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Farewell or Farewall,1 John († bef. 13 Aug 1556): oc 1536 vic Camberwell, Surr, worth £20 (Reg. Gardiner, p. 173)–† bef. 27 Aug 1556 (CRP, no. 1662); on G. Fayrewall’s death, inst 26 Sept 1537 rect Rotherhithe, Surr, Robert Wharton or Parfew (qv) and convent of Bermondsey, pats. (Reg. Gardiner, p. 111)–† bef. 13 Aug 1556 (CRP, no. 1642); resig bef. 10 Dec 1537 rect St Mary Magdalen next Bermondsey (SE, p. 473) (Reg. Gardiner, p. 112); oc Christmas 1541 stipendiary priest at Camberwell and Rotherhithe (Reg. Gardiner, p. 182); will [n.d.] 1556/prov 8 Oct (TNA, PROB 11/38, fo. 101v PCC 16 Ketchyn; BRS 10, p. 197): places: Weasenham St Peter, Norf,2 St Martins of Rayname or Martin Raynam, Norf,3 Rotherhithe, Mary Magdalene in Bermondsey Street, chancel of Lanarmon,4 persons: siss (Agnes and Alice), svts (John [blank], Agnes Hammond), John Robertes, draper of London (exec), Thomas Idall of Peckham, Surr (exec), Thomas Docwra (ovs), Robert Howman, curate of Camberwell, legacies: cash (£13 15s), 12d to ‘fraternity of Jesus’ [?Jesus Guild], items of interest: bur. at Camberwell in front of image of St Giles, 5s to building and repairs of Weasenham St Peter

Farmer, John I: pres 10 Dec 1554 rect Kenardington, Kent (CPRPM 2, p. 165), inst 28 May 1555 (CCA, DCc, Reg N, fo. 86v; SVI, p. 65), comp 8 July £10 16s 9d, William Fermer, Meighfield, Suss and Richard Baker, Brightling, Suss, yeom, surs (TNA, E 334/6, fo. 28v)–resig bef. 18 May 1556 (CRP, no. 1566), pd 11 June 1556 1st instalment comp (TNA, E 334/6, pt 2, fo. 45r); ?same as next

Farmer, John II: ?acol, Chich dioc, disp 18 Feb 1538 orders (FOR, p. 124); ?curate of Rotherfield, Suss 1540-still 1544 (TSW 4, p. 32); inst 19 Dec 1549 Brightling preb, Coll. of Hastings, Suss, Sir Anthony Browne, pat. (WSRO, Ep/I/1/6, fo. 61v), worth £11 0s 10d (VE 1, p. 344)–resig bef. 19 Oct 1557 (CRP, no. 2113), still 26 Sept 1555 (WSRO, Ep/II/9/1, fo. 91r); ?pres 13 June 1554 rect Streat, Suss (CPRPM 1, p. 39), new pres 20 June 1554 (ibid., 2, p. 254), see also Thomas Gurnell bel.; inst 26 Aug 1556 rect Warbleton, Suss, Richard Puttenham, Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hant, pat. (CRP, no. 1660), John Parson oc 14 Jan 1556 curate (WSRO, Ep/II/9/1, fo. 96v), Dennis Maclankye oc 23 Mar 1556 (WSRO, Ep/II/9/1, fo. 102r), still rect 17 Sept 1557, still 17 Aug 1560 (TSW 4, p. 289 and 3, p. 104), worth £12 (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 186r)

Farrande, Richard († 9/28 Apr 1590): clk of Linc dioc, orders (CRP, no. 1842a), using disp ord5 priest 25 Mar 1557 by Chetham (qv) (LER, p. 185 and Foster, Lincoln, p. 86); inst 27 May 1560 rect Covenham St Mary, Linc, crown pat (LI2, no. 889), replacing Geoffrey Bayly (qv), in 1576 resided, worth £10, unmarr, poorly educ although claimed ‘bred in schools’ in 1585 (LER, p. 185 and Foster, Lincoln, p. 86)–† (Foster, ‘Admissions’, p. 80); will 9 Apr 1590/prov at Louth 28 Apr (LincRO, LCO Wills 1590, fo. 86r-v; BRS 28, p. 137): dead bro Peter’s da Annas [sic] 40s,

her sis Magdalen 20s, Thomas Davison of Marshchapel, Linc two gold angels [7 angels = £3], Jennet Admirall my svt gown, Christopher Admiral svt ‘red bald’ mare, Jennet and son Christopher, res legs and execs, witns from Yarburgh, Linc

