Adam de Toneworth (also Toueworth or Towworth) was an English medieval university chancellor.[1]

Adam de Toneworth was Chancellor of the University of Oxford several times between 1366 and 1379.[2] As Chancellor of Oxford, he was involved with the John Wycliffe controversy.[3]

References

  1. ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Appendix 5: Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. Macmillan. pp. 521–522. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  2. ^ Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. pp. 27–28, 30 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Innys, W. (1766). "Wicliff". Biographia Britannica: Or the Lives of the Most Eminent Persons who Have Flourished in Great Britain from the Earliest Ages Down to the Present Times. Vol. 7. p. 4261.
Academic offices Preceded byJohn de Echingham Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1366–1367 Succeeded byWilliam Courtenay Preceded byWilliam Courtenay Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1369–1371 Succeeded byWilliam de Heytisbury Preceded byJohn Turke Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1377–1379 Succeeded byRobert Aylesham


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