During the short period he sat at Ely he was famed for his liberality and hospitality. In his journies he had a bell rung that the poor might assemble to partake of his alms. By his will, dated 18 Aug. 1501, proved 24 Oct. 1505, he gave 100 marks to his cathedral, and the like sum to the poor on the day of his funeral. He also gave considerably to his old monastery of Shap, and left small legacies to all the religious houses in his diocese. Whitaker's Loidis & Elmete, 166, &c. Richardson's Godwin. Le Neve's Fasti. Bentham's Ely. MS. Addit. 6118. 661. THOMAS FROWYK, born at Ealing, Middlesex, and son of Thomas Frowyk, esq., of Gunnersbury, afterwards a knight, by the daughter and heiress of sir John Sturgeon, knt., was sometime of this university, and then studied the municipal law in one of the inns of court, where he read on the statute 17 Edw. 2, Prerogativa Regis. He was made serjeant-at-law 1496, making with the other new serjeants a grand feast at Elyhouse in Holborn, where dined the king, queen, and all the chief lords of England. He was afterwards one of the king's serjeants, and in 1502 he and others made an award between the university and town of Cambridge, adjusting various disputes between the two bodies, and defining in minute detail their respective jurisdictions. On 30 Sept. 1502 he was constituted lord chief justice of the common pleas, and about that time was knighted. In 19 Hen. 7, he was by act of parliament appointed one of the feoffees to the use of the king's will. He died 17 Oct. 1505, being it is said under forty years of age, and was buried with Joan his wife in the church of Finchley. He left a large estate to his two daughters, of whom Elah the elder was married to sir John Spelman, justice of the king's bench, grandfather to sir Henry, that renowned knight. Arms: Az. a chev. between 3 leopards faces, O. Notes & Queries, v. 332. Bibl. Leg. Angliæ, 192. Plumpton Correspond. 152, 153, 161, 165. GEORGE FITZHUGH, the fourth son of Henry lord Fitzhugh, was preferred to canonries in the churches of Lincoln and York, 1475; admitted B.A. of this university, with liberty to go out M.A. when he would, and to be regent or not as he thought fit, 1478; became rector of Wintringham, Lincolnshire, 1479, and went out D.D. 1480. He was also rector of Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Kirkby Ravensworth, and Bedale, Yorkshire. In 1480 he was appointed dean of Lincoln, and was elected master of Pembroke hall in or about 1488. He was chancellor of the university 1496, continued so for two years, and in 1501 was again chancellor. He died 20 Nov. 1505, and was buried in Lincoln cathedral. Arms: Az. 3 cheveronels interlaced and a chief 0. His will was proved 11 May 1506. Le Neve's Fasti. Hawes & Loder's Framlingham, 220. Durham Wills, 101. In WILLIAM CHUBBES, born at Whitby, Yorkshire, was fellow of Pembroke hall; ordained deacon 5 April 1466, and priest 19 Sept. 1467. He became M.A. 1469, and President of Pembroke hall 1486, being the first who had that title. He commenced D.D. 1491. or about 1497 he was appointed by bishop Alcock the first master of Jesus college, which it is said he had urged that prelate to establish. He died about Nov. 1505, and was a benefactor to Pembroke hall. He was author of 1. An Introduction to Logic. 2. A Commentary on Duns Scotus. Parker's Scelet. Cantab. Tanner's Bibl. Brit. Dyer's Hist. Camb. ii. 70. Hawes & Loder's Framlingham, 218. MS. Cole, XXV. 197. Peterhouse 1 April 1483, was proctor of JOHN LOWNDE, admitted fellow of the university 1493, ordained priest 2 He died 1505, and by his will of that April 1496, and commenced D.D. 1502. date desired to be buried in the choir of S. Mary without Trumpington gates, giving to the high altar 13s. 4d, and to to a priest to celebrate there for a year the church 68. 8d. He also gave £4. 