Thomas Tuttebury was the

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at the beginning of the fifteenth century. He was also simultaneously

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. In 1392 the king appointed him to Maidstone Rectory; and in 1400 he was the

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. He was appointed

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in 1391 and Dean of Wells in 1401 (until 1410). On 14 September 1402 the

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attempted to expel him from his deanery, which the Calendar of Patent Rolls saw as ''”contempt of the king and a weakening of his laws"'' In that same year he was also vicar of St. Michael's Church, Coventry. and collated

(until c.1403). In 1405 he is mentioned in a royal petition as being the treasurer of the king's household.

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