R. Ovenden argues for identifying Kempe with Carmelite friar, formerly of Norwich who was granted dispensation to hold benefice with change of habit 1539. A John Kempe, clerk, made chaplain of Church of St. John the Baptist, Norwich, 1540-41
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HeadingKempe, John used in: Early Book Owners in Britain