Fawcet, Fasset, Facett, Richard: BA SJCC 1537, MA 1540, BTh 1549, DTh 1554 (AlC 2, p. 126 and AtC 1, p. 209 and 3, p. 86); York dioc, ord priest 16 Apr 1541 in Norwich dioc (NRO, DN/ORR/1 (a), fo. 35v); pres 23 Mar 1554 preb Cant, inst 24 Mar on depr John Joseph (qv?) (SVI, p. 25)–depr bef. 9 July 1560 (F3 3, p. 38), declared contumacious for refusing to participate in Parker’s elec and depr next year (AtC); comp 14 July 1554 vic Herne, Kent £18 14s 5d, William Atkinson, St Michael Bassieshawe, brewer and William Truslowe, St Brides, merchant tailor, surs (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 179r), pres 20 July by D&C Cant-resig bef. 19 Nov 1555 (SVI, p. 58); heresy comm 25 Apr 1556 (CRP, no. 1549b and 2207), sat 7 Dec 1556 with Thornden, Collens, and Warren (all qv) (BL, Harl. 421, fo. 103r), another in 1556 and 1558 (AtC); coll 1 Dec 1558 St Martin in Dernestall or in Linc preb, Linc (LincRO, Epis. reg. 28, fo. 147r; LI2, no. 652), instal by proxy 22 Feb 1559 (LincCA 3, p. 162)–depr ca. 1560 (F3 9, p. 104 citing Sander) or bef. 1564 (AtC), [n.d.] unmarr priest, educ, non-resident, non-preacher, no bens (CCCC, MS 97, fo. 94r); inst 22 Apr 1559 rect Lyminge, Kent when rep. Richard Parkhurst (qv), D&C pat. through lapse of time (SVI, p. 78)–depr bef. 21 Sept 1560 (Reg. Parker, p. 775), worth £21 10s (VE 1, pp. 40 and 92); Faucet ‘brought up in the same house’, b. in same parish as Protestant martyr and his tutor John Bland (Foxe [1583], pp. 1671 and 1688); ca. end Aug 1555 William Coker, William Hopper, Henry Laurence, Richard Colliar, Richard Wright, and William Stere burned bef. Thornden, N. Harpsfield, Faucet and Colens (last four qv); among judges of of John Lomas, Agnes Snoth, Anne Albright, als Champnes, Joan Sole and Joan Catmer burnt 31 Jan 1556 in Cant (Foxe [1583], p. 1859); oc 14 Dec 1558 roy chap (Page, ‘Uniform’, p. 418); on list of suffering Catholic cath dignitaries (Sander, DVM, p. 692)

Ferrar, Robert († 30 Mar 1555): b. Ewood in Midgley, Halifax, W. York;6 early 1520s at Augustinian Nostell priory, W. York; ord 24 Sept 1524 deac York, prob. priest later at Cantab; 1524-8 student at Cantab and 1528-34/5 at Oxford (ODNB); BTh 14 Oct 1533 (RUO 1, p. 174); under influence of Thomas Garrett by 1528; imprisoned twice for selling Protestant books; preaching lic from Cromwell 1536; instal June 1538 prior of Nostell-1539; chap and protégé to Protector Somerset (qv); appt July 1548 bp of St Davids, temps 31 July, cons 9 Sept; marr between 1547 and Jan 1549; constantly at odds with cath D&C; depr 13 Mar 1554 and imprisoned; appeared bef. Gardiner, Pate, Sir Robert Rochester and Sir Robert Southwell (all qv) 22 Jan 1555 (ODNB); tried by Pole’s comm (CRP, no. 1053); arraigned 20 Feb 1555 at Carmarthen bef. successor Henry Morgan (qv) (ODNB); examined 7 Mar, refused to sign; sentenced 13 Mar aft. appeal to Pole rejected by Morgan (Foxe [1570], p. 1724); burned at Carmarthen (ODNB); bib: Brown; see: BRUO2 pp. 202-203; Foxe (1570), pp. 1721-26; Menevia sacra, pp. 91-94; AtC 1, pp. 125-26

Fessard, John: Salis dioc, WinC usher 1538, vac 1543; elec ECO fell. 11 Dec 1543, vac 1544 (BRUO2 p. 204); BA 17 Jan 1544,7 MA 16 July 1554 (RUO 1, p. 207);

