Thomas Rodborne

Thomas Rodborne DD
Bishop of St Davids
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of St Davids Diocese of Norwich
Installed	31 January 1434
Term ended	1442 (before 27 June)
Predecessor	Benedict Nichols
Successor	William Lyndwood
Previous post(s)	Archdeacon of Sudbury (13 March 1414 – 18 April 1429)
Chancellor of the University of Oxford
In office 1420
Preceded by	Walter Treugof
Succeeded by	Walter Treugof
Warden of Merton College, Oxford
In office 1416–1417
Preceded by	Edmund Bekyngham
Succeeded by	Robert Gilbert
Personal details
Died	1442 (before 27 June)

Thomas Rodborne DD (also Rodeborne, Rodebourne, Rodbourne, Rudbourne, or Rodburn, died 1442) was an English medieval churchman and university chancellor.

Rodborne was a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford, where he taught Henry V mathematics.^[1] He became a proctor in 1402 and was the warden of Merton College, Oxford, from 1416 to 1417.^[2] He was chancellor of the University of Oxford during 1420.^[3] He became Archdeacon of Sudbury. From 1433 until his death in 1442, he was Bishop of St David's in Wales.^[1]

References

1. Wood, Anthony (1786). "Merton College". The history and antiquities of the colleges and halls in the University of Oxford. Vol. III. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 6, 15.
2. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives; CP 40 / 647; year 1422; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no647/aCP40no647fronts/IMG_0007.htm; 6th entry mentions "Thomas Rodeburne, lately warden"
3. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.

Academic offices
Preceded by Edmund Bekyngham	Warden of Merton College, Oxford 1416–1417	Succeeded by Robert Gilbert
Preceded by Walter Trengof	Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1420	Succeeded by Walter Trengof
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Benedict Nichols	Bishop of St David's 1433–1442	Succeeded by William Lyndwood