John Elvet was an English priest in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
Life and career
Elvet was born in Durham and was in the service of John of Gaunt. The Master of the Jewel Office, he was Archdeacon of Leicester from 1392 to 1404. He was succeeded as Archdeacon by his brother Richard.
References
- ^ Le NeveRoger de Saxenhurst, John; Hardy, Sir Thomas Duffus (1854). . Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae. Vol. 2. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. – via Wikisource.
- ^ University of Leicester
- ^ Martin Holmes; Major-General H. D. W. Sitwell (1972). The English Regalia: Rheir History, Custody and Display. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-1167-0407-8.
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