Education
He proceeded to Cambridge (BTh 1527, Doctor of Theology 1534), and became prior of Buckingham College, Cambridge.
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Henry Holbeach
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Career
Born as Henry Rands (or Randes) in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, he assumed the name of his birthplace on becoming a monk at Crowland Abbey. In 1536, he was elected the Prior of Worcester, and two years later he also became the Suffragan Bishop of Bristol in the Diocese of Worcester. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540, the priory was re-established as a cathedral with Holbeach becoming the first Dean of Worcester in 1542.
In 1544, he became Bishop of Rochester, and finally in 1547 Bishop of Lincoln.
