John Edmunds (died 1544) was master of

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. Edmunds proceeded B.A. 1503–4, M.A. 1507, was admitted fellow of

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, 1517, and afterwards fellow of St. John's 1519. He was prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral 1510–17, and chancellor 1517–29. He commenced D.D. 1520, being then a member of Peterhouse; was

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1521, was elected master of Peterhouse 1522,

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1523–8–9, 1541–3, and became chancellor of

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. He also held a prebend in the same church. He died in November 1544 and was buried in the Church of St. Mary, outside Trumpington gates. He married a sister of the wife of John Mere. He was one of the compilers of ‘

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* Year of birth missing 1544 deaths 16th-century English educators 16th-century scholars Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge {{UK-academic-bio-stub