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John Penny (died 1520) was an
‘Penny, John (d. 1520)’
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 He served as
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priest
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, successively Bishop of Bangor
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The ''Report of the Commissioners appointed ...
, 1504–1508, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1508–1520. He was also Prior to Bradley Priory 1503–1508.
His education is uncertain, though he may have been educated at Lincoln College, Oxford, and later received his LLD from the University of Cambridge
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.T. Y. Cocks‘Penny, John (d. 1520)’
''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 He served as
Abbot
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of Leicester Abbey
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from 1496–1509 and in around 1500 built the boundary wall, Abbot Penny's Wall, which is now named after him.
In 1520 Penny died at Leicester Abbey
The Abbey of Saint Mary de Pratis, more commonly known as Leicester Abbey, was an Augustinian religious house in the city of Leicester, in the East Midlands of England. The abbey was founded in the 12th century by the Robert de Beaumont, 2nd ...
, where he had earlier been the abbot, and was buried at St Margaret's Church in Leicester. The church contains his alabaster
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effigy, although the rest of the tomb was replaced in 1846.
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Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Cambridge Bishops of Bangor Bishops of Carlisle 16th-century English bishops Year of birth unknown 15th-century births 1520 deaths {{England-bishop-stub