Richard Roderham was a medieval churchman and university

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and Chancellor. Roderham attended Balliol College, Oxford. He was Chancellor of the Church of Hereford. He became

of the

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twice during 1426–1430 and 1431–1433. In 1433, he became the

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. He acted as the Chancellor of Oxford University for the period 1440–1.

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