Volume 2

Athenae Oxonienses. An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the University of Oxford. To which are added the Fasti, or annals of the said university / By Anthony à Wood.

Anthony Wood

Date:: 1813-1820

Credit: Athenae Oxonienses. An exact history of all the writers and bishops who have had their education in the University of Oxford. To which are added the Fasti, or annals of the said university / By Anthony à Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$18 None do occur in our registers that were admitted, only Richard Ede, a canon regular, and a scholar in music, did supplicate the ven. congregation to be admitted batche- lor of that faculty Feb. 10. but whether he was now, or after, really admitted, it appears not. Dec. 17. Leonard Hutchinson of Baliol, afterwards master of University coll. Feb. 8. Rob. Morwent of Magdalen, afterwards presi¬ dent of Corp. Christi coll. \ Beside these two (who were great promoters and encou- ragers of learning) were 32 more admitted batch, of arts this year. Or such who were admitted to the reading of any book of the institutions, as I have before told you. Jan. 28. John Incent or Innocent of All-souls coll.— Two days before he was admitted batch, of the canon law, as I shall anon tell you. Besides him were admitted this year six more, and eight at least supplicated for the said degree, who were not this This J. Prynne I take to be the same who was prior of the monastery at Tunbridge in Kent, an. 1518. - f Or such who were admitted to the extraordinary reading (or reading extraordinary) of any book of the decretals or volumes, as I have before told you. Mar. 29. John Ashdowne a monk of the Cluniac order, and prior of the monastery of Lewes in Sussex.—He had before spent seven years in studying the canon law in Cambridge. Jan. 26. Joh. Incent or Innocent before mentioned, who had formerly spent one year in the study of the canon law at Cambridge, was then admitted batch, of the canon law.—He was afterwards doctor of his faculty, as I shall tell you hereafter, and the worthy dean of S. Paul’s cath. church in London. Besides these two, were eleven more admitted this year, and about fifteen that supplicated for the said de¬ gree, of whom Thqm. Egyston a Benedictine was one. The rest were mostly secular chaplains, among whom Rich. Hylle or Hylley was of the number 5 but whether the same with one of both his names who succeeded in the trea- surership of the church of Salisbury one Henry Sutton some¬ times fellow of Merton college, in the month of Aug. 1505, I know not. The said Rich. Hylley who was treasurer, dying in Sept, or thereabouts, in 1533, Nicholas Shaxton D. D.5 succeeded him in that dignity in the beginning of Oct. the same year, and him (who was afterwards bishop of year 1521. Masters of Arts. Of 23 masters of arts who were admitted, and stood in three several acts solemnized in S. Mary’s church this year, (whereof one was 3 July, another 26 Jan. and the third on the 8 Feb.) I cannot yet find any one of them that arrived to any eminence, only John Hewys of Merton coll. tvho was chaplain to qu. Katharine, and a rich dignitary in the church. 5 [Among the pensions paid to several persons at ye dissolution of reli¬ gious houses there was an annuity of 66 lib 13* 4d paid to Nicholas Sliux- ton, no mention to what place he belonged. MS. Kennet.] Opponents in Divinity, Or such who opposed in divinity disputations, in the school belonging to that faculty, in order to their admission to the degree of bach, of div. May 13. Frater Dedicus Fernandus, a Dominican, or black, or preaching fryer. June 28. Frat. Petrus Lusitanus, a Minorite, or Fran¬ ciscan or grey fryer. Neither of these two (who were learned men) appear in the public register to be afterwards admitted bach, of divinity. Besides them were six more ad¬ mitted to oppose, who were all religious, or of religious orders, and eight that supplicated to oppose ; all, except one, of reli¬ gious orders also, among whom Nich.Pepyr, acanon regular, was one. Of him, by the way, I must let the reader know, that he was elected prior of the house of can. regulars* at Taunton in Somersetshire (on the resignation of John Prows) 23 Feb. 1513, and dying there 26 Sept. 1523, one Will. York of the same order was admitted prior in his place. In the year 1519, when the said York was admitted bach, of div. this Pepyr did then supplicate for that degree. Batchelors of Divinity. Dec. 14. Thom. Goldwell of Canterbury coll, (who On divinity) w^as then admitted batch, of divinity.—He was a monk of the order of S. Benedict, and in the year 1517 was chose the last prior of the church at Canterbury. I have mention’d another Thom. Goldwell among the bishops under the year 1580. [Col. 822.] Feb. ult. Rob. Kynge, a monk of the Cistercian order in the abbey of Rewley in the West suburb of Oxon.—He was afterwards the first bishop of Oxford. See more anions; the D. ofD. 1518. Mar. . .. Richard Fijrys a Carm.—See among the D. D. of 1513. Besides these three, were seven more admitted, of whom John Combe a Cistercian was one. June 28. Bryan Hygden LL. bach, of Broadgate’s hall, now Pembroke coll, was then admitted doctor.—On the 26 May 1515, he was admitted archdeacon of York, or of the West Riding in Yorkshire, on the resignation of John Carver LL. D. On the 20 of June 1516, he was admitted prebendary of Ulleskelf in the church of York, and on the 27 of the same month dean thereof in the place of John Young LL. D. master of the Rolls, deceased. He paid his last debt to nature 5 June 1539, (having before been a be¬ nefactor to learning, as I have elsewhere16 told you) and was buried in the cath. ch. of York.? In his deanery succeeded Rich. Layton or Leighton LL. D.8 on the 26 of July the 7 [Mag’r. Brianus Higden LL.B. ordinatur subdiac. ad tit. mon. de Oseney 8 Mar. 1504, per Augustin Lidense~ e’pum in eccl. mon. Oseney ; presbiter tunc rector de Buckenhall & LL. D. 22 Apr. 1508. Beg. Smyth. 3 JuL 1511, Magr Brian Higden LL. D. coll, per ep’um Line, ad eccl. de Kirk by juxta Repirigall per resign, d’ni Rob. Waterman. Beg. Smyth. Mag’r Brian Higden LL. D. pres, ad eccl. de Nettilton, 18 Dec. 1513. Ih. 1539, 23 Jun. magister Will. Ormestede coll, ad preb. de Neusden in eccl! Lond. per mortem mag’ri Briani Higden. Beg. Stokesley, Ep. Lend. Kennet.] 8 [Dr. Layton, a Scotch physician, author of Z’on's Plea against the Pre¬ app. p. 29. He was father of bishop Layton. Baker. Ric. Layton coll, ab ep o Loud, ad rect. de Stepney juxta London, sine cura 23 Dec. 1522. Gabr. Dunne cl’ic admiss. ad eand. 25 Octob. 1544, per mort. Rici Layton, *C [10]$