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John Holt (English educator)

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John Holt (died 1504) of Chichester, Sussex, was an English educator to the future Henry VIII of England. He was a close friend of Thomas More and wrote a schoolboy textbook on Latin grammar. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ p.92, Robert Hutchinson, Young Henry: The Rise of Henry VIII
  2. ^ Carlson, David R., Royal Tutors in the Reign of Henry VII, Sixteenth Century Journal, vol.22, 1991, p.253
  3. ^ Orme, Nicholas, John Holt, Schoolmaster and Grammarian, The Library, 6th series, vol. 18, 1996, pp.283-305