John Jegon (1550 – 13 March 1618) was an English academic and Bishop of Norwich. He supported uniformity of Anglican doctrine and worship, and strong government.Ian Atherton, Norwich Cathedral: Church, City, and Diocese, 1096-1996 (1996), p. 513. This led him into conflict with John Robinson, later pastor to the Mayflower emigrants. On the other hand, he made efforts to satisfy local Puritans by the appointment of preachers in his diocese.Susan Doran, Princes, Pastors and People: The Church and Religion in England, 1500-1700 (2003), p. 166. Nicholas Bownd dedicated to him a work on doctrine of Sabbath.Francis J. Bremer, Tom Webster, Puritans and Puritanism in Europe and America: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia (2006), p. 27.
Education and academic career He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. and became a Fellow in 1572, and was then at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he became Master in 1590.Dictionary of National Biography His pupils included both Roger Manners and Francis Manners, Earls of Rutland. He had a long correspondence with their mother Elizabeth, widow of John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland.Kenneth Charlton, Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England (1999), p. 223.
He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, from 1596 to 1598. As Vice-Chancellor he attempted to discipline John Rudd.
Clerical career He became Dean of Norwich in 1601, with the recommendation of John Whitgift.Ian Atherton, Norwich Cathedral: Church, City, and Diocese, 1096-1996 (1996), p. 523. Two years later he was appointed as Bishop there. He resided in Aylsham.
Family He married Dorothy, daughter of Richard Vaughan. On his death she married the diplomat Sir Charles Cornwallis.
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