Henry Butts

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Henry Butts, D.D. (1573–1632) was a priest and academic in the second half of the sixteenth century and the first decades of the seventeenth.Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press [https://archive.org/details/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala/page/370 > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) pp370]

Butts was born in Northamptonshire. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1595; and Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1598. He was appointed Fellow in 1597; and Master in 1626. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1629 to 1631.[https://www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk/role-vice-chancellor/history-vice-chancellorship University of Cambridge web-site] During his time as vice-chancellor, Bubonic plague broke out in Cambridge and, unlike most of the students and scholars, he remained in the city to coordinate the university's response. He held livings at Birdbrook then Barton Mills. He hanged himself on Easter Day (1 April) 1632.{{cite web |title=Henry Butts and the turmoil during the time of plague |url=https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/henry-butts-and-turmoil-during-time-plague |website=Corpus Christi College |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en |date=5 July 2021}}