John Elvet
John Elvet was an English priest in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Elvet was born in Durham and was in the service of John of Gaunt.[2] The Master of the Jewel Office,[3] he was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1392 to 1404. He was succeeded as Archdeacon by his brother Richard.
References
[edit]- ^ Le NeveRoger de Saxenhurst, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. – via Wikisource.
- ^ University of Leicester
- ^ Martin Holmes; Major-General H. D. W. Sitwell (1972). The English Regalia: Rheir History, Custody and Display. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-1167-0407-8.
See also
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