Thomas Chase was a 15th century judge and cleric who was Chancellor of the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

 in England

England

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 and subsequently held the office of Lord Chancellor

Lord Chancellor of Ireland

The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801 it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament.-13th century:...

 of Ireland

Ireland

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Chase was Warden of the Hospital of St Bartholomew near Rye

Rye

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 in 1420 and subsequently attached to the free chapel at Jesmond

Jesmond

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 near Newcastle

Newcastle upon Tyne

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. He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1426 until 1431, and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1441 until 1446. Unlike most holders of high office at the time he never became a bishop, but rather spent his last years as parson of High Ongar

High Ongar

High Ongar is a village and civil parish in the County of Essex, England. It is located 0.85 north-east of Chipping Ongar, 8 miles west of Chelmsford and 6 miles north-west of Brentwood....

 in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

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