John Edyman Explained

John Edyman, D.D. was a priest and academic in the first half of the sixteenth century.^[1]

Nobys was born in Norfolk. He was educated at Clare College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1468; and B.D. in 1479–80. He became Fellow of Clare in 1473. He held livings at Fulbourn, Toppesfield and Wimbush. He was Archdeacon of Taunton from 1505 to 1509; Archdeacon of Norwich from 1509 to 1516; Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral from 1509 to 1510; and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1515 to 1516.from 1517 to 1523.

Notes and References

1. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]