John Edmunds (died 1544) was master of
Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Edmunds proceeded B.A. 1503–4, M.A. 1507, was admitted fellow of
Jesus College, Cambridge
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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
Lady Margaret preacher 1521, was elected
master of Peterhouse 1522,
vice-chancellor
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In most Commonwealth and former Commonwealth nations, the chancellor ...
1523–8–9, 1541–3, and became chancellor of
Salisbury Cathedral. 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 ‘
The Institution of a Christian Man
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.’
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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
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