John Crayford

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John Crayford (died 1547) was a Master of both Clare College, Cambridge, and University College, Oxford, England.^[1]^[2] Martyn was unusual in being a Master of colleges at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was the only Master of University College to also have been a Master at a Cambridge college.

Crayford was a Fellow at University College in the early 1520s.^[3] He was Master of Clare College, Cambridge from 1530 to 1539 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge during 1534–36.^[4] He helped in the university's support for Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon in 1533. From 1545 to 1547 he was Archdeacon of Berkshire.^[5] Later he became Master of University College from 1546 until his unexpected death in August 1547, only a year later.

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References

↑ Carr, William, University College , Routledge, 1998. ISBN 978-0-415-18632-2. Chapter V, The Sixteenth Century (pages 74–94).
↑ Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0. Pages 99–100.
↑ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Covert-Cutts
↑ "Crayford, John (CRFT511J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ British History – Archdeacons of Berkshire

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Preceded by Edmund Natures	Master of Clare College, Cambridge 1530–1539	Succeeded by Roland Swynbourne
Preceded by Simon Heynes	Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University 1534–1536	Succeeded by Francis Mallet
Preceded by Leonard Hutchinson	Master of University College, Oxford 1546–1547	Succeeded by Richard Salveyn

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[1] Carr, William, University College , Routledge, 1998. ISBN 978-0-415-18632-2. Chapter V, The Sixteenth Century (pages 74–94).

[history-2] Darwall-Smith, Robin, A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0. Pages 99–100.

[3] Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Covert-Cutts

[4] "Crayford, John (CRFT511J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] British History – Archdeacons of Berkshire

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