Nicholas de Drayton (
fl. 1376), was an English ecclesiastic and judge.
Drayton was appointed warden of
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the cit ...
, on 1 December 1363, with a salary of fourpence a day, and an allowance of eight marcs per annum for robes. In 1369 he was suspected of heresy, and the Bishop of London was authorised to commit him to prison (20 March). In 1376 he was appointed a
baron of the exchequer. The date of his death is uncertain. He is commonly described as 'magister.'
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14th-century English judges
14th-century English clergy
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