Thomas Rodborne

Thomas Rodborne DD (also Rodeborne, Rodebourne, Rodbourne, Rudbourne, or Rodburn, died 1442) was an English medieval churchman and university chancellor.

Rodborne was a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, where he taught Henry V mathematics.[1] He became a proctor in 1402 and was the warden of Merton College, Oxford, from 1416 to 1417.[2] He was chancellor of the University of Oxford during 1420.[3] He became Archdeacon of Sudbury. From 1433 until his death in 1442, he was Bishop of St David's in Wales.[1]

References

  1. Wood, Anthony (1786). "Merton College". The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the University of Oxford. Vol. III. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 6, 15.
  2. 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"
  3. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.


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