John Redman (1499 – 4 November 1551, also written as ''Rydman'') was a Tudor churchman and academic, the first Master of
Trinity College, Cambridge
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(1546–1551).
Redman studied at
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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;
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...
; and the
University of Paris
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. At Cambridge he graduated
B.A. 1526,
M.A. (
incorporated from Paris) 1530,
B.D. 1534,
D.D. 1537. He became a fellow of
St John's College in 1530, was
Public Orator 1537–1538,
Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity from 1538 to 1542, and Warden of
King's Hall from 1542 to 1546. In 1546 he was appointed by
Henry VIII of England
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to be the first Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and from 1549 to 1551 combined this with the Lady Margaret's divinity chair. He rebuked
William Latimer over doctrinal matters.
He died on 4 November 1551, and was buried in
Westminster Abbey
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.
References
External links
The Master of Trinityat
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any ...
John Foxe
1499 births
1551 deaths
Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge
Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
16th-century English writers
16th-century English male writers
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Lady Margaret's Professors of Divinity
Burials at Westminster Abbey
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