comp 6 Mar 1544 vic Tisbury, Wilt £16 13s 8d, William More, Middle Temple and David Brockweye, Ferne, Wilt, gen, surs (TNA, E 334/3, fo. 8v), inst 26 Mar (W&SRO, D1/2/16, Reg. Capon, fo. 18r), vac bef. 6 Mar 1567 (W&SRO, D1/2/16, Reg. Jewel, fo. 20r), as such ord priest 24 Mar 1544 (W&SRO, D1/2/16, Reg. Capon, fo. 82v); inst 88 Dec 1555 rect Donhead St Mary, Wilt, Edward Fessard, pat. (W&SRO, D1/2/16, Reg. Capon, fo. 69r)–depr bef. 24 Nov 1565 (W&SRO, D1/2/16, Reg. Jewel, fo. 16r), as such exhibited bef. 5 May 1556 pluralism disp (W&SRO, D1/43/2, unfoliated and D1/39/1/1, fo. 86ar), comm 1 Sept 1556 to absolve Thomas Mullens (W&SRO, D1/39/1/1, fo. 107av), worth £27 12s 10d (TNA, E 334/3, fo. 52v); comp 13 Oct 1556 rect Shaftesbury Holy Trinity, Dor 73s 7d, John Compton, gen and John Cavye, mercer, both of parish, surs (TNA, E 334/6, fo. 37v)–resig 1559 (DI, 4, p. 159), ‘Thomas’ Fessard inst 1556 and ‘aft. the Reformation it was annexed to St Peter’s’ (Hutchins 3, p. 52); 30 May 1558 preaching lic Salis dioc (CRP, no. 2243); inst 1559 vic Fontmell Magna, Dor (DI, 2, p. 131; not in Hutchins 3, p. 560), worth £7 10s (VE 1, p. 289); on list of Catholic clergy having lost bens or gone into exile (Sander, DVM, p. 696) and on list of preaching clergy drawn up by Sander abt same time (Pollen, p. 19)

Fisher, John, bp of Rochester (ca. 1469-1535); b. Beverley, E. York; BA 1488, MA 1491, DTh 1501; ord priest 1491 York; vc Cantab 1501; 1st Lady Margaret Professor Divinity 1502; ‘spiritual director’ for Lady Margaret; bp 1504; chancellor Cantab; prob. arranged Erasmus’s teaching there; founder SJCC; opposed Henry VIII’s divorce from Katherine of Aragon; refused oath of succession 1534 when attainted; convicted of treason for denying supreme headship, executed 22 June 1535 (ODNB); treated by Pole in tandem with Thomas More (qv) as prin English martyrs (e.g. De unitate, fo. IXr; CRP, no. 778, p. 247; see CPEC, II, pp. 60-61); bib: E. Surtz, The works and days of John Fisher 1469-1535 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1967); B. Bradshaw and E. Duffy, eds, Humanism, reform and the Reformation: the career of Bishop John Fisher (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989); Richard Rex, The theology of John Fisher (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991); M. Dowling, Fisher of men: a life of John Fisher, 14691535 (New York: St Martin’s Press, 1999)

Fisher, John: ?comp 4 Jan 1551 vic Patrixbourne, Kent (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 67r), inst 6 Jan, Sir Thomas Cheyney (qv), pat. (LPLCR, fo. 413r)–resig bef. 19 Nov 1555 (‘Master’, no degrees; SVI, p. 99);9 pres 18 Nov 1553 rect Buckland, Kent (CPRPM 1, p. 45), BCL,10 inst 9 Jan 1554 (CCA, DCc, Reg N, fo. 55v; SVI, p. 20), comp 13 Oct 1555 112s, Nicholas Grave, St Edmund Lombardstreet, draper and Robert Hayes, St Faith’s, haberdasher, surs (TNA, E 334/6, fo. 32r), pd 1st instalment 3 Mar 1556 (TNA, E 334/6, pt 2, fo. 40v), depr bef. 30 Oct 1556 bec of illegal transfer from Buckland to Stisted, Ess (CRP, no. 1757); pres 20 Mar 1554 rect Stisted, Ess (CPRPM 1, p. 223), BCL,11 inst 24 Mar (CCA, DCc, Reg N, fo. 60r; SVI, p. 121), if not also depr vac bef. 20 July 1560 (Reg. Parker, p. 208)

Fisher, Margaret († 1558): widow London dioc, disp 17 Feb 1555 marr to John Cawood (CRP, no. 1077): St Michael Bassieshaw, will 1558 CC London 1558, 2, fo. 227v (BRS 89, p. 71) which I have not seen

