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John Oxenbridge (priest)

English priest, Canon of Windsor (d. 1522) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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John Oxenbridge LL.D. (died 25 July 1522) was a Canon of Windsor from 1509 to 1522.[1]

Family

He was the son of Robert Oxenbridge and Anne Lyvelode.[2]

Career

He was educated at the University of Valencia and graduated LL.B. in 1498 and LL.D by 1499.

He was appointed:

  • Prebendary of Hampstead in Chichester Cathedral 1499
  • Commissary and Sequestrator-General for the Bishop of Chichester in the Archdeaconry of Lewes 1498
  • Vicar of Icklesham (resigned 1505)
  • Vicar of Cullompton, Devon until 1522
  • Vicar of Shillington, Bedfordshire 1505
  • King's Clerk

He was appointed to the twelfth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1509, and held the stall until 1522. A chantry was built in the chapel in his memory under the fifth arch in the south aisle of the choir.[3] Over the door is a lion rampant, with escalope round him, with the rebus of the founder's name; an Ox, the letter N and a bridge.[4]

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