# George Strangways

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**George Strangways,** was an [Oxford college](/source/Colleges_of_the_University_of_Oxford) head in the 15th century.[1]

Strangways became a Fellow of [Lincoln College, Oxford](/source/Lincoln_College,_Oxford) in 1474 and was elected its [Rector](/source/Rector_(college)) in January 1480.[2] He resigned the Rectorship in 1488. He later became Archdeacon of Coventry[3] and was a chaplain to king [Henry VII](/source/Henry_VII_of_England).[4] He is buried at [St Michael's Church, Oxford](/source/St_Michael_at_the_North_Gate).[5]

## References

1. [British History On-line](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/oxon/vol3/pp163-173)

1. Green, V.H.H. (1979). *The Commonwealth of Lincoln College 1427-1977*. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 46.

1. ["Archdeacons: Coventry"](https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol10/pp14-16). *British History Online*. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

1. ["Egerton MS 1070"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221205153532/http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_1070). *British Library*. Archived from [the original](https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_1070) on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2023.

1. "Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ: Or, An Essay Towards Deducing a Regular Succession of All the Principal Dignitaries" Le Neve, J p490: London; J.Nutt; 1716

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