fitz Alan, Henry, 16th [or 12th] earl of Arundel (23 Apr 1512-24 Feb 1580 [HBC]): pat. Sir Thomas Stradlinge (qv); son of William Fitzalan, 15th [or 11th] earl of Arundel and Anne, da of Henry Percy, 4th earl of Northumberland; marr 1) Katherine, da of Thomas Grey, 2nd marquess of Dorset, 2) Mary, widow of Robert Radcliffe, first earl of Sussex, da of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Corn; summoned to parliament 5 Feb 1534 as Baron Maltravers; deputy of Calais 2 July 1540; earl of Arundel 23 Jan 1544; elec KG 24 Apr 1544, instal 18 May; at capture of Boulogne; lord chamberlain and pc July 1546-14 Jan 1550; high constable at coronations 1547, 1553, 1558; to Tower 8 Nov 1551; supported Lady Jane, then Mary; with Sir Henry Jerningham (qv), escorted Northumberland to prison (VMR, p. 218); on comm to restore Bonner (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 57r-v) and Tunstall with Sir John Baker (qv), Carne (qv), Sir Richard Southwell, Sir Thomas Moyle (qv), Richard Morgan, D. Pole (qv), H. Cole (qv) and W. Ermested (qv) (Statutes of Durham, p. 197); chief judge at treason trial of Henry Grey, duke of Suffolk (qv) (Foxe [1570], p. 1637) and assisted in Northumberland’s (J. Dudley qv) trial; lord steward and titular president of the council Sept 1553; commissioned to restore C. Tunstall (qv) (ODNB); on large comm 5 Sept 1553 for E. Bonner’s (qv) restoration (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 57r-v); various ceremonial functions under Mary (ODNB); 15 Mar 1555 Lent disp (CRP, no. 1125); with S. Gardiner and W. Paget (both qv) at Marcq peace conference; lieut-gen 26 July 1557; comm for peace negotiations Oct 1558; absent for vote on Supremacy Bill 18 Mar 1559, assented to revised bill 17 Apr (ODNB); pat. of Earnley with Almodington, Suss which granted to John, Lord Lumley (SVI, p. 41); pat. of Shrawardine, Salop to which pres Maurice Griffith (qv); pat. of Selattyn, Salop to which pres John Thomas 7 Sept 1555 (SVI, p. 112); elec 14 Jan 1559 chancellor of Oxford (Wood, Fasti 1, cols 153-154); sat on the privy council subcommittee considering the charges against Mary Queen of Scots; house arrest 1569 and 1571; wealth at death £1900 p.a., landed income (TNA, SP 12/133/26, in ODNB), £3819 in 1574 (ODNB); see ODNB; will 30 Dec 1579/prov 27 Feb 1580 (TNA, PROB 11/62): places: Arundell, Suss coll., persons: son-in-law Lord Lumley (exec) and wife late da Lady Jane, Sir Thomas Bromley, lord chancellor of England (ovs), Sir Christopher Wraye, chief justice of England, legacies: cash (£40), horse and year’s wages to gent svts, year’s wages to yeom svts, plate, jewels, household goods, real estate, items of interest: bur. in choir or chancel of Arundell Coll., tomb built, memorials made for grandfather, all moveables to Lord Lumley per deed of 14 Mar 1566, Bromley and Wraye to settle disputes over lands and goods between earl of Surrey [Phillip Howard, HBC, p. 485] and Lord Lumley

fitz Alan, Mary, countess of Arundel († 1557): da Sir John Arundell (ca. 1474-1545), Lanherne, Corn and 2nd wife, Katherine, widow of Robert Radcliffe, first earl of Sussex (qv); marr 19 December 1545 last; 22 Feb 1555 Lent disp (CRP, no. 1079b)

Fitzgerald, Gerald, 9th earl of Kildare (1487-1534) (HBC, p. 494): b. 1487; son of Gerald Fitzgerald, 8th earl, lord deputy of Ireland and Alison Eustace, da of Roland FitzEustace or Eustace, 1st baron Portlester; marr 1) Elizabeth, da of Sir

of Dorset; deputy of Ireland 1513, again 1524 and 1532; at Field of Cloth of Gold; arrested 29 June 1534; † in Tower 2 Sept 1534; posthumously attainted of treason May 1536; estates worth over £1600, approx. 1000 marks in plate (ODNB); cited with son Thomas (qv) as example to Gerald Fitzgerald (qv/5) (CRP, no. 191)

Fitzgerald, Roland Baron: nom 14 Oct 1553 abp of Cashel (HBC, p. 416), cons Dec-† [‘ob. Rob’] 28 Oct 1561 (Eubel, p. 156); not confirmed by pope nor mentioned in next bp’s prov (HBC); 4 May 1555 abs from Pole and disp to exercise orders and hold bpric (CRP, no. 1208)

Fitzgerald, Thomas, 10th earl of Kildare (1513-37): called Silken Thomas; son of Gerald Fitzgerald (qv) and Elizabeth, da of Sir John Zouche; marr Frances, da of Sir Adrian Fortescue (qv); attainted for treason Dec 1534; executed 3 Feb 1537 (ODNB); cited with father (Gerald Fitzgerald, qv) as example to Gerald Fitzgerald (qv/5) (CRP, no. 191)

Fitzmaurice, James: abbot of Kyrie Eleison, Odorney, Co. Kerry, OCist, disp for age and illegit, prov 15 May 1536 bp of Ardfert (Eubel, p. 119)–1583 (HBC, p. 379); gave disp during schism (CRP, no. 1644)

Fitzwater, Charles (ca. 1532-?): from Cant, adm 14 Aug 1548 scholar of KCC from EtC, aged 17, fell. 1551-9 (AlC 2, p. 146); BA 1553, MA 1556 (GBΔ, pp. 84 and 112); disp orders (CRP, no. 1105b); ord priest 12 Mar 1555 by Thomas Leverous (qv) same time as William Cooke, Richard Woodward, Henry Lacy, Goodlacus Cordall, George Bere or Byrry, Leonard Boulton, William Saunderson and Thomas Bellard (all qv) (GL, 9535/1, fo. 46v); 1559 fell. of EtC (AlC); inst 1562 rect Piddlehinton, Dor, vac bef. 1590 (DI, 4, p. 150)

