Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Taylor, John
Parallel form(s) of name
- Tayler, John
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Tailer, John
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1503-1554
History
Taylor served as bursar then proctor of Queens' College, Cambridge from 1523 to 1537, and master of St John's College, Cambridge from 1538 to 1546. He was rector of St Peter upon Cornhill, London, of Tatenhill, Staffordshire, Dean of Lincoln Cathedral, a Reformer and Commissioner for the first Prayer Book.
His government of SJC was not felicitous and he was involved in continual disputes with the fellows. These occasioned a visitation by the bishop of Ely in May 1543, and subsequently the formation of a new code of statutes for the government of the College. In 1546, Taylor resigned his mastership of the College.
He died at the home of his friend in Buckinghamshire in 1554.
Places
Queen's College, Cambridge; St John's College, Cambridge; Lincoln; Staffordshire; London.
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Master of St John's College; Bursar and Proctor of Queens' College, Cambridge; Rector of St Peter upon Cornhill, London; Rector of Tatenhill, Staffordshire; Dean of Lincoln Cathedral.