 he was admitted to the prebend of Bishop's Compton in the church of Wells. In 1574 he crossed over to the English college of Douay. Bridgewater probably passed the remainder of his life on the continent, at Rheims, Paris, and other cities of Flanders, France and Germany. In 1594 he was residing in Trèves)