Flaminge, Flamoint, Flamaunt or Flamence, Richard († bef. 15 July 1580): inst 25 May 1548 rect Hartley Wespall, Hant, D&C of Windsor, pat. (Reg. Gardiner, p. 129), comp 15 May £6 3s, Robert Puttenham (qv), Sherfield-on-Loddon, Hant, arm and Richard Puttenham, Malshanger, Hant, gen, surs (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 9r and Reg. Gardiner, p. 145)–† bef. 9 Sept 1580 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 425r); comp 28 Mar 1555 rect Stratfield Turgis, Hant £5 17s, Nicholas Stynte, Rotherwick, Hant and Thomas Lytleworke, Stratfield Turgis, yeomen, surs (TNA, E 334/6, fo. 13r), pd 1st instalment 10 Oct, 2nd 25 Apr 1556 (TNA, E 334/6, pt 2, fos 2v and 42r)–† bef. 15 July 1580 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 424r); abs & disp 17 Aug 1556 pluralism (CRP, no. 1650)

Fletcher, Henry († bef. 11 Mar 1561 [probate]): BA 1509, MA 1512, BTh 1521 (AlC 2, p. 149); York dioc, ord priest 30 Mar 1510 London to title of St Bartholomew Hospital, Smithfield (GL, 9531/9, fo. 170r); inst 2 Nov 1521 vic Aylesford, Kent, John Wilbore, master of Strood hospital, pat. (qv) (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fo. 90v)– resig bef. 24 Oct 1524 when inst vic W. Malling, Kent, Elizabeth Rede, prioress of Malling, pat.–† (will), valued for subsidy 1524 at £20 (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fo. 118v) but only £10 in 1535 (VE 1, p. 108), inst same day High Mass preb, Malling (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fo. 97r-v)–‘Reformation’ when renounced papal authority (Fielding, p. 400); as both comp 27 Apr 1529 with prioress (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fos 129r-131r); 20 Oct 1545 co-pat. along with a Wilbore12 of rect Aylesford, Kent by grant of Strood, Kent hospital when Lawrence Thomasson inst (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15,

fo. 51v); vic Malling, Kent, disp 4 May 1546 to hold it and St Mary Hoo, Kent (see next item)14 (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fo. 66v and FOR, p. 274); inst15 8 May 1546 vic St Mary Hoo, Kent, crown pat. (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fo. 63r), comp 12 May £14 19s 1d, Hugh Catling, gen and John Scott, yeom, both Malling, surs (TNA, E 334/3, fo. 87r), vac bef. 29 Jan 1572 (Reg. Parker, p. 990); pensioner 1 July 1557, Rainham, Kent (CRP, no. 2051); will 30 July 1554, admon per viam intestati 11 Mar 1561 to John Thornton’s (see bel.) widow (TNA, PROB 11/44 PCC 14 Loftes; BRS 18, p. 115): Catholic preamble, places: Town Malling, E. Malling, Aylesford, all Kent, Cockermouth, Cumb and vicinity, persons: bro’s da Alice Penny of Hollingborne, Kent, sister’s da Elizabeth Smith of Cockermouth, Cumb, cousin Henry Fletcher,16 scholar at Cantab, cousin Henry Fletcher of Cockermouth, godchil (Robert Clegat Steyd of Hallinge, Henry Goodhew, Valentyne Catlinge, Elizabeth Stevenson, Dennis Woodd, Henry Hassarte, George Thorneton, Mr Tather’s da, Mathias Mason, Hugh Catlynge, Thomas Ripley and Alice Woodd), Thomas Suthbye of Wye, Kent, John Thornton of London, merchant tailor of London (exec), legacies: cash (£90 1s), dole, household goods, surplice, real estate, books: some to scholar cousin Fletcher, 10s for mass books to East Malling church, items of interest: bur. in East Malling between Thomas Foole and north porch door, 8d to priests saying mass, observing month’s mind and year day, £80 to town of Cockermouth for repairs in dyke ‘a little ab. Derwent Bridge’ and for a schoolmaster at free school, or else £60 to poor scholars at Cantab b. in Cumb or Cockermouth and £20 to pave E. Malling streets; ?to be distinguished from man of same name † 11 June 1568 acc. list of ex-religious and chantry priest pensioners (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fo. 132r);17 ?rel Edmund Flatchere, clk, East Malling, Kent (1541; PCC 28 Alenger; BRS 10, p. 204); ?rel (or confusion with last) John Fletcher † holding East Malling 13 Nov 1540 (LPLCR, fo. 378r)

