John Thornden (or Thornton) was an English 16th-century Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford,[1] and became a suffragan bishop.

Thornden was a Doctor of Divinity.[2] Thornden was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University several times from 1503 onwards. He was also a suffragan bishop to the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Warham.

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  1. ^ "Appendix 6: Vice-Chancellors of the University". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. 1988. pp. 523–526.
  2. ^ Wood, Anthony (1790). "Fasti Oxonienses". The History and Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford. pp. 71, 73–75 – via Internet Archive.

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1503–1504
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