He was a very important academic and theologian. He was born in the Spanish Netherlands in 1531 and trained for the ministry in the Dutch Reformed Church. He became a Doctor of Divinity, a Professor of Divinity and, later, the Rector of Leiden University. He came to England to escape from the political and religious unrest in the Netherlands and Queen Elizabeth presented him with the living at Tatenhill. Whilst there he supervised the building of Thomas Russell’s school. He was a member of a committee appointed to translate part of the Old Testament for the Authorised Version of The Bible. He was appointed to the post of Canon at several cathedrals, including Canterbury, where he died and was buried in 1613.
NOTE :-His name sometimes appears as ‘Surravia’ or ‘Sarravia’.