Robert Rygge (a.k.a. Rugge) (died 1410) was an English medieval churchman, college fellow, and university Chancellor, and archdeacon of Barnstaple in Devon.

Rygge was at Exeter College, Oxford, later a Fellow of Merton College, and four times Chancellor of the University of Oxford between 1381 and 1392.[1] He was a Doctor of Divinity and Canon of Exeter.[2] Rygge was later the Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1399 to 1400.[3]

There is some confusion about whether there was a William Rygge (or Rugge) as Chancellor of Oxford University in 1382, but it is likely that this was the same person as Robert Rygge.[2]

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. ^ a b Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. pp. 30–33 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Horn, Joyce M. (1964). "Archdeacons of Barnstaple". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. Vol. 9: Exeter diocese. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 19–21.
Academic offices Preceded byWilliam Berton Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1381–1382 Succeeded byWilliam Berton Preceded byWilliam Berton Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1382 Succeeded byNicholas Hereford Preceded byWilliam Rugge? or Nicholas Hereford Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1383–1388 Succeeded byThomas Brightwell Preceded byThomas Cranley Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1391–1392 Succeeded byRalph Redruth


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