John Castell (a.k.a. John CastleCarr, William,
University College
',

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, 1998. . Chapter IV,
The Fifteenth Century: Early Benefactors, Buildings, and Further Statutes
' (pages 53–73).) (c. 1380 – 1426) was a

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,Darwall-Smith, Robin, ''A History of University College, Oxford''.

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, 2008. . Pages 45, 49–50, 52, 57, 73–74, 79, 106, 529. and later a Chancellor of the

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. Castell was a

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of University College. He became Master of the College circa 1408. He also held preferment in the

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with his mastership. In 1411, a sentence of

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was issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury,

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, against Castell, Fellows at the College — Robert Burton (later Master of the College), John Hamerton, and Adam Redyford — and the College as a whole, due to

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leanings. An appeal to the Pope against the excommunication was made by the bursar of the College, John Ryvell. Castell survived the controversy and continued as Master until 1420. John Castell was appointed a King's Clerk in 1420. In 1421, he became Chancellor of

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, a position he held until 1426.

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1380 births 1426 deaths 15th-century English people 15th-century scholars Fellows of University College, Oxford Masters of University College, Oxford Secretaries of State of the Kingdom of England Chancellors of the University of Oxford 15th-century English writers Year of birth uncertain {{UOxford-stub

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