John Wardroper

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The Venerable John Wardroper, DCL was an English clergyman. [1]

He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. [2] He was Archdeacon of Stafford from 1501 to 1514; [3] Canon of Lichfield; Treasurer of Lichfield 1501 from 1510; Canon of Hereford Cathedral in 1511; and Salop from 1511 to 1514; [4] and Rector of St Michael, Cornhill from 1503 to 1515. He died in July 1515; and was buried in Hereford Cathedral.

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