10s. for the souls of himself, his parents, and benefactors and all the faithful deceased. He devised to the fellows of Peterhouse lands in Wilbraham, and bequeathed them £6. to buy other lands on condition they celebrated certain exequies and masses; and he bequeathed to the college library, to be there chained, a Dictionary in three volumes and a book entitled Summa Predicantium. MS. Baker, vi. 203. MS. Cole, xxvi. 82, xlii. 74. WILLIAM WORDALL, a native of Lincolnshire, became master of Catharine hall in or about 1492, and was living in 1505, though he probably died in the course of that year. - Parker's Scel. Cantab. WILLIAM SIGO, fellow of Gonville hall and professor of grammar, gave in 1505 lands to that college for a scholar of the diocese of Norwich. Caius Coll. Comm. 8. Ives' Select Papers, 51. Univ. & Coll. Doc. i. 230. wards painting the nine orders of angels, also £10. towards making an aisle in S. Andrew's church, Cambridge. He appointed sir James Cartmell to sing for his soul for three years, and directed his executors to spend £10. at his funeral, and moreover to give on his burying-day in bread and flesh to the value of £10. to poor folks at their houses, and to cause, as speedily as might be, a thousand masses to be sung for his soul, every priest to have 4d. for his labour in saying Placebo, Dirige, commendation, and mass. unbequeathed residue of his goods were to be given in alms and other deeds of charity as his executors should think best for the weal of his soul. RICHARD BURTON, collated to the archdeaconry of Worcester 24 Nov. 1479, resigned the same 1483. He was proctor of the university 1491. He proceeded B.D., and 1 June 1498 was collated to the prebend of Segeston in the church 108, xxvi. 25. Bury Wills, 106, 253. of Southwell. He was vicechancellor of this university 1505, and died 1506. Le Neve's Fasti, iii. 75, 456, 603. HENRY RUDD, a native of Winterton, Lincolnshire, studied the canon law in this university, and became bachelor in that faculty 1477, commencing doctor the following year. He was admitted to the rectory of Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, 30 July 1478, resigned same 1490, and was instituted to the rectory of Cottingham, Northamptonshire, 1 Oct. 1486, and to that of Pitchley in the same county 18 Feb. 1487-8. In 1490 he resigned the rectory of Downham, Isle of Ely, and on 30 April in that year was instituted to the church of Castor near Peterborough. He was in 1500 appointed vicar-general and commissary of the diocese of Ely by the prior and convent of Canterbury, the sees of Ely and Canterbury being then both vacant. His death occurred 1506. By his will, wherein he describes himself as of Bury S. Edmund's, dated 24 Aug. and proved 8 Nov. in that year, he desired to be buried in the monastery at that place before S. Christopher, and bequeathed £10. towards the making of two blind windows in the said monastery beside S. Christopher. He also gave £50. to the monastery of Peterborough, and legacies for purchase of vestments for the churches of Winterton, Castor, and Pitchley, and the chapel of S. Nicholas at the east gate Bury. He gave to the blackfriars of Cambridge 20 marks to The Bridge's Stevenson's Supp. to Bentham's Ely. Northamptonsh. ii. 125, 299, 502. MS. Cole, xxv. He WILLIAM STOCKDALE, fellow of Peterhouse, was proctor of the university 1478. He was instituted to the vicarage of West Ham, Essex, 6 June 1480, and to the rectory of S. Leonard, Colchester, 20 Feb. 1487-8, being then B.D. subsequently commenced D.D. and was vicechancellor of the university 1493. He was constituted dean of the collegiate church of S. Mary, Warwick, 13 July 1498, but gave up that preferment before 10 Dec. in the same year. He with others founded a fellowship in Catharine hall 1506. Newcourt's Repert. ii. 173, 415. Dugdale's Warwicksh. 347- Cooper's Ann. of Camb. i. 242. MS. Baker, vii. 29. RICHARD NELSON, of the diocese of York, was B.A. when ordained deacon on the title of the hospital of S. John, Cambridge, 17 Dec. 1468. He was ordained priest 27 May 1469, and was admitted to the vicarage of Sawston, Cambridgeshire, 17 April 1476. He founded a fellowship and a bible clerkship for natives of Lonsdale at Catharine hall. The latter foundation was settled 4 Sept. 1506. MS. Cole, xxv. 105, 200, 201. MS. Baker, vii. 31, 35, RICHARD BALDERSTON, B.D.,born at Guisborough in the county of York, was proctor of the university 1501, vicar of Campsall, Yorkshire, and rector of Coton, Cambridgeshire, 1505, and in or soon after that year became master of Catharine hall. He died before 12 June 1507. Parker's Scel. Elien. 