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John Plemth (alternative spellings include Plente, Plenth, Plenty, Plentith and Plentyth) was the Archdeacon of Lewes from 1478 until his death in 1483.

Life

He was a native of Stratford-upon-Avon and educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He held incumbencies at Sturminster Marshall, Beccles, Brightwalton and Hartfield. His will was dated 9 May 1483; and was proved on 23 August: he requested burial at Exeter Cathedral

Legacy

Plemth founded a chantry at King's College, Cambridge, where he was bursar; he was one of a group of Fellows of the period who endowed priests to sing in King's College Chapel. For this gift of 160 marks Plente was listed as a benefactor of King's, and its terms included a requirement that he should be commemorated annually (it is not clear that he was in fact buried at Exeter, rather than King's). A bequest of his own to Sir John Atkins led to his being remembered also (will of Atkins from 1487).

References

1. ”Chichester Diocese Clergy Lists:Clergy succession from the earliest times to the year 1900" Hennessy,G: London, St Peter's Press, 1900
2. Venn database entry
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6. Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or Collections relating to Cambridge, University, town, and county,: containing the monumental inscriptions in all the chapels of the several colleges, and parish churches in the town, and in several others in the county; with a list of the mayors; the most ancient charters of the town; and other historical memoirs of several colleges, &c. Printed for the author, at his house in St. Giles's parish in the city of Norwich. 1751. p. 130. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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8. Gordon Mursell (1 September 2001). English Spirituality: From Earliest Times to 1700. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-664-22504-9. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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