John Barton (15th century) was an English writer on
Lollardy
Lollardy, also known as Lollardism or the Lollard movement, was a proto-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century until the 16th-century English Reformation. It was initially led by John Wycliffe, a Catholic ...
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Barton appears to have flourished in the reign of
Henry V Henry V may refer to:
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* Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161)
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, to whom he dedicated his 'Confutatio Lollardorum.' A manuscript copy of this work is preserved in the library of
All Souls' College, Oxford
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, written in a hand which
Henry Octavius Coxe
Henry Octavius Coxe (20 September 1811 in Bucklebury, Berkshire, England – 8 July 1881 in Oxford) was an English librarian and scholar.
The eighth son of Rev. Richard Coxe and Susan Smith, he was educated at Westminster School and Worcester ...
assigned to the 15th century. Other manuscripts of this author are mentioned by
Thomas Tanner, who wanted to identify him with a certain John Barton, Esq., buried in
St. Martin's Church,
Ludgate
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Ety ...
, 1439. Tanner says that he was possibly chancellor of
Oxford
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; but he fails to give any authority. Barton's own description of himself, as quoted by
John Bale
John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John), and developed ...
was 'plain John Barton, the physician.'
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15th-century English writers
English non-fiction writers
English male non-fiction writers