Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Lever
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Lever
Title
Thomas Lever (1551)
Date(s)
- 1551-1553 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
There are no records extant
Context area
Name of creator
(1521-1577)
Biographical history
Thomas Lever was an English Protestant reformer and Marian exile, one of the founders of the Puritan tendancy in the Church of England. He was from Little Lever, Lancashire. Lever graduated B.A. from St John's in 1541/2 and was elected to the Fellowship in 1543. From 1547, he along with Roger Hutchinson led the discussion of the mass and transubstantiation in the College. Lever was Master of the College from 1551-1553.