Fogge, Sir John: marshall of Calais, greeted Pole 1554 (CRP, no. 998); sued John Fuller, vic Ashford, Kent for defamation 29 Mar 1558 (CCA, DCB, Y.2.19, fo. 69r); will 11 Jan/prov 11 Oct 1564 (TNA, PROB 11/47 PCC 28 Stephenson; BRS 18, p. 116): of Ashford where bur. in chancel, dole, every mansvt 20s and black coat, Fuller 10s and black gown, wife’s chil £3, wife Mary res leg and exec, William Lovelesse, gent and friend William Woodwarde, gent, ovs, armour and weapons to Edward Fogge, £30 p.a. annuity pd by wife

Fordham, Robert († 4/24 Feb 1573): ord exorcist 2 Apr 1542 (NRO, DN/ORR/1

(a), fo. 33v); inst 21 Oct 1556 rect Oakley, Suff, Edward Brooks, gen, exec of bro George Brooks by grant from Sir Thomas Cornwallis (qv), pat. (NRO, DN/REG 12/18, fo. 154v), vac († another inc) bef. 15 Sept 1558 (NRO, DN/REG 12/18, fo. 206r); oc 11 Aug 1557 rect Brome, Suff aft. Pole had agreed to allow him to unite to Oakley (CRP, no. 2082)–resig bef. 13 June 1565 (NRO, DN/REG 13/19, fo. 115r); will (NRO, Norwich Consistory Court Wills): 4 Feb 1573/prov 24 Feb 1573: rect of Roydon, Norf, persons: Alice Emmes, John Shuckforthe, Thomas Crosse (exec), Thomas Reve (exec), legacies: cash (‘an angel noble’), dole, real estate

Forman, Robert: inst 11 Sept 1556 vic Pevensey, Suss (CRP 1677, 11b); ?witness 1557 to will at Alfriston, Suss (TSW, 1, p. 16); 1) OSB, ex-monk of Tynemouth priory, pensioned on £5 6s 8d (‘Tunstall’s priests’, p. 182); 2) of Nettleham, Linc ord unben subd 27 Mar 1535 to title of Orford priory (LincRO, Epis. reg. 26, fo. 43v); 3) als Madestone, monk of Roch cath, disp 10 Nov 1535 to hold ben wch (FOR, p. 35); 4) of W. Halton, Linc ord acol 28 Feb 1545, subd same day, deac 4 Apr, 2nd two to title of Francis Fotherby of Normanby, Linc (LincRO, Epis. reg. 26, fos 64v, 65r), ?this man, acol, of Linc dioc, disp 16 Oct 1545 orders (FOR, p. 264), this man inst at London 8 Dec 1555 rect Halton on Humber [W. Halton], Linc, John Hopton (qv), patron (LincRO, Epis. reg. 28, fo. 176v; LI2 no. 801 guessed E. Halton), sequestration 15 Oct 1564 (Reg. Parker, p. 809), this man inst 27 June 1566 rect Winteringham, Linc, Thomas Mydleton, gent, patron for this turn (LincRO, Epis. reg. 28, fo. 115v; LI2, no. 198), still held both in 1576 when Halton worth £16, bp of Norwich, pat. and Winteringham worth £28, pat. Lord Dacre of the South, ord priest 1539, resides at Halton, good Latin, moderately educated, aged 56, marr (LER, p. 170), still 1585 when sd ord priest 28 Oct 1544, qualified 31 June 1566 by Dacre of South, pluralism disp 6 July 1566, signed 19 Sept 1571, appeared by proxy Thomas Forman his son, curate in Winteringham (Foster, Lincoln, p. 98), still in both 1597 (ibid., p. 187)

Fortescue, Sir Adrian: (ca. 1481-1539); son Sir John Fortescue, Punsborne, nr Hatfield, Hert, and Alice, Sir Geoffrey Boleyn’s da; marr 1) father’s ward Anne Stonor, 2) Sir William Rede’s da Anne, Boarstall; KB 1503; in France 1513, 1522 and 1523; arrested Aug 1534 aft. son-in-law Silken Thomas’s Irish rebellion; raised troops against the Pilgrimage of Grace; arrested Feb 1539 (ODNB); attainted 19 May 1539 with Pole (CRP, no. 268a); executed 9 July 1539 for treason (ODNB) along with Sir Thomas Dingley (qv); bib: Richard Rex, ‘Blessed Adrian Fortescue: a martyr without a cause?’, Analecta Bollandiana, 115 (1997), pp. 307-53

