John Massey (1651–1716) was an English clergyman[1] and academic administrator[2] at the University of Oxford.[3]

Masey was born in Bristol and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1672 he became a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford.[4] He was Proctor of Oxford University from 1684 to 1686; and Dean (head) of Christ Church, Oxford[5] from 1686 to 1688. In later life he became a Roman Catholic.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Church History of England" p455 (1742)
  2. ↑ "History of Universities, Volume 31" Feingold, Mordechai (Ed) p125:Oxford; OUP; 2018 ISBN 9780198827344
  3. ↑ Mascall-Meyrick Pages 982-1007 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
  4. ↑ ""A history of the post-reformation Catholic missions in Oxfordshire [microform] : with an account of the families connected with them" Stapleton, B. p17: London; Henry Frowde; 1906
  5. ↑  "Deane, THomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  6. ↑ "The Reckoned Expense: Edmund Campion and the Early English Jesuits" McCoog, T. M. p25: Woodbridge; Boydell; 1996 ISBN 9780851155906


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