John Barningham (died 1448) was an English theologian.

Life

Barningham was educated at Oxford and Paris, in both of which places he is said to have taken his degree as master in theology. In later years he was appointed prior of

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(the White Carmelites at

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), where he died an old man on 22 January 1448. His older biographers praise his skill in disputation.

Works

John Bale John Bale (21 November 1495 – November 1563) was an English churchman, historian and controversialist, and Bishop of Ossory in Ireland. He wrote the oldest known historical verse drama in English (on the subject of King John), and developed ...

saw in one of the Cambridge libraries four great volumes of this author's works beautifully written; and

John Pits John Pitts (also Pits, Pitseus) (1560 – 17 October 1616) was an English Roman Catholic scholar and writer. Life Pitts was born in Alton, Hampshire in 1560 and attended Winchester College. From 1578 to 1580 he studied at New College, Oxfor ...

adds that his writings had been collected by one of his friends at Oxford, who, after having them carefully copied out, had them conveyed to Cambridge for preservation. Barningham's writings consisted of 'Treatises on the Sentences,’ 'Sacræ Conciones,’ a treatise entitled 'De Enormitate Peccati,’ and similar theological commentaries.

References

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