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VISITOR-THE QUEEN.
PROVOSTS.
1. Brome, Adam de, provost 21 Jan. , 1325-6, appointed
by the king; sometime one of the clerks in the
chancery, rector of Hanworth, Middlesex, 1315,
chancellor of Durham 1316, archdeacon of Stow in
Lincoln 1319, vicar of St. Mary, Oxford, 1319 ;
died 16 June, 1332, buried in his church.
2. Leverton, William de, M.A. , provost 27 June, 1332 ; died 21 Nov., 1348.
3. Hawkesworth, William de, M.A. , provost, confirmed 20 Dec, 1348; D.D. , fellow of Balliol and afterwards of Queen's ; died 8 April, 1349, buried in St. Mary's chancel.
4. Daventre, William de, M.A. , provost 1349; rector of Pitchcott, Bucks, 1349-69; died June, 1373.
5. Colyntre, John de, M.A., provost 8 July, 1373; died about 1385.
6. Middleton, John de, D.D., provost, confirmed 26 Feb., 1386-7 ; canon of Hereford ; died 27 June, 1394-
7. Maldon, John de, M.A., provost 3 July, 1394; student in divinity and bachelor of physick ; died in Jan., 1401-2, buried in St. Mary's church in our lady's chapel there.
8. Possell, John, M.A., provost about March, 1401-2; died, Sept., 1414.
( — ) [Rote, John, elected provost and confirmed 17 Nov., 1414, but resigned his claim 14 Feb., 1414-15. ]
9. CorfFe, William, D.D. , provost 16 March, 1414-15 ; an orator for the English nation in the council of Constance ; died about Sept., 1417.
( — ) [Garsdale, Richard, elected provost and confirmed 30 Oct. , 1417 ; but on appeal was removed arid succeeded by Thomas Leyntwardyn.]
10. Leyntwardyn, Thomas, M.A. , provost; chan-
cellor of St. Paul's 1401 ; died 1421.
11. Kayle, Henry, M.A., provost 3 Dec, 1421 ; fellow Exeter 1407 ; died about 1422. See Boase, Reg. Coll. Ex. 14.
12. Herry, Nicholas, M.A., provost, confirmed 29 Jan. , 1425-6 ; died 1428.
13. Carpenter, John, D.D. , provost 1428, re- signed 1435 ; chancellor of the university 1437 and 1443 ; canon of Lincoln 1426, master of St. Anthony's hospital, London, bishop of Worcester 22 March, 1443-4 ; died at Northweek, buried at Westbury, near Bristol, about 1476, where he re- built the college.
14. Lyhert, Walter, M.A. , provost 3 June, 1435, re- signed 28 Feb., 1445-6; B.D. (son of a miller at Lanteglos by Fowey, in Cornwall) ; fellow Exeter 1420-5 and of Oriel 1425 ; principal of St. Martin's Hall ; rector of Nettleton, Wilts, 1434-41, bishop of Norwich 1446, until his death at Norwich 17 May, 1472, will dated 14th, buried in his cathedral. See Boase, Reg. Coll. Ex. 16.
15. Halse, John, B.D. , provost 24 March, 1445-6, resigned 4 March, 1448-9 ; 2s. John, a judge of common pleas and of the king's bench ; fellow Exeter 1423-7, proctor 1432 ; archdeacon of Nor- folk 1449-59, and of Norwich 1456, canon of St. Paul's 1455, refused the bishopric of Exeter, was dean 1457-9, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1459 ; died 30 Dec , 1490. See Boase, Reg. Coll. Ex. 17.
16. Sampson, Henry, M. A., provost 1449; resigned 1475 ; principal of St. Mary Hall 1438.
