Thomas Rodborne
English churchman and university chancellor
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Thomas Rodborne DD (also Rodeborne, Rodebourne, Rodbourne, Rudbourne, or Rodburn, died 1442) was an English medieval churchman and university chancellor.
Thomas Rodborne | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of St Davids | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of St Davids Diocese of Norwich |
| Installed | 31 January 1434 |
| Term ended | 1442 (before 27 June) |
| Predecessor | Benedict Nichols |
| Successor | William Lyndwood |
| Previous posts | Archdeacon of Sudbury (13 March 1414 – 18 April 1429) |
| Chancellor of the University of Oxford | |
| In office 1420 | |
| Preceded by | Walter Treugof |
| Succeeded by | Walter Treugof |
| Warden of Merton College, Oxford | |
| In office 1416–1417 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Bekyngham |
| Succeeded by | Robert Gilbert |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1442 (before 27 June) |
Rodborne was a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, where he taught Henry V mathematics.[1] He became a proctor in 1402 and was the warden of Merton College, Oxford, from 1416 to 1417.[2] He was chancellor of the University of Oxford during 1420.[3] He became Archdeacon of Sudbury. From 1433 until his death in 1442, he was Bishop of St David's in Wales.[1]
