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Robert Morwent

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Robert Morwent was an Oxford college head in the 16th-century.[1]

Morwent was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.[2] He held the livings at Lydeard St Lawrence, East Knoyle, and Bishopstone, Wiltshire.[a] Morwent was President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, from 1537 until his death on 26 August 1558.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ This could be either Bishopstone, Salisbury, or Bishopstone, Swindon.

References

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  1. ^ British History On-line
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1715 (Surnames Mordaunt-Mytton)
  3. ^ "A History of the University of Oxford Including the Lives of the Founders", Chalmers, A., p. 480: Oxford; Collingwood & Co; 1810.
Academic offices
Preceded by President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1537–1558
Succeeded by