Foxe, Edward (1496-8 May 1538 [ODNB]): b. Dursley, Glos, son William Fox; adm 27 Mar 1512 KCC from EtC, fell. 1515-1525/1527; BA 1517, MA 1520, DTh or DCnL 1532 (ODNB); inst 25 Sept 1528 provost KCC-† (LincRO, Epis. reg. 27, fos 237r and 246r); supposed member of White Horse tavern discussion group; Wolsey’s secretary (ODNB); inst 8 Nov 1527 Osbaldwick preb, York, Wolsey, pat.–promotion to Heref (F2 6, p. 74); inst 3 Jan 1528 rect Combe Martin, Dev, crown pat.; in Orvieto with S. Gardiner (qv) Feb 1528 to negotiate with Clement VII, other work for divorce; various diplomatic missions; Dec 152818 mr Sherburn Hospital, Dur (ODNB)–promotion (Reg. Tunstall, no. 121); oc bef. 17 Feb 1529

Compton Bishop preb, Wells when Robert Bigge, MA inst to its vic (SRS 55, no. 345), still 1535 (F2 8, p. 40); Oct 1529 introduced Cranmer to Henry VIII (both qv) (ODNB); cooperated with Pole in Paris in 1530 (CRP, no. 57);20 major role in writing propaganda for divorce, incl ‘Henricus octavus’ and Gravissimae, atque exactissimae illustrissimarum totius Italiae et Galliae academiarum censurae (1530) and prob. Glasse of Truthe (1532) (ODNB); coll 14 Dec 1531 Ad Leicester (F2 1, p. 13), instal 27 Dec (LincCA 1, pp. 150-51)–promotion (F2); roy almoner ca. 1532 (ODNB); coll 25 Nov 1533 Ad Dor-promotion (F2 3, p. 8);21 May 1535 canon Windsor (ODNB); strongly supported roy supremacy; wrote De vera differentia regiae potestatis et ecclesiasticae (1534 and 1538) (ODNB), translated by Henry Lord Stafford (qv); nom 20 Aug 1536 bp Heref, temps 7 Sept, cons 26 Sept-† (F2 2, p. 3); theologically Lutheran; dedicated treatise on eucharist (1536) by Martin Bucer (qv/5); major role in Bishops’ Book (1537); will prov 20 Mar 1539: mentioned Sir William Fitzwilliam, sis Joanne and bro-in-law John Bridget, res legs (ODNB)

Freman, Thomas: London, abs 3 July 1556 heresy, aft. conviction (CRP, no. 1593); 1) mr St Paul’s School, leg of Maurice Gittons (qv), removed 1559, prob. for religious views;22 2) will 14 Jan/prov 6 May 1569 (TNA, PROB 11/51, fo. 90v 13 Sheffeld; BRS 18, p. 119): gent,23 St Andrew Holborn, Mdx, execs sell moiety and half rect Coverham, N. York, proceeds to wife to perform will, use of all holdings in Erpingham or elsewhere in Norf, then to son, £100 each to das Margaret, Elizabeth and Isabel, execs enter into bond of 200 marks with Thomas Alleyn of Staple, wife res leg and exec with Roger Amys

Frevell, George: of Cant cath, pd stipend of £10 1555/6 (as what not said) (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 50r); pd 1555/6 12d for writing ‘St Thomas legend’ (CCA, DCc/ MA 40, fo. 54v), pd 30s for window glass and 16s 8d for extensive repairs to his room at same time (fo. 55r), 8d to 2 laborers for carrying things bought from him to the store house; minor canon, Cant cath., summoned 17 May 1556 visitation (CRP, no. 1564)

Frier, Thomas († bef. 10 May 1623 [will]): son John Friar, MD;24 matric 1553 pensioner from TCC, 1560 fell. (AlC 2, p. 183); BA 1558 (GBΔ, p. 124); scholarus in legibus,25 pres 10 Dec 1557 Eartham preb, Chich, Pole pat. by grant from Bp Christopherson26 (qv) (CRP, no. 2140), inst 28 Feb 1558 (WSRO, Ep/I/1/7, fo. 4r), instal 28 Apr by proxy (Peckham, no. 568), vac (depr) bef. 17 June 1571 (F3 2, p. 25); incorp 28 May 1560 BA at Oxford, MA 26 July 1563 (RUO 1, p. 242); MA Padua 1570 (Woolfson, p. 238), incorp as such at Oxford 1623 (AlC 2, p. 183); ‘scholar’, coll 26 Mar 1581 Norton Episcopi preb, Linc, instal by proxy 20 June, oc 20 June 1618 (F3 9, p. 101); recusant protected by Cecils (Woolfson); father and son on list of Catholic MDs (Sander, DVM, p. 700); 1572 fell. Roy Coll. of Physicians; bur 1623 London St

Botolph; memorial inscription Harlton, Camb (AlC); will 9 Dec 1617/prov 10 May 1623 (TNA, PROB 11/141): bur in wife’s tomb, £5 dole at St Botolph, real estate in London, Camb and Linc already given to 2nd son Henry plus all personal estate, exec and res leg, library at London house to youngest son Thomas, £50 to oldest son John, MD, but would disown if could and will if he interferes with will, £40 oldest da. Elizabeth Peacocke and £300 to her chil from wife, £12 p.a. da. Frances, £20 youngest da. Susan Wollascott, cousin Francis Harvy, sjt-at-law, ovs

