Athenæ Oxonienses. The History of Oxford Writers. Vol. 1, p. 6
John Sowle
, a Carme of London, was for
some time a Student in the Sacred Faculty among those of
his Order in Oxon, took one, if not both the Degrees, in
the said Faculty in this University, in the Reign, as I conceive,
of Henry 7. being then a very famous Preacher,
and not only followed by the Secular Priests, but by many
of the Religious Orders. He was a great admirer, and
a Preacher up of the Doctrine of S. Paul, and endeavoured
to his utmost, to frame his life according to it, and
to make others do the like, and therefore much honored
and valued by Dr. John Colet, the learned and religious
Dean of S. Paul’s Cathedral. He hath Written according
to Baleus
(q)(q)
In cent. 9. Script. maj. Britan. num. 13. these things following,
Sermones ex D. Paulo.
Divisiones Thematum.
A course of Sermons for the year —Besides other matters relating to Divinity. 1508 He departed this mortal life in Fifteen hundred and eight, which was the last year of King Henry 7. and was buried among the Carmes, commonly called the White Friers in their Convent near Fleetstreet, in the Suburb of London, leaving then the Character behind him of a most Pious and Religious Father.