Nicholas of Hereford

Nicholas of Hereford (died 1420) was an Oxford theologian and a leading follower of John Wycliffe. Ordained in 1370, he became a Doctor of Theology and briefly chancellor of Oxford University in 1382. He criticised the Church's luxury, defended lay Bible reading, and helped produce Wycliffe's English Bible, translating much of the Old Testament.

Condemned for heresy in 1382, he appealed to the pope in Rome and was imprisoned before escaping in 1385. Back in England he was jailed again but recanted in 1391 and later held church office; he died a Carthusian in Coventry in 1420.