John Kynton

John Kynton DD (died 1536) was an English 16th-century Franciscan friar, divinity professor, and a vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.[1][2]

Kynton gained a Doctor of Divinity in 1500 at Oxford and was a Minorite or Friar Minor.[3] He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University as part of a committee several times annually during 1503–1513.[4]

Kynton was a senior theologian at Oxford and preached the University sermon on Easter Sunday in 1515.[3] He was among the four Doctors of Divinity appointed by the University in 1521 to consult with Thomas Wolsey about Lutheran doctrines and he assisted in a further examination of the reformer's works undertaken by the theologians at Oxford on the command of King Henry VIII. He is believed to have written at this time a treatise entitled "Contra Doctrinam Mart. Lutheri". He was the divinity reader at Magdalen College, and third Margaret Professor of Theology at Oxford University. He resigned the latter post in 1530. In 1530, he was one of the leading members of the committee of Oxford theologians to whom the question of the validity of King Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon was referred.[3]

Kynton died on 20 January 1536 (or 1535) and was buried in the chapel of Durham College, now Trinity College, Oxford.[3][5]

References

  1. "Appendix 6: Vice-Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. 1988. pp. 523–526.
  2. "Previous Vice-Chancellors". UK: University of Oxford. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. Little, Andrew George (1892). Kynton, John. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900. 31. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. pp. 71–75 via Internet Archive.
  5. Blakiston, Herbert Edward Douglas (1898). Trinity College (PDF). London: F.E. Robinson. OCLC 1085974931.

Bibliography

Preceded by
John Thornden, William Fauntleroy
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1503–1505
Succeeded by
Simon Grene, John Roper, John Adams
Preceded by
John Thornden, John Avery, John Kynton
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1507–1508
Succeeded by
William Fauntleroy, John Thornden
Preceded by
William Fauntleroy, Thomas Drax, John Roper, John Cockys, Edmund Wylsford
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1512–1514
Succeeded by
John Thornden, Lawrence Stubbs, Edmund Wylsford, Hugh Whytehead
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