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| Richard WHITFORD Alias: Richard WHYTFORD Fellow of QUEENS', 1497-1504 . Said to have studied at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ]; nephew of Richard Whytford (whose will (P.C.C.) 1511 ; of Sion monastery [ Middlesex ], and of Flintshire ). Granted leave of absence for five years, 1497, to accompany William Blount, Lord Mountjoy as chaplain and confessor, abroad: made the acquaintance of Erasmus. Chaplain to Richard Foxe, bishop of Winchester [ Hampshire ]. Afterwards entered the Brigetine House at Isleworth, Middlesex , known as Syon monastery [ Middlesex ], c 1507 ; on its dissolution retired to London . Author, devotional and theological. Living, 1541 ; probably died c 1555 . ( Cooper, I. 79; D.N.B. ) | Richard WHITFORD Approx. lifespan: 1467–1555 Richard WHYTFORD Fellow of Queens' College 1497-1504 Said to have studied at Oxford, [ Oxfordshire ] ; nephew of Richard Whytford (whose will (P.C.C.) 1511 ; of Sion monastery [ Middlesex ] and of Flintshire ). Granted leave of absence for five years 1497 to accompany William Blount, Lord Mountjoy as chaplain and confessor, abroad: made the acquaintance of Erasmus. Chaplain to Richard Foxe, bishop of Winchester, [ Hampshire ] Afterwards entered the Brigetine House at Isleworth, Middlesex known as Syon monastery [ Middlesex ] c1507 ; on its dissolution retired to London Author, devotional and theological. Living 1541 probably died c1555 ( Cooper I. 79; D.N.B. ) |