Robert Rygge (a.k.a. Rugge) (died 1410) was an English medieval churchman, college fellow, and university Chancellor, and archdeaconofBarnstapleinDevon.
Rygge was at Exeter College, Oxford, later a Fellow of Merton College, and four times Chancellor of the University of Oxford between 1381 and 1392.[1] He was a Doctor of Divinity and CanonofExeter.[2] Rygge was later the Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1399 to 1400.[3]
There is some confusion about whether there was a William Rygge (orRugge) as Chancellor of Oxford University in 1382, but it is likely that this was the same person as Robert Rygge.[2]
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| Preceded by | Chancellor of the University of Oxford 1391–1392 |
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