John Edmunds
John Edmunds (died 1544) was master of Peterhouse, Cambridge .
Edmunds proceeded B.A. 1503–4, M.A. 1507, was admitted fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge , 1517, and afterwards fellow of St. John's 1519. He was prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral 1510–17, and chancellor 1517–29. He commenced D.D. 1520, being then a member of Peterhouse; was Lady Margaret preacher 1521, was elected master of Peterhouse 1522, vice-chancellor 1523–8–9, 1541–3, and became chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral . He also held a prebend in the same church.
He died in November 1544 and was buried in the Church of St. Mary , outside Trumpington gates. He married a sister of the wife of John Mere. He was one of the compilers of ‘The Institution of a Christian Man .’
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : "Edmunds, John ". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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