53 b. 56 a. Cantab. Lib. Induct. Archid. ROGER LEYBURN, born in the neighbourhood of Carlisle, of a knightly family, was fellow of Pembroke hall and proctor of the university 1488. He subsequently proceeded D.D., became archdeacon of Durham 1490, rector of Huish Champflower, Somersetshire, 1493, of Long Newton, county of Durham, 1497, and of Sedgefield in the same county 1499. He was also temporal chancellor of Durham, and 6 May 1501 was installed prebendary of Grindall in the church of York. On 31 of the same month he was collated to the mastership of the hospital of S. Giles at Kepyyer near Durham. He was consecrated bishop of Carlisle Sept. 1504, and elected master of Pembroke hall 29 Nov. 1505. He died in July or Aug. 1507, and by his will, dated 17 July in that year, desired to be buried in the church of S. James near Charing Cross. Arms: Az. 6 lioncels rampant A. langued G. Fuller's Worthies. Le Neve's Fasti. Richardson's Godwin. Blomefield's Collect. Cantab. Hawes & Loder's Framlingham, 221. Hutchinson's Durham. Wood's Athen. Oxon. i. 562. MS. Cole, xix. 193. THOMAS SAVAGE, son of sir John Savage, knt., of Clifton, Cheshire, was LL.D. of this university. In 1488 he was sent ambassador to Castile and Portugal, as he was in 1490 to France. He was made bishop of Rochester 1492, and translated to London 1496, and to the archiepiscopal see of York 1501. He died at Cawood 3 Sept. 1507, and was buried under a sumptuous tomb in York minster, whereon is his recumbent image in his pontifical habit, with escocheons having the arms of the sees of London, York, and Rochester, each impaling A. a pale fusily S. His heart however was buried at Macclesfield, where he had intended to have founded a college similar to that of his predecessor at Rotherham. He is described as a prelate of moderate learning and passionately fond of hunting, though well versed in state affairs. Richardson's Godwin. Le Neve's Fasti. Newcourt's Repert. Drake's Eboracum. Rymer. JOHN ARGENTINE, of an ancient and knightly family, was born at Bottisham, Cambridgeshire. In 1457 he was elected from Eton to King's college. He proceeded in arts, and was proctor of the university 1472. He subsequently became M.D., and was physician and dean of the chapel to Arthur prince of Wales. He was rector of Hartest-cumBoxted, Suffolk, 1487, and of Glemsford in the same county, also of S. Vedast London, 1488, and of Cavendish Suffolk, 1490. He was admitted to the prebend of Dernford in the church of Lichfield 1494, which he exchanged for the prebend of Bubbenhall 1497, and for that of Pipa Parva 1501. He was also collated to the prebend of Holcomb in the church of Wells 1498, was master of the hospital of S. John Baptist Dorchester 1499, and was elected provost of King's college 1501. He took the degree of D.D. 1504, and dying 2 Feb. 1507-8 was buried in his chantry on the south side of the college chapel, under a tomb with his effigy, in his doctor's robes and these inscriptions: 1. Virginis atque Dei Fili, crucifixe, Redemp- Humani Generis Christe memento mei. 2. Artiste, Medici, Scripture interpretis alme, 3. Orate pro anima Johannis Argentine, Ar- There is extant from his pen, Actus publice habitus in Acad. Cantab. contra omnes regentes universitatis quoad oppositiones, 1470, MS. in Corp. Chr. Coll. Oxon. It is said to contain verses on all arts and faculties, namely, grammar, rhetoric, logic, geometry, perspective, arithmetic, music, astronomy, natural philosophy, medicine, morals, and metaphysics. Dr. Argentine, by his will dated 25 Jan. 1507-8, gave 100 marks to his college, as also a silver basin and ewer weighing 80 oz. 15 dwts. with his arms enamelled