Fletcher, Richard, Dd

Fletcher, Richard, D.D.

an English prelate, was probably a native of Kent; graduated from Trinity College in 1563; in September 1572 was instituted to the prebend of Islington; in 1585 received that of Sutton-Longa, in the Church of Lincoln; in 1589 was promoted by Queen Elizabeth to the bishopric of Bristol; in 1592 was translated to Worcester, and about two years after to the see of London. He died in London, June 15, 1596.