Richard Salveyn (aka Richard Salvin) was a
Master
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of
University College
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,
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,
England
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.
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University College
', Routledge
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, 1998. . Chapter V,
The Sixteenth Century
' (pages 74–94).[Darwall-Smith, Robin, ''A History of University College, Oxford''. ]Oxford University Press
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, 2008. . Pages 100–101, 103.
Salveyn was from a
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family. He was a
Fellow
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of University College and became Master of the college in June 1547. He resigned from the position in October 1551. He was not a supporter of the
Reformation
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and was later deprived of his livings in the reign of
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, Master of University College from 1557 to 1558, was probably Richard Salveyn's brother.
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