John Proctor (1521–1558)[1] was an English academic and schoolmaster, known as a historian.
A native of Somerset, Proctor was elected scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in January 1537, and fellow of All Souls' College in 1540, graduating B.A.
[2] From 1553 to 1559 he was master of Tonbridge School, Kent, brought in by its founder Andrew Judde;[3] there Francis Thynne was among his pupils.
[2] Proctor's wife was named Elizabeth, and the poet Thomas Proctor is identified as their son; she remarried in 1559.
[1] Proctor wrote:[2] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed.