Claim: Edward Bernard was first a Savilian Professor, Fellow of the Royal Society, and chaplain to Peter Mews (Bishop of Winchester in 1684) before becoming a tutor to Henry FitzRoy in 1676.
Evidence: In 1673 he became Savilian professor, Fellow of the Royal Society, and chaplain to Peter Mews. In 1676 he went to Paris, as tutor to Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton and George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland. Appointed Bishop of Bath and Wells in 1672, Mews resigned his presidency in 1673, and in 1684 he was elected Bishop of Winchester, a position which this "old, honest cavalier," as Thomas Hearne calls him, filled until his death.