Richard Witton (aka Richard WyttonCarr, William,
University College
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, 1998. . Chapter IV,
The Fifteenth Century: Early Benefactors, Buildings, and Further Statutes
' (pages 53–73).) was a

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.Darwall-Smith, Robin, ''A History of University College, Oxford''.

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, 2008. . Pages 53–54. Witton was

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at University College and also a tenant of a College property. He became Master in 1423 or 1424, a post he held until 1428. He claimed that

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had endowed the College with 78 Fellows, which was a complete fabrication. The College was poorer at the end of his time as Master.

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