John Warkworth DD (c. 1425 – 1500) was an English churchman and academic, a Master of

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

. He is no longer considered to be a chronicler of

Edward IV Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England ...

, the so-called ''

Warkworth's Chronicle The Warkworth's Chronicle, now stylized "Warkworths" ''Chronicle'', is an English chronicle formerly ascribed to John Warkworth, a Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge. Known from only two manuscripts, it covers the years 1461–1474 and provides in ...

'' now being attributed to one of two other fellows of Peterhouse. Warkworth has been subject to another confusion, with another fellow of Peterhouse of the same name.

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Masters of Peterhouse, Cambridge Year of birth uncertain 1500 deaths 15th-century English educators 1425 births English male writers {{England-academic-bio-stub