Thomas Thompson (Master of Christ's College, Cambridge) explained

Thomas Thompson, D.D. was a priest and academic in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.^[1]

Thompson was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1489; MA in 1482; and B.D. in 1502. He held livings at Enfield and Gateley. He was Master of Christ's from 1508 to 1517^[2] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1510 to 1512.^[3]

He died in March 1540.

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]
2. https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/masters-christs-college-1505 Masters of Christ's
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080221013506/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/v-c/vicechancellors.html Vice Chancellors of the University of Cambridge