John Edmunds (died 1544) was master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Edmunds proceeded B.A. 1503âÂÂ4, M.A. 1507, was admitted fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, 1517, and afterwards fellow of St. John's 1519. He was prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral 1510âÂÂ17, and chancellor 1517âÂÂ29. He commenced D.D. 1520, being then a member of Peterhouse; was Lady Margaret preacher 1521, was elected master of Peterhouse 1522, vice-chancellor 1523âÂÂ8âÂÂ9, 1541âÂÂ3, and became chancellor of Salisbury Cathedral. He also held a prebend in the same church.
He died in November 1544 and was buried in the Church of St. Mary, outside Trumpington gates. He married a sister of the wife of John Mere. He was one of the compilers of âÂÂThe Institution of a Christian Man.âÂÂ