Anthony Salveyn (aka Anthony SalvinUniversity College
''A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford'', 1954, pp. 61–81.) was a

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.Carr, William,
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, 1998. . Chapter V,
The Sixteenth Century
' (pages 74–94).Darwall-Smith, Robin, ''A History of University College, Oxford''.

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, 2008. . Pages 98, 100–103. Anthony Salveyn was Master of

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and also held a stall as a

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. He was a

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of University College and elected Master of the College in 1557. He resigned from the post the following year in December 1558. The previous month,

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had succeeded her sister Queen Mary. He was not a supporter of the

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. In the following year, he lost his post at Sherburn and was confined to Kirby Moorside. Anthony Salveyn was probably the brother of Richard Salveyn, who preceded George Ellison as Master of University College.

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