Roger Leyburn
Roger Leyburn (died 1508) was an English churchman and academic, Master of
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, archdeacon of Durham and bishop of Carlisle
.
Life
Leyburn was born near
Carlisle, and was a graduate of the University of Cambridge
, proceeding B.A. in 1484 and M.A. in 1486; and later B.D. He became a Fellow of Pembroke Hall, and a proctor in 1489.
Leyburn was archdeacon of Durham in 1490, then rector of
Chancellor of Durham
.
References
- "Layburn, Roger (LBN483R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Bishops of Carlisle | British History Online".
- ^ "The colleges and halls: Pembroke | British History Online".
- ^ John Henry Parker, A hand-book for visitors to Oxford (1847), p. 150
- ^ "Balliol Archives Exhibitions".
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