John Cotterell DCL (died 1572) was an

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and

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at the

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, who was one of the founding

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Life and career

Cotterell, who was from

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, originally, was a Fellow of

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, from 1524 to 1542, obtaining his BCL degree in 1532. He obtained his DCL in 1543. He was Rector of

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from 1524 until his death in 1572 and held other ecclesiastical positions: vicar of

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(1542); rector of

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(1546); rector of

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(1550); rector of Tidcombe,

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(1562). He was

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1550–71, and

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1554–72. He was appointed

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in 1545, of Wells in 1554 (until 1572) and of

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in 1555 (until 1560). Aside from his church duties, Cotterell was also involved with the University of Oxford. He was Principal of White Hall and Laurence Hall (1537–43). In 1571, Cotterell was named in the charter granted by

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as one of the eight founding fellows of

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