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, 2008. . Pages 54–67, 76, 94, 106. Benwell was a mature commoner and

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at University College. He was also a tenant of a College property. He became Master in 1428, a post he held until 1441. He was said to be an eminent preacher according to Thomas Caius, a later Master of the College.

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