Henry de Stanton (also Staunton) was an
English
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medieval Canon law
jurist,
judge,
churchman, and university
chancellor.
Henry de Stanton was a
Professor
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of
Canon law
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.
Between 1280 and 1282, he was
Chancellor of the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
. During his chancellorship, the university appointed a group of masters to investigate how to put the Will of
William of Durham (died 1249) into effect to establish
University College
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at Oxford.
Henry de Stanton was
vicar
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of
St Peter's-in-the-East in
Oxford
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.
He was also a
commissary
A commissary is a government official charged with oversight or an ecclesiastical official who exercises in special circumstances the jurisdiction of a bishop.
In many countries, the term is used as an administrative or police title. It often c ...
judge and an official of the
Court of the Arches.
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Canon law jurists
13th-century English Roman Catholic priests
Legal scholars of the University of Oxford
Chancellors of the University of Oxford
People associated with University College, Oxford
English male writers
13th-century English judges
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