Roland Swynbourne

Roland Swynbourne was an English priest and academic in the 16th century.[1]

Swynbourne was born in Chopwell and educated at the University. He graduated B.A in 1517; M.A in 1520; and B.D. in 1545. He became Fellow of Clare Hall in 1530. He was ordained on 15 June 1527 and held incumbencies at Little Shelford and North Stoneham.[2] He was twice Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge: from 1539 to 1549, and from 1553 until his death in 1557.[3]

References
  1. "The Correspondence of Reginald Pole: A biographical companion: the British Isles" Pole, R. (Ed Mayer, T.F.;Walters, C.B.) p96:Aldershot; Ashgate; 2008 ISBN 9780754603290
  2. North Stoneham & Bassett
  3. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p192


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