Chancellors

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 5, St Paul's, London. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1963.

'Chancellors', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 5, St Paul's, London, (London, 1963) pp. 18-19. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol5/pp18-19 [accessed 26 April 2024]

M. Ralph de Ivingho 1278, 1299.

Occ. on several occasions from 25 June 1278 (WD 1 f. 107) to 18 Oct. 1299 (A/24/605).

M. Robert de Clothale D.Th. 1309, 1319.

Occ. on several occasions from 3 July 1309 (A/24/1367) to 14 July 1319 (WD 5 f. 43b; WD 22 f. 7).

M. Richard de Aston

Said, 29 March 1321, to have been chancellor before becoming archdcn. of London (CPL. 11 211).

M. Thomas de Wilton B.Th. 1320, 1324.

Occ. on several occasions from 20 Aug. 1320 (CPL. 11 206, 213) to 24 May 1324 (CPR. 1321-1324 p. 414).

M. William de Reynham D.Th. 1327, 1333.

Occ. on several occasions from 13 March 1327 (Reg. Baldock p. 280) to 14 May 1333 (ibid. p. 253).

M. Thomas Durant D.Th. 1334-1337.

Coll. 5 Jan. 1334 (Reg. Baldock p. 302). Archdcn. of Middlesex 1337.

M. Thomas Bradwardine B.Th. 1337-1349.

Coll. 19 Sept. 1337 (Reg. Baldock p. 313). Abp. of Canterbury 1349.

Henry de Campeden ?-1352.

Expect. 9 Oct. 1344 (CPL. 111 148). Exch. this and preb. of Sneating by 27 Feb. 1352 with William de Askeby for ch. of Glatton, Hunts. (ibid. p. 426).

M. William de Askeby or Scoter 1352-1363.

Prov. 27 Feb. 1352 on exch. (CPL. 111 423). Exch. 17 May 1363 with Thomas Young for preb. of Tolleshunt in St Martin's-le-Grand, London (Reg. Sudbury 1 237). (fn. 1)

Thomas Young 1363-1369.

By exch. May 1363. Papal conf. 25 Aug. (CPP. 1 451). Exch. 1 July 1369 with Roger Holme for ch. of Nether Wallop, Hants (Reg. Sudbury 1 33).

Roger Holme 1369-1395.

Walter Cook c. 1390-?

William de Lullyngton 1390-?

Holme became chancellor by exch. July 1369. Alleged to be holding it uncanonically, and prov. made to Cook c. 1390 (CPL. iv 375, 461). Royal gr. to Lullyngton, 19 Feb. 1390 (CPR. 1388-1392 p. 191). Litigation between Cook and Holme continuing 5 Oct. 1393 and 22 Apr. 1395 (CPL. iv 445, 509). Holme d. by 30 June 1395 (Reg. Braybroke f. 132).

M. Nicholas Hereford D.Th. 1395-1396.

Coll. 1 July 1395 (Reg. Braybroke f. 132b). Estate ratif. 27 Nov. (CPR. 1391-1396 p. 642). Exch. 17 Dec. 1396 with John Godmanston for preb. of Boughrood in Abergwili colleg. ch., Carm., and preb. of St Nicholas, Penffoes, in St Davids (Reg. Braybroke f. 148).

John Godmanston 1396-1401.

By exch. Dec. 1396. Royal gr. 12 Feb. 1397 (CPR. 1396-1399 p. 67). Estate ratif. 31 Oct. 1399 (CPR. 1399-1401 p. 55). D. by 18 June 1401 (Reg. Braybroke f. 191b).

M. Thomas Lentwardyn B.Th. 1401-1423.

Coll. 18 June 1401 (Reg. Braybroke f. 191b). Occ. Feb. 1423 (Reg. Chichele 111 167). (fn. 2)

M. Thomas Chace D.Th. 1423-1449.

Coll. 7 Apr. 1423; instal. 5 June; further instal. 13 Nov. 1424 (WD 13 ff. 92/89, 100/98). D. by 28 Apr. 1449 (Reg. Gilbert f. 213).

M. Henry Sever D.Th. 1449-1471.

Coll. 28 Apr. 1449 (Reg. Gilbert f. 213). Estate ratif. 11 Sept. 1450 (CPR. 1446- 1452 p. 401), and 5 Sept. 1461 (CPR. 1461-1467 p. 41). D. 4/10 July 1471 (Reg. T. Kempe pt. i ff. 127b, 129; PCC 3 Wattys).

M. Thomas Smith D.Th. 1471-1489.

Coll. 15 Aug. 1471 (Reg. T. Kempe pt. i f. 129). D. by 16 Jan. 1489 (ibid. f. 220).

M. Walter Knightley D.M. 1489-1501.

Coll. 16 Jan. 1489 (Reg. T. Kempe pt. i f. 220). D. by 15 May 1501 (CPR. 1494- 1509 p. 235).

M. Gonsalvo Ferdinand 1501-1504.

Royal gr. 15 May 1501 (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 235). Precentor 1504.

M. John Walles 1504.

Royal gr. 31 July 1504 (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 373). D. by 31 Aug. (Lincoln, Reg. xxiii (Smith) f. 21b).

M. William Lichfield D.C.L. 1504-1517.

Coll. 20 Dec. 1504 (Reg. Barons f. 50). D. by 24 Nov. 1517 (Reg. FitzJames f. 74).

M. John Edmunds D.Th. 1517-1530.

Coll. 24 Nov. 1517 (Reg. FitzJames f. 74). Res. by 22 Feb. 1530 (Reg. Tunstal f. 30).

M. Thomas Baghe or Williams B.Th. 1530-1558.

Coll. 22 Feb. 1530 (Reg. Tunstal f. 30). D. by 7 Feb. 1558 (Reg. Bonner f. 474).