This article is about the professorship at the University of Oxford. For the professorship at the University of Cambridge, see
Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.
The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity is a senior professorship in
Christ Church of the
University of Oxford. The professorship was founded from the benefaction of
Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), mother of
Henry VII. Its holders were all priests until 2015, when
Carol Harrison, a lay theologian, was appointed to the chair.[1]
^Richard WILKES Peile, I. 12; Cooper, I. 162; Le Neve, Fasti, I. 357; Richard WILKES,B.A. 1523/4;M.A. 1527;B.D. 1536/7;Fellow of QUEENS', 1526-42;Proctor, 1533-4;Lady Margaret-Preacher,1539;V. of Littlebury, Essex , 1541-4;R. of Pulham, Norfolk, 1542;R. of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, 1544;Chaplain to the Bishop [of Ely, Cambridgeshire ?];Master of St John's Hospital, Ely [Cambridgeshire], 1547;Preb. of Ely [Cambridgeshire], 1550;Retired to Ely [Cambridgeshire], 1553;Died there 15 Oct., 1556.
This article is about the professorship at the University of Oxford. For the professorship at the University of Cambridge, see
Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity.
The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity is a senior professorship in
Christ Church of the
University of Oxford. The professorship was founded from the benefaction of
Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), mother of
Henry VII. Its holders were all priests until 2015, when
Carol Harrison, a lay theologian, was appointed to the chair.[1]
^Richard WILKES Peile, I. 12; Cooper, I. 162; Le Neve, Fasti, I. 357; Richard WILKES,B.A. 1523/4;M.A. 1527;B.D. 1536/7;Fellow of QUEENS', 1526-42;Proctor, 1533-4;Lady Margaret-Preacher,1539;V. of Littlebury, Essex , 1541-4;R. of Pulham, Norfolk, 1542;R. of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, 1544;Chaplain to the Bishop [of Ely, Cambridgeshire ?];Master of St John's Hospital, Ely [Cambridgeshire], 1547;Preb. of Ely [Cambridgeshire], 1550;Retired to Ely [Cambridgeshire], 1553;Died there 15 Oct., 1556.