John Alcock (bishop)
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John Alcock was an English churchman, bishop and Lord Chancellor.
Stained glass depicting John Alcock, in Jesus College, Cambridge, which he founded
St Radegund's Priory, Cambridge was a Benedictine nunnery in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. It was founded before 1144 and dissolved in 1496 by the initiative of John Alcock, Bishop of Ely.
John Alcock (bishop)
…many churches and colleges; but his greatest achievement was the building of Jesus College, Cambridge, which he established on the site of the former Convent of St Radegund. Alcock was appointed to the Council in 1470 and became Master of the Rolls in 1471, soon after being appointed tutor to King Edward IV's eldest son…
The church of the nunnery, now Jesus College Chapel