William Berton Explained

William Berton was an English medieval college Fellow and university Chancellor.[1]

Life

Berton was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford and twice Chancellor of the University of Oxford during 1379–81 and 1382.[2] He was a Doctor of Divinity.[3] The controversy surrounding the theologian John Wycliffe concerning the sacrament was current at the time of Berton's Chancellorship and he gave some credence to Wycliffe's argument.

Notes and References

  1. Berton, William of. Reginald. Lane-Poole. Reginald Lane Poole. 4.
  2. Book: . . Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University . 1988 . 521–522 . 0-333-39917-X . Hibbert . Christopher . Christopher Hibbert.
  3. Book: Wood, Anthony . The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford . . Fasti Oxonienses. 1790 . 30–32 .