thereon. This plate was unfortunately melted down about 1774. Arms: G. 3 covered cups A. Alumn. Eton. 35, 111. Le Neve's Fasti. Newcourt's Repert. Tanner's Bibl. Brit. Wood's Annals of Oxford, ii. 56. Cox's Cat. of Oxford Coll. MSS. Univ. & Coll. Doc. i. 244. MS. Cole, i. 90, 91, xiii. 65, 67, xlv. 205. WILLIAM ROBSON was vicechancellor of the university 1507, but no further particulars respecting him have been ascertained. Le Neve's Fasti. ROGER FELTON occurs 1508 as the prior of the house of S. Edmund in this university. This house was for canons of the order of Sempringham, commonly called white canons. It does not appear when Felton acquired the office. William Gayton is mentioned as prior in 1497. Muniments of Corp. of Cambridge. JOHN SMITH, elected from Eton to King's college 1467, was proctor of the university 1483, and afterwards became master of Eton school and D.D. He was vicechancellor of this university 1499 and 1504, and was collated to the prebend of Stow Longa in the church of Lincoln 3 Sept 1507. He seems to have died in or about April 1509. Alumn. Eton. 113. Le Neve's Fasti, ii. 214, iii. 603. JOHN SYCLING was elected fellow of Corpus Christi college 1488, served the office of proctor of the University 1491, became rector of Fendrayton and master of God's house 1495, and was again proctor of the university 1501. He ultimately became D.D., and on the conversion of God's house into Christ's college was constituted the first master of that society. He died 9 June 1509. By his will dated 24 Sept. 1506 he desired to be buried in Christ's college chapel, whereto he gave his best coverlet to lay on the hearse and to hang on the chapel wall at high feasts. He also gave to the college his best brass pot, best cauldron, best pan, best spit, three great chests, the Decrees and the Decretals with a manual and four altar cloths. There are also bequests to Corpus Christi College and the churches of S. Andrew the Great and S. Benedict Cambridge, the churches of S. Peter and Allhallows Sudbury and the friars of that town. It appears that he had three tenements there and two acres of land in the adjacent parish of Much Cornard. Arms: A. on a pile G. as many trefoils slipped of the field. Masters' Hist. C. C. Coll. ed. Lamb, 311. MS. Baker, vi. 204. MS. Cole, xx. 46. RICHARD HATTON, born at Bath, was elected from Eton to King's college 1470, became bursar of that college, and whilst in the office was robbed and wounded on a journey from Cambridge to London. He was LL.D. and chaplain to Henry VII., by whom in 1486 he was employed on an embassy to Maximilian king of the Romans. He was presented to the, rectory of Hanslope Buckinghamshire 26 Nov. 1496, and was ambassador to the Low Countries and to Scotland 1499. He was elected provost of King's college 21 March 1507-8, and died in June 1509. Arms: Az. a cheveron between 3 garbs O. Alumn. Eton. 36. Rymer. MS. Cole, i. 119, xiii. 77. a WILLIAM CLERKE, elected from Eton to King's college 1467, gave up his fellowship and became chanter of the college chapel, after which he was domestic of archbishop Rotheram. It would seem that he was a layman and married, and that he and his wife died 4 Aug. 1509, and are commemorated by the following inscription in the nave of York cathedral: Sub hoc lapide jacent Willielmus Clerke, et Alicia uzor ejus, qui obierunt iv. die mensis Augusti, An. Dom. 1509. Quorum animæ in pace requiescant. At the appointment of this university he amended and corrected the ordinal or pie according to the use of Sarum, and this edition was printed by Richard Pynson, 1498, and 1503. WILLIAM ATKINSON, of the diocese of York, was M.A. and fellow of Pembroke hall 1477, B.D. 1485, D.D. 1498. He was admitted to a prebend in the church of Southwell 15 May 1501, became canon of Lincoln 7 March 1503-4, and of Windsor 25 Feb. 1506-7 He died 8 Aug. 1509, and was buried in the east aisle behind the high altar of S. George's chapel, Windsor, where is his figure in an ecclesiastical habit with S. George's escocheon and this inscription: