John Alcock (bishop)
[1] In 1461 he was made dean of St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, and his subsequent promotion was rapid in both church and state.[2] Alcock was one of the leading pre-Reformation divines; he was a man of deep learning and also of great proficiency as an architect.He was with King Richard III when he entered York in August 1483 and was a member of the English delegation that met the Scots at Nottingham.Later Alcock was one of several clerics who openly canvassed the proposition that Henry Tudor marry Elizabeth of York.Alcock's published writings, most of which are extremely rare, are: Mons Perfectionis, or the Hill of Perfection (London, 1497);[7] Gallicontus Johannis Alcock episcopi Eliensis ad frates suos curatas in sinodo apud Barnwell (1498), a good specimen of early English printing and quaint illustrations; The Castle of Labour, translated from the French (1536), and various other tracts and homilies.