John Norton (died 1462) was a medieval churchman and university Chancellor. Norton was a Doctor of Canon Law and a

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of New College, Oxford, from 1404 until 1421, when he left to join the

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. In 1433, he became the

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. He joined the

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, Robert Neville, as Chancellor in

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. He was Chancellor of the

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during 1439–40. In 1440, he became the vicar-general of

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