Orate pro anima Will. Atkinson, sacre Theologia Professoris, et hujus sacri Collegii Canon. Qui obiit 8 die Augusti, Anno Domini Milessimo quingentesimo nono. Cujus anime propicietur Deus. Amen. RICHARD EMPSON, born at Towcester, was son of Peter Empson, a sievemaker, and Elizabeth his wife. The father, notwithstanding his manual occupation, was evidently a person of considerable local influence and importance. He died 1473. The son studied and practised the common law, and with such success that as early as 1476 he purchased considerable estates in Northamptonshire. He represented that county in parliament, and in Oct. 1491 was chosen speaker of the house of commons. He was recorder of Coventry, was knighted in if not before 1503, and in 1504 became high-steward of this university, being about the same time constituted chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. He has acquired unenviable notoriety from having been the unscrupulous minister of the insatiable avarice which characterised the closing years of the reign of Henry VII. In conjunction with Edmond Dudley he filled the royal coffers by fines derived from vexatious and unrelenting prosecutions for offences against obsolete penal laws, by exacting excessive compositions from the royal wards, and by false inquisitions whereby additional lands were brought under the burthen of tenure in capite. He was appointed one of the executors of Henry VII., but on that monarch's death he and Dudley became the objects of general popular indignation, and were committed to the tower after having been examined by the council, before whom Empson made an ingenious and spirited defence. They were afterwards proceeded against upon an improbable and absurd charge of high treason, of which Empson was convicted at Northampton 3 Oct. 1509, Dudley having been previously convicted of the offence elsewhere. Henry VIII. was however reluctant to put them to death, but the popular clamour against them was so strong that he at last ordered the law to take its course, and they were beheaded on Tower-hill 17 Aug. 1510. The body of sir Richard Empson was buried in the church of the Whitefriars, London. By Jane his wife who survived him he left two sons, Thomas, to whom his father's estates were restored by Act of Parliament 4 Hen. 8, and John; also four daughters, Elizabeth married successively to George Catesby and sir Thomas Lucy, Joan married successively to Henry Sothill and sir William Pierrepoint, married to Tyrell, and Jane married successively to John Pinshon and Thomas Wilson, LL.D., secretary of state to queen Elizabeth. Arms: G. a cheveron between 3 pears, O. Baker's Northamptonsh. ii. 139. Manning's Speakers, 132. Fuller's Worthies. Will of Hen. Baga de Secretis. Howell's State Trials. VII. Hallam's Const. Hist. Book. Cooper's Ann. of Camb. i. 276. Rot. Parl. Lounger's Com. PlacePlumpton Correspondence. JOHN TONNYS, a native of Norwich, was educated among the Augustinians of that city, and afterwards in 1502. For some years he was provincial this university, where he proceeded D.D. of his order in England. Finding a knowledge of the Greek tongue indispensable in the study of sacred literature, he diligently applied himself to acquire it and gained a knowledge of the rudiments, when a premature death put an end to his labours about 1510. He wrote 1. Rudimenta grammatices, said to have been printed by Pynson. 2. De quantitate syllabarum. 3. De edendis carminibus. 4. Epistolæ ad diversos. informed Leland that he had seen greek letter written by Tonnys. 5. Orationes ad clerum. 6. Sermones ad populum. 7. Certamina scholastica. 8. Lecturæ magistrales Cantabrigiæ. 9. Collectanea Bale a suarum concionum quædam. 10. Facetiæ et rhythmi. Leland's Collect. iii. 53. Bale, ed. 1549, fo. 209 b. Tanner's Bibl. Brit. 718. Herbert's Ames, 286. WILLIAM BRIGGS occurs as prior of the house of Dominican friars at Norwich 1507. In that year he was admitted by this university to the degree of B.D., commencing D.Ď. here 1510. Blomefield's Norfolk, iv. 339. |