Edmund Wylsford

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Edmund Wylsford (died 1516) was an English 16th-century Provost of Oriel College, Oxford and a vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. [1] [2]

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Wylsford was a Doctor of Divinity. He was Provost of Oriel College between 30 October 1507 and his death on 3 October 1516. [3] During this period, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University as part of a committee multiple times in 1511, 1512, 1514, and 1515. [4]

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  1. "Appendix 6: Vice-Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford . 1988. pp. 523–526.
  2. "Previous Vice-Chancellors". UK: University of Oxford . Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. "Oriel College and St Mary hall". A History of the County of Oxford. Vol. 3, the University of Oxford. London: Victoria County History. 1954. pp. 119–131. Retrieved 26 January 2021 via British History Online.
  4. Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. pp.  75–76 via Internet Archive.

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Preceded by Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
1507–1516
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1511–1513
Succeeded by
Preceded by Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
1514–1516
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