John Orum

John Orum (d. 1436?) was an English churchman and academic. He was vice-chancellor of Oxford University, and Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1400 to 1429.^[1]^[2]

Life

Orum was a member of University College, Oxford, and graduated as D.D. In 1406 and 1408 was vice-chancellor or commissary for Richard Courtenay. Orum was made archdeacon of Barnstaple on 1 November 1400, and held this office till 1429; he also appears as archdeacon of Cornwall in 1411. He held the prebend of Holcomb at Wells Cathedral in 1408, and in 410 received a canonry there. On 4 January he received the prebend of Fridaythorpe, York Cathedral, which preferment he had vacated before October 1412. On 21 December he received the church of Road, Somerset, but exchanged it for Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, on 18 April 1414.^[1]

In February 1429 Orum became chancellor of the diocese of Exeter. He seems to have resigned the chancellorship before 21 September 1436, and probably died soon afterwards. In accordance with his will, dated 27 September 1436, Orum was buried in the porch of Exeter Cathedral. He left 40 shillings for the perpetual chanting of an antiphon there, and gave a cope to the cathedral.^[1]

Works

Orum was author of Lecturæ super Apocalypsim habitæ in Ecclesia Wellensi: 1, De ecclesia; 2, De avaritia; 3-6, De cantu. These lectures are contained in Bodleian MS. 2722. Some of the other anonymous tracts in the same manuscript may be by him.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Orum, John". Dictionary of National Biography 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
↑ Joyce M. Horn (1964). "Archdeacons: Barnstaple". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 9: Exeter diocese. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Orum, John". Dictionary of National Biography 42. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Richard Aldtyngton	Archdeacon of Barnstaple 1400–1429	Succeeded by John Waryn

Archdeacons of Barnstaple

High Medieval	Allured Ralph (I) William de Auco Roger Thomas Ralph de Werewell John Ralph (II) Isaac Walter de Pembroke Henry de Bracton Richard Blund Godfrey Giffard John de Bradleigh Thomas de Hertford Philip of Exon Ralph Germeyn

Late Medieval	William Melton William Fitsrogo John Wele Bartholomew de Sancto Laurentio Walter Giffard Richard de Morcester Richard de Wideslade William Zouche John de Nassington John de Reynham Hugh de Monyton John de Derby William de Mugge Henry Whitefield Robert Rygge Richard Aldtyngton John Orum John Waryn Richard Helyer Michael Tregury Roger Keys William Fulford John Stubbes Owen Lord Robert Barforth William Elyot

Early modern	John Vesey Richard Norton John Young John Tyake Richard Tollett Thomas Brerwood John Pollard Henry Squire Robert Lawe William Tooker William Helyar James Smith Joshua Tucker William Read Robert Burscough Thomas Lynford Lewis Stephens John Grant William Hole Roger Massey John Andrew

Late modern	Peregrine Ilbert Jonathan Fisher Thomas Johns John Bull George Barnes John Bartholomew Henry Woolcombe Herbert Barnes Albert Seymour Robert Trefusis Frank Jones Edgar Hay Denis James Guy Sanderson Arthur Ward Ronald Herniman Trevor Lloyd David Gunn-Johnson Mike Edson (Acting) Mark Butchers

Diocese of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter

Office holders	The Bishop of Exeter, Robert Atwell The Bishop suffragan of Plymouth, Nick McKinnel The Bishop suffragan of Crediton, Sarah Mullally AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Exeter, Jonathan Draper The Archdeacon of Plymouth, Ian Chandler The Archdeacon of Exeter, Christopher Futcher The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, Mark Butchers The Archdeacon of Totnes, Douglas Dettmer

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

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