Richard Salveyn was a Master

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 of University College

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, Oxford

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, England

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Salveyn was from a Durham

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 family. He was a Fellow of University College and became Master of the College in June 1547. He resigned from the position in October 1551. He was not a supporter of the Reformation

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 and was later deprived of his livings in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

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Anthony Salveyn

Anthony Salveyn

Anthony Salveyn was a Master of University College, Oxford, England.Anthony Salveyn was Master of Sherburn Hospital in County Durham and also held a stall as a canon at Durham Cathedral....

, Master of University College from 1557–58, was probably Richard Salveyn's brother.