William Somersham

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William Somersham, D.D. was a priest and academic in the late 14th and early 15th centuries. [1]

Somersham became a Fellow of Gonville Hall, Cambridge in 1376. He was ordained in December that year; and held livings at Hockwold cum Wilton and Hevingham. He was Master of Gonville from 1412 until his death in 1416. [2]

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