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Henry Sever
Henry
Sever
DD
was an
English
medieval
divine
and
educational administrator
.
Sever became the
senior proctor
at
Merton College, Oxford
in
1427
.
Sever was the
chaplain
and
almoner
of
King Henry VI
. He was also the first
Provost of Eton College
, from 1440–2.
He was the
Chancellor of Oxford University
during 1442–3. He became
Prebendary
and then
Chancellor
of
St Paul's Cathedral
in
London
. From
1455
until his
death
in 1471, he was the
Warden of Merton College, Oxford
.