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English bishop
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Male
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Death:
1621
Education:
Christ's College
The details
Biography
Introduction
Robert Snoden or Snowden (Mansfield, unknown date – London, 1621) was an English bishop.
Life
He was born in Mansfield Woodhouse. He matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1583, M.A. in 1593. He then became a Fellow of Christ's in 1589. He became rector of Harby, Leicestershire in 1596 and of Hickling, Nottinghamshire in 1598.
He became a chaplain to James I in 1614, and Bishop of Carlisle in 1616. The appointment was attributed to the influence of George Villiers. Snoden found his diocese poverty-stricken rather than troublesome, as he wrote to the king. He died in London.