Huet, who was probably from
Brecknockshire,
Wales originally, is recorded as being a member of
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1544. He was Master of the College of the Holy Trinity,
Pontefract when it was dissolved. Between 1559 and 1565, he was appointed to various church livings: he became rector of
Cefnllys and
Llanbadarn Fawr, both in
Radnorshire, and also
prebendary of
Llanbadarn Trefeglwys and
Ystrad, both in
Ceredigion. He was
precentor of
St David's Cathedral from 1562 to 1588.
Richard Davies, Bishop of St David's, recommended that Huet be appointed bishop of
Bangor but this did not take place. Huet assisted Richard Davies and
William Salesbury in the translation into Welsh of the
New Testament in 1567, particularly the
Book of Revelation. In 1571, Huet was named in the charter granted by
Queen Elizabeth I as one of the
eight founding fellows of
Jesus College, Oxford. Huet died in 1591 and was buried in the
church at Llanafan Fawr in
Brecknockshire. ==References==