English priest
Robert Norgate, D.D. (died 1587) was an English priest and academic in the second half of the sixteenth century.[1][2]
Norgate was born in Aylsham. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1565; MA in 1568; and B.D. in 1575. He was appointed Fellow in 1567; and Master in 1573. A nephew of Matthew Parker, then Archbishop of Canterbury and a former Master of the College, Norgate was installed as Master when Thomas Aldrich was forced out for displaying Puritan sympathies.[3] He was elected Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge for the year 1584.[4] He held livings at Forncett and Little Gransden. He died at the Master's Lodge on 2 November 1587.
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