Thomas Benwell (aka Thomas BenyngwellCarr, 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 54–67, 76, 94, 106. Benwell was a mature commoner and

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at University College. He was also a tenant of a College property. He became Master in 1428, a post he held until 1441. He was said to be an eminent preacher according to

Thomas Caius Thomas Caius (aka Thomas Key, died in Oxford, May 1572) was an Oxford academic and administrator. He was Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford. Caius was Registrar of the University of Oxford from 1535 to 1552. He was rejected as Maste ...

, a later Master of the College.

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