John Thornden (or Thornton) was an English 16th-century Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford,[1] and became a suffragan bishop.

Thornden was a Doctor of Divinity.[2] Thornden was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University several times from 1503 onwards. He was also a suffragan bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham.

References

  1. "Appendix 6: Vice-Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. 1988. pp. 523–526.
  2. Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. pp. 71, 73–75 via Internet Archive.

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