Richard Ullerston
DD (died August or September 1423) was a
Vice-Chancellor
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and
Chancellor
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of
Oxford University
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.
Ullerston was born in the
Duchy of Lancaster
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,
England
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. Having been ordained
priest
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in December, 1383, he became a
Fellow
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of
Queen's College, Oxford
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(1391–1403), holding office in the college, and proceeding to
Doctor of Divinity
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and
Vice-Chancellor
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of Oxford University in 1394.
In 1408, he became
Chancellor
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of the University
and in the same year wrote at the request of the Robert Hallum,
Bishop of Salisbury
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a sketch of proposed ecclesiastical reforms: "Petitiones quoad reformationis ecclesiae militantis", which is available online (see below).
Ullerston wrote a commentary on the
Creed (1409), one on the
Psalms
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(1415), another on the
Canticle of Canticles (1415), and "Defensorium donationis ecclesiasticae", a work in defence of the
donation of Constantine
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. At the request of
Richard Courtenay
Richard Courtenay (died 15 September 1415) was an English prelate and university chancellor, who served as Bishop of Norwich 1413-15.
Life
Courtenay was a son of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham Castle near Exeter, and a grandson of Hugh de Cou ...
he wrote a treatise, "De officio militari" 'On the military office', addressed to
Henry, Prince of Wales.
From 1403, Ullerston held the
prebend
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of
Oxford
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in
Salisbury Cathedral
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The buil ...
, and from 1407 the
rectory
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Function
A clergy house is typically o ...
of
Beeford
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According to the 2011 UK censu ...
in
Yorkshire
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.
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External Source
Ullerston's ''Petitiones quoad reformationem ecclesiae'': http://web.wlu.ca/history/cnighman/cc/Petitiones.pdf
14th-century births
Year of birth unknown
1423 deaths
Fellows of The Queen's College, Oxford
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
Chancellors of the University of Oxford
English Roman Catholic theologians
14th-century English Roman Catholic priests
15th-century English Roman Catholic priests
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