(John), called the refolute doctor, a learned monk, was born towards the end of the 13th century, at Baconsthorp a village in Norfolk. He spent the early part of his life in the convent of Blackney, near Walsingham in the same county; whence he removed to Oxford, and from thence to Paris; where being distinguished for his learning, he obtained degrees in divinity and laws, and was esteemed the principal of Averroists*. In 1329 he returned to England,* See Aver- and was immediately chosen twelfth provincial of the rots. English Carmelites. In 1333 he was sent for to Rome; where, we are told, he first maintained the pope's sovereign authority in cases of divorce, but that he afterward retracted his opinion. He died in London in the year 1346. Leland, Bale, and Pits, unanimously gave him the character of a monk of genius and learning. He wrote, 1. Commentaria seu quaestiones super quattuor libros Sententiarum; and 2. Compendium legis Christi, et quodlibeta: both which underwent several editions at Paris, Milan, and Cremona. Leland, Bale, and Pits, mention a number of his works never published.