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John Blodwell

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John Blodwell, DCL was a 15th-century priest.

Memorial brass to John Blodwell in Balsham Church, 1462.[1]: 73 

Blodwel was born in Llanyblodwel and educated at the University of Bologna.[2] He held the living of Balsham in Cambridgeshire; was a Proctor of Durham[1]: 76  and Canon of St Davids; and Dean of St Asaph from 1418 until 1441.[3] He died at Balsham, Cambridgeshire, on 13 April 1462.

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  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Cambridge Camden Society (1846). Illustrations of monumental brasses. Cambridge: J.T. Walters.
  2. ^ The 15th Century Vol XI Concerns and Preoccupation Clark, L p30: Woodbridge, Boydell, 2012 ISBN 9781843837572
  3. ^ Willis' Survey of St. Asaph, considerably enlarged and brought down to the present time Edwards, E. p168: Wrexham, John Painter, 1801