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Thomas Clare (monk)

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Thomas Clare was an English medieval Benedictine monk and university Chancellor.

Clare was a Doctor of Theology.[1] He was a Benedictine monk in Bury St Edmunds. In 1409, he was a proctor for the English Benedictines in Pisa.

Clare was twice Chancellor of the University of Oxford in 1416 and 1417.[2]

References

  1. ^ Brill, E. J. (1969). Studies in Church History. Vol. V. p. 102.
  2. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1416
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1417
Succeeded by