Richard Caudray
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Richard Caudray (c. 1390–1458) was an English cleric. He was a clerk of the king's council, a chancellor of Cambridge University, and dean of the College of St. Martin le Grand, London.[1] He was Henry V's secretary in France.[2] As a Westminster secretary, he would have had various literary connections, such as to John Hethe, John Offord, and Thomas Hoccleve; he was also a personal friend of John Shirley.[3]
He is likely the author of the Libelle of Englyshe Polycye.[4]
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