Editing John Colet (section)

==Childhood and education==
The eldest son of Sir [[Henry Colet]] ([[Lord Mayor of London]] 1486 and 1495), he was born in London in January 1467, and was educated at St Anthony's school and at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], where he took his M.A. in 1490. He was already nonresident rector of Dennington, [[Suffolk]], and vicar of St Dunstan's, [[Stepney (parish)|Stepney]], and now became rector of Thurning, Hunts. In 1493 he went to [[Paris, France|Paris]] and then to Italy, studying [[canon law|canon]] and [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]], [[patristics]] and [[Greek language|Greek]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=681}}