John Massey (priest)

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

^ "The Church History of England" p455 (1742)
^ "History of Universities, Volume 31" Feingold, Mordechai (Ed) p125:Oxford; OUP; 2018 ISBN 9780198827344
^ Mascall-Meyrick Pages 982-1007 Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714
^ ""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
^ "Deane, THomas". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ "The Reckoned Expense: Edmund Campion and the Early English Jesuits" McCoog, T. M. p25: Woodbridge; Boydell; 1996 ISBN 9780851155906

Preceded by John Fell	Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1686–1688	Succeeded by Henry Aldrich

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v t e Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Predecessors	John Hygdon* John Oliver* John London Richard Cox
Early modern	Richard Cox Richard Marshall George Carew Thomas Sampson Thomas Godwin Thomas Cooper John Piers Tobias Matthew William James Thomas Ravis John King William Goodwin Richard Corbet Brian Duppa Samuel Fell Edward Reynolds John Owen Edward Reynolds George Morley John Fell John Massey Henry Aldrich Francis Atterbury George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw John Conybeare David Gregory William Markham Lewis Bagot Cyril Jackson
Late modern	Charles Henry Hall Samuel Smith Thomas Gaisford Henry Liddell Francis Paget Thomas Strong Henry Julian White Alwyn Williams John Lowe Cuthbert Simpson Henry Chadwick Eric Heaton John Drury Christopher Lewis Martyn Percy Sarah Foot
* – Academic deans only; prior to the establishment of Christ Church Cathedral; ** – Cathedral deans at Osney.