John Alcock

John Alcock (born c. 1430, Beverley, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Oct. 1, 1500, Wisbech Castle, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire) was an architect, bishop, and statesman who founded Jesus College, Cambridge, and who was regarded as one of the most eminent pre-Reformation English divines. Educated at Cambridge, Alcock was made dean of Westminster (1461), and thereafter his promotion was rapid in religious and secular posts. In 1470 he was sent as ambassador to the court of Castile. He...