Henry Sever

Henry Sever DD (died 1471) was an English medieval divine and educational administrator.

Sever became the senior proctor at Merton College, Oxford in 1427. Sever was the chaplain and almoner of King Henry VI.^[1] He was also the first Provost (head school governor) of Eton College, from 1440 to 1442.^[2] He was the Chancellor of Oxford University during 1442–3.^[3] He became Prebendary (1445) and then Chancellor (1449) of St Paul's Cathedral in London.^[1] From 1455 until his death in 1471, he was the Warden of Merton College, Oxford.^[4]

References

1. "Henry Sever". The Concise Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. III: N–Z. Oxford University Press. 1992. p. 2698.
2. Clark, Linda (2005). "Thomas S. Freeman". Of Mice and Men: Image, Belief and Regulation in Late Medieval England. Boydell Press. p. 130. ISBN 9781843831686.
3. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopædia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
4. Salter, H. E.; Lobal, Mary D., eds. (1954). "Merton College". A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 3: The University of Oxford. Victoria County History. pp. 95–106.

Academic offices
Preceded by None	Provost of Eton College 1440–1442	Succeeded by William Waynflete
Preceded by Thomas Gascoigne	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1442–1443	Succeeded by Thomas Gascoigne
Preceded by Elias Holcot	Warden of Merton College, Oxford 1455–1471	Succeeded by John Gigur