Roger Leyburn (died 1508) was an English churchman and academic, Master of

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and

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Life

Leyburn was born near

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, and was a graduate of the

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, proceeding B.A. in 1484 and M.A. in 1486; and later B.D. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, and a proctor in 1489. Leyburn was archdeacon of Durham in 1490, then rector of

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(1493), of Long Newton in

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(1497), of

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in Durham (1497), and of

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in Durham (1499). He became bishop of Carlisle in 1504.; and Master of Pembroke in 1505. In 1504 he with

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received a papal commission to draw up new statutes for

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; Foxe seems to have had sole responsibility for the outcome, however. He also held the secular post of Chancellor of Durham.

References

* Bishops of Carlisle Archdeacons of Durham Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge Clergy from Carlisle, Cumbria Alumni of the University of Cambridge 15th-century births 1508 deaths Year of birth missing 15th-century English educators 16th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub