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What role did Edmund Spenser serve for Bishop John Young of Rochester?
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Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Pembroke College, Cambridge, England.
In 1578, Edmund Spenser served as secretary to Bishop John Young of Rochester. Bishop Young was the former master of Spenser’s college at the University of Cambridge, Pembroke Hall. This position marked Spenser's first known appointment following his university studies.1