William_Ford_(divine)
William Ford or Foord (1559 in Bury St Edmunds – in or after 1616) was a Church of England clergyman.[1]
Ford was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1578. He was elected fellow of Trinity in 1581, proceeded M.A. in 1582, and commenced B.D. in 1591.[2] He has been identified with a William Ford who became Rector of Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, in 1594,[1] and was Vicar of Keysoe in 1596–7.[2] By 1611 he had become chaplain to the Levant Company at Constantinople. On 31 July 1611 he petitioned the court for an augmentation of his salary of two hundred sequins; on the following 1 October the court allowed him an advance from £30 to £50 on the ground of his being 'well spoken of for paines and merits in his charge.' On 1 September 1613 he intimated a wish to resign his post, but was requested to remain a year longer. He received permission to return home, 6 July 1614. He may be the William Ford who became Vicar of Bristow (Bridstow?), Herefordshire in 1615.[2][1]