Henry de Stanton (also Staunton) was an English medieval Canon law jurist, judge, churchman, and university chancellor.[1]
Henry de Stanton was a Professor of Canon law.[2] Between 1280 and 1282, he was Chancellor of the University of Oxford. During his chancellorship, the university appointed a group of masters to investigate how to put the Will of William of Durham (died 1249) into effect to establish University College at Oxford.[3]
Henry de Stanton was vicar of St Peter's-in-the-East in Oxford.[2] He was also a commissary judge and an official of the Court of the Arches.[4]
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Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1280–1282 |
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