Adam Osgodby (died 1316) was an English lawyer and administrator. He was born in
Osgodby, Selby, and although his early life and career are fairly unknown it is known that he acted as a lawyer for
William Hamilton among others.
Between 1295 and 1316 he served as
keeper of the rolls of chancery, and from 1307 he was the master of the
Domus Conversorum
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.
Osgodby also held several ecclesiastical positions - he was
Canon
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of York from 1289,
Parson
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of Gargrave from 1293 and
Prebend of Ulfshelf. He died in 1316.
References
Year of birth missing
1316 deaths
Masters of the Rolls
English lawyers
English civil servants
14th-century English people
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