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Theophilus Feild or Field (bap. 1575, Cripplegate – 1636^[1]) was successively bishop of Llandaff (1619–1627), of St Davids (1627–1635) and of Hereford (1635–1636). He was born in Germany.

The son of notable preacher John Feild and father of Architect David Feild, he entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge as a sizar but received his B.A. from Pembroke College in 1595/6.^[2] He owed his earlier promotion to the Duke of Buckingham. The noted antiquary Sir John Stradling received his poetic endorsements for his works.

In 1598 he was briefly master of the school that is now Colchester Royal Grammar School.^[3]

References

^ Ian Atherton, ‘Feild, Theophilus (bap. 1575, d. 1636)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 7 Sept 2008
^ "Theophilus Feild (FLT591T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Higgs, Laquita M. (1998). Godliness and governance in Tudor Colchester. University of Michigan Press. p. 331. ISBN 0-472-10890-5.

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Preceded by George Carleton	Bishop of Llandaff 1619–1627	Succeeded by William Murray
Preceded by William Laud	Bishop of St Davids 1627–1635	Succeeded by Roger Maynwaring
Preceded by Matthew Wren	Bishop of Hereford 1635–1636	Succeeded by George Coke