John Thornden

John Thornden DD (or Thornton) was an English 16th-century bishop and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.[1]

Thornden was a Doctor of Divinity.[2] Thornden was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University several times from 1503 onwards. He was also a suffragan bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham.

References

  1. "Appendix 6: Vice-Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. 1988. pp. 523–526.
  2. Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. Google Books. pp. 71, 73–75.

Bibliography

Preceded by
William Atwater, Thomas Banke, Hugh Saunders
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1503–1504
Succeeded by
John Kynton, Robert Tehy
Preceded by
Simon Grene, John Roper, John Adams
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1505–1509
Succeeded by
William Fauntleroy
Preceded by
William Fauntleroy
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1510–1511
Succeeded by
William Fauntleroy, Thomas Drax, John Roper, John Cockys, Edmund Wylsford
Preceded by
Richard Barnack
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1514–1515
Succeeded by
William Broke


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