John Kennall (akaJohn Kenold) (1511–1592) wasArchdeacon of Oxford[1] and a notedpluralist.[citation needed]
Kennall was educated atChrist Church, Oxford.[2]
He wasCanon of 8thpreb.,Christ Church, Oxford, from 1559 to 1592,Archdeacon ofOxford,Oxford, from 1561 to 1592, Canon of 6th preb.,Rochester, from 1556 to 1559, andArchdeacon of Rochester, 1554–1560. He was for a timeVicar atSt Columb Major inCornwall and had a strong interest in the use of theCornish language. Carew, who published his survey of Cornwall in 1602, notices the almost total extirpation of the Cornish language in his days. He says:The principal love and knowledge of this language liveth in Dr. Kennall, the civilian, and with him lieth buried, for the English speech doth encroach upon it and have driven the same to the utmost skirts of the shire[3].
The link between theCornish language andCatholicism was also exhibited in the activities of Kennall, atSt Columb, where he was still holdingMass as late as 1590.[4]
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