John Kynton (died 1536) was an

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professor, and a

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of the

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. Kynton gained a Doctor of Divinity in 1500 at Oxford and was a

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. He was appointed

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of Oxford University as part of a committee several times annually during 1503–1513. Kynton was a senior

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at Oxford and preached the University sermon on

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in 1515. He was among the four Doctors of Divinity appointed by the University in 1521 to consult with

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doctrines and he assisted in a further examination of the reformer's works undertaken by the theologians at Oxford on the command of King Henry VIII. He is believed to have written at this time a treatise entitled "Contra Doctrinam Mart. Lutheri". He was the

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, and third Margaret Professor of Theology at Oxford University. He resigned the latter post in 1530. In 1530, he was one of the leading members of the committee of Oxford theologians to whom the question of the validity of King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was referred. Kynton died on 20 January 1536 (or 1535) and was buried in the chapel of

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, now

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kynton, John Year of birth unknown 1536 deaths 16th-century English clergy 16th-century English Roman Catholic theologians English Franciscans Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford