What type of details about john mason -lrb- diplomat -rrb- can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: sir john mason -lrb- 1503 -- 20 april 1566 -rrb- was an english diplomat and spy . mason was born in abingdon in berkshire -lrb- now oxfordshire -rrb- . he was educated at the school at the abbey in his native town , where his uncle was abbot . later , he went to all souls college , oxford and was ordained a priest . he became chancellor of oxford university for the periods 1552-1556 and 1559-1564 . he worked for several tudor monarchs collecting information from the continent and as a diplomat . he was knighted by edward vi and made dean of winchester . john mason school , a secondary school in abingdon , is named after him .
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