John Crayford

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. He was Master of Clare College, Cambridge from 1530 to 1539 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge during 1534–36.[3] 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.[4] Later he became Master of University College from 1546 until his unexpected death in August 1547, only a year later.

References

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