Fryer, John († bef. 9 Nov 1568): pres by crown 6 Aug 1556 rect Byfleet, Surr (CPRPM 3, p. 502),27 inst 19 Aug (CRP, no. 1657)–19 Oct 1568 (HaRO, 21M65/A1/26, fo. 71r), oc mid-1562 unmarr, moderately educ, resident, non-preacher, only ben (‘Surrey incumbents’, p. 105); will 21 July 1563/prov 9 Nov 1568 (LMA, DW/ PA/5/1568/78): bur in Byfleet chancel, poorboxes 2s, Winch cath 12d, Byfleet church 20s, sis Margery 20s, godson Roger Freyre a cow named Ladyface and £3 10s, maid Margott, cow named Mull, bed, 4 ewe sheep, sow, household goods, rye, Anne Ponenett, 2 bushels of rye, sow, sheep, Thomas Coupper, cow, svt Hugh Allott’s sons, sheep, all godchil 12d, John Coupper, svt, 20s, John Baldgrove, heifer, [ill.] Thomson, best cloak, James Hatton, rect Long Ditton, Surr,28 cow, William Hatton, 3s 4d, Margaret Kylfhator, svt, £5, Margott Moberloy 3s 4d, James Hatton and Edmond Kylshowe (res leg), execs, Richard Harne and Richard Rogerson, both Southwark ovs, 5s each

Fuller, John I: instal 24 Aug 1558 Chisenbury and Chute preb, Salis by Pole’s mandate (CRP, no. 2272c)–depr bef. 18 Mar 1569, prob. earlier (F3 6, p. 34 citing D/1/2/16, pt 3, fo. 23, making name Fawley or Fowler and mistakenly giving date of instal as 14 Aug, but with corr p. ref. to source, 108 instead of 109 as given in no. 2272c); ‘Faulerus’, on Sander’s list of depr cath clergy (Sander, DVM, p. 692); taking name as Fowler, ?from Bristol, fell. NCO 4 Oct 1553-59, BA 23 Feb 1557, sup for MA 1560 (RUO 1, p. 234)

Fuller, John II († bef. 14 Dec 1558):29 Worc dioc,30 adm 1536 fell. ASC, vac 1547; notary by 1536 (mark in CCC, Liber Adm, 1, fo. 18) (BRUO2, pp. 221-22); BCL 15 July 1533,31 sup for DCL Jan 1546, DTh32 11 July 1546 (RUO 1, p. 169); adm Drs Coms 10 Oct 1546 (Squibb, p. 149); 20 Jan 1547 vg Westm rep prev comm 2 Oct 1546, rep 16 Apr 1550 by Henry Harvey (qv) (GL, 9531/12/1, fos 264r, 263v and 12/2, fo. 4r-v); coll 16 July 1547 rect Hanwell, Mdx (GL, 9531/12/1, fo. 247r)–resig bef. 22 May 1551 (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 36v), worth £20 (VE 1, p. 433); ?2 Aug 1548 vg London’s deputy (GL, 9531/12/1, fo. 213v); 20 Apr 1550 with Miles Spenser vg Norwich (NRO, DN/REG 12/18, fo. 1r-v), still 19 Apr 1551 (NRO, DN/REG 12/18, fo. 14v), still Jan-Feb 1552 (NRO, DN/REG 12/18, fo. 25r-v), Fuller alone in CC 1554, last appearance in act book 31 July (DN/ACT 7/8), still 13 Sept (NRO, DN/REG/12/18, fo. 79v); vg of Ely 14 Sept 1554 (CUL, EDR G/1/8, fo. 24r-v), still Oct 1555 (CUL, EDR G/1/8, fo. 46v), Thomas Yale (qv) his

comm 29 Oct 1554 (CUL, EDR G/1/8, fo. 26v) and frequently thereaft.; inst 16 Sept 1550 rect N. Creake, Norf, John Knyvett, Ashwellthorpe, Norf, pat. (NRO, DN/REG/12/18, fo. 16v), vac († another inc) bef. 20 Nov 1554 but † holding bef. 20 Jan 1559 (NRO, DN/REG/12/18, fos 41r and 213v);33 ?inst 1550 rect Reydon,34 Suff (Bullen, ‘Suffolk clergy’, p. 303)–† bef. 25 Nov 1556 or bef. 6 Apr 1559 (NRO, DN/REG/12/18, fos 157v and 219r); coll 7 Mar 155135 rect Swaffham, Norf-resig bef. 4 Sept 1554 (NRO, DN/REG/12/18, fos 12r and 71v); pres by crown 12 Nov 1554 5th preb, Ely, instal 30 Nov-† (F3 7, p. 22), as such with Christopherson, [John] Yonge and Nicholas Shaxton (all qv) condemned 9 Oct 1555 Robert Pygot and William Wolