Thomas Rodborne DD (also Rodeborne, Rodebourne, Rodbourne, Rudbourne, or Rodburn, died 1442) was an

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medieval churchman and university chancellor. Rodborne was a

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, where he taught

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mathematics. He became a proctor in 1402 and was the

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of Merton College, Oxford, from 1416 to 1417.Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 647; year 1422; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/aCP40no647fronts/IMG_0007.htm; 6th entry mentions "Thomas Rodeburne, lately warden" He was chancellor of the

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during 1420. He became

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. From 1433 until his death in 1442, he was

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