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
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1813-1820
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    experience.4 This person, who was knighted by the said king by the name of William Butts of Norfolk, died 17 November 1545, and was buried in the church of Fulham near to London He is much extoll’d for his learning by divers authors who liv’d in his time 3 and bishop John Park- hurst hath several epigrams on him. An. Dom. 1520.—12 Hen. VIII. Chancellor. The same. Commissaries. Will. Bloke or Brook, doct. of decrees, and warden of All-souls college. Kich. Benger, doct. of decrees of New coll, and ordi¬ nary reader of the decretals. Proctors. Jonh Booth of Brasen.nose coll. Bor. Apr...... George Croftys of Oriel coll. Aust. Apr. Grammarians. Jul. 15. Roger Bostock, secular chaplain. Mar. 18. Dav. Owen, secular chaplain. -Gilb. Beaumont, secular chaplain. Whether they were very eminent in their profession, I know not. Batchelors of Arts. Nov. 9. John Warner of All-souls coll. See in 1535. Jan. 21. Walt. Buckler. See in 1534. Jan. ult. John Robyns of All-souls coll. Afterwards an eminent astronomer. Mar. 18. Tho. Robertson of Magd. coll, the gramma¬ rian. This year 55 or more bach, of arts were admitted, and about 22 supplicated, who were not admitted. In the latter end of March, in the beginning of this year, is mention made in the public register of Thomas Lupset, batch, of arts, and cardinal Wolsey’s rhetoric lecturer. See more in the next year. Batchelors of Law. Nine were admitted in the canon law, of whom John South wode was one (afterwards fellow of Wykeham’s col¬ lege near Winchester, and canon residentiary of Wells) and as many in the civil law. Masters of Arts. June 26. James Turbervyle of New coll. Jul. 3. John Hert or Hart.5 If the addition of Bene¬ dictine monk had been set to his name, I should have taken him to be the same John Hart who succeeded Richard Wrax- hall in the abbotship of Athelney in Somersetshire, about 1524. But I take the said John Hert, who was mast, of arts, to be the same with him who became perpetual fellow of New coll. An, 1513, and was afterwards an eminent school¬ master. Jul. 11. Will. Tresham of Merton coll. March 15. John Rogers. Quaere, 4 [See the character of Dr. Butts in Dr. Goodwall’s epistle before his Historical Account of the College’s Proceedings, Lend. 1684, 4to. Z. 40. Med.] 5 [Rex reverendo in Christo patri Willelmo permiss. div. Lincoln ep’o— Rti liberam cantariam B. Mari® Virginis de Colebroke in com. Buck, vestne dioc. per mort. ult. incumb. vac.—dilectum nobis Joh’em Hert cler. vobis presentanms. T. R. apud West. 30 Oct. 21 Hen. VII. Rennet.] Batchelors of Divinity. Six admitted, of whom Richard Glocester and John Newbolt, Benedictines, were two3 and about 23 suppli¬ cated who were not admitted this year 3 among whom were John Perrot, a Minorite, Thomas Hill, B. of A. and a Bonhome, &c. Doctors of the Civ. Law. Jul. 6 John Leffe of New coll. He was afterwards warden of the coll at Maidstone in Kent, vicar-general, and keeper of the spirituality to Dr. Warham, archbishop of Canterbury, and master of S. Cross near to Winchester. Pie died 19 Aug. 1557, aged 66, and was buried in the chappel belonging to Wykeham’s coll, near to the said city, of which coll, he was fellow.6 For the said degree supplicated Edward Orenge, LL.B. and for the degree of D. of canon law supplicated two, who were afterwards admitted. Doctors of Divinity. Jan. —Leonard Huchenson, master of Univers. coll. Jan. ult. Robert Law or Low, a Carme, now prior of the college of the Carmes in the North suburb of Oxon. In 1505 he was made provincial of the Carmes in the place of John Vynde or Wynde 3 which honourable office he keep¬ ing about 17 years, was succeeded in it by Rich. Ferys. Peb. 11. Thomas Mole or Molle, a Carme. 25. Thomas I'rancis, a Minorite or Franciscan. There also supplicated for the said degree John Burgeis, batch, of divinity of Magdalen college, who was elected president of that house upon Dr. Laurence Stubbes his resig¬ nation an. 1527, and by the name of president he doth occur in a deed or writing dated 10 Jul. the same year, but soon after being removed. Dr. Richard Knolles was elected. Others there were that supplicated, who were afterwards admitted, except one Maeot, batch, of div. Incorporations. May — Father Robert Myles, a Dominican, doctor of divinity of Cambridge. Octob. — Fernandus or Ferdinandus de Victoria, doctor of physic (beyond the seas) now physician to king Hen. 8. and the queen consort. Pie, Dr. Thomas Lynacre, and Dr. John Chambre, were the first founders of the college of physicians at London. Octob. —William Arden, it Dominican or black fryer, prior elect of the college or convent of the black fryers in the South suburb of Oxon, and D. of D. in the court of Rome. Feb. — Thomas Wellys or Wells, master of arts of this university and doctor of divinity elsewhere. WThether he be the same with Thomas Wellys, mentioned in the incor¬ porations under the year 1510, I know not. 6 [1522, 14 Junij, ordines celebrati infra capellam, B. Mari® Virg. in eccl. cath. S. Pauli Lond. per Tho. Liden. episcopum sede London vacante- inter presbyteros—Mag. Joh’es Leff legum doctor, rector eccl. paroch. de Ashe, Winton. dioc. Reg. Warham. 1529, 5 Octob. Mag. Joh. Lefe, LL. D. eccl. de Predynden Cant. dioc. per resign, mag. Joh’is Stodard cler. ex coll, ar’epi. lb. 1531, Joh. Leff, LL.D. Will’i Cant, ar’epi Winton sede vacante vicarius in spir. gen. 1531, 27 Nov. Mag. Joh. Lefe, LL, D. ad canonicat. de Framfield, in eccl. colleg. de Soutlimallyng et prebendam thesaurarii in eod. per mort. mag. Will. Bawrer. 1547, 8 Mar. Joh. Leyff, LL.D. admiss. ad preb. consump. per mare, per mortem mag. Tho. Thorneham. Reg. Bonner, Epi Lond. 1557, 22 Oct. Will. Musmare clericus coll, ad preb. consumpt. per mare per mortem Job. Lecfe clerici. lb. Kjsnnet.]
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