Kynton was a senior
theologian at Oxford and preached the University sermon on
Easter Sunday in 1515.[3] He was among the four Doctors of Divinity appointed by the University in 1521 to consult with
Thomas Wolsey about
Lutheran doctrines and he assisted in a further examination of the reformer's works undertaken by the theologians at Oxford on the command of
King Henry VIII. He is believed to have written at this time a treatise entitled "Contra Doctrinam
Mart. Lutheri". He was the
divinity reader at
Magdalen College, and third
Margaret Professor of Theology at Oxford University. He resigned the latter post in 1530. In 1530, he was one of the leading members of the committee of Oxford theologians to whom the question of the validity of King Henry VIII's marriage to
Catherine of Aragon was referred.[3]
Kynton was a senior
theologian at Oxford and preached the University sermon on
Easter Sunday in 1515.[3] He was among the four Doctors of Divinity appointed by the University in 1521 to consult with
Thomas Wolsey about
Lutheran doctrines and he assisted in a further examination of the reformer's works undertaken by the theologians at Oxford on the command of
King Henry VIII. He is believed to have written at this time a treatise entitled "Contra Doctrinam
Mart. Lutheri". He was the
divinity reader at
Magdalen College, and third
Margaret Professor of Theology at Oxford University. He resigned the latter post in 1530. In 1530, he was one of the leading members of the committee of Oxford theologians to whom the question of the validity of King Henry VIII's marriage to
Catherine of Aragon was referred.[3]