Born in 1536, John Bridges was educated at Cambridge University in the 1550s, and became a notable, sometimes controversial, author and translator on ecclesiastical matters. The phrase, "a fool and his money are soon parted," is attributed to Bridges.
In 1604 he was consecrated Bishop of Oxford, only the 4th since the reformation. He attended King James I on his visit to Oxford in 1605 and took part in the funeral of Henry, prince of Wales, in 1612.
He died in his 80s, a great age for the time, in 1618. Unlike his predecessors in the see of Oxford, he lived in his diocese, at the Manor House in Marsh Baldon. The memorial brass, shown below, lies in St Peter’s Church, Marsh Baldon.
Sources
Dictionary of National Biography
The Victoria History of the County of Oxford , Vol VIII (8) 1964-1st, Oxfordshire.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bridges_(bishop)