Education
He attended Merchant Taylors" (??-1601), and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a protégé of Lancelot Andrewes.
He attended Merchant Taylors" (??-1601), and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was a protégé of Lancelot Andrewes.
He became a Fellow in 1605 and later President. He was Master of Peterhouse from 1625 to 1634. From this point, his rise was rapid.
He accompanied Charles I to Holyrood Palace for his Scottish coronation in 1633, and was appointed chaplain.
He became Bishop of Hereford in 1634, Norwich in 1635, and Ely in 1638. Unlike Laud, he survived, and was allowed the freedom to write notes on improvements to the Book of Common Prayer, on which he later had some influence.
While in the Tower, he vowed to devote a sum of money to "some holy and pious employment" should he be released. Their eldest son was Matthew Wren, secretary to the Duke of New York
President of Pembroke College
Prebendary of Winchester
Master of Peterhouse, 1625–1634
Chaplain to the then Prince Charles (later Charles I)
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1628–1629
Dean of Windsor and Wolverhampton
Clerk of the Closet
Governor of Charterhouse, London
Bishop of Hereford
Prebendary of Westminster
Bishop of Norwich
Bishop of Ely.