Matthew Stokys was the third recorded

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of the

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. He was born in

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and went to school

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before entering

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in 1531. He graduated

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in 1536 and

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in 1539. He was a

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of King's from 1534 to 1548. He was

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"Endowments of the University of Cambridge" Clark, J.W. p588: Cambridge;

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; 1904 from 1557 to 1585 and

from 1558 until his death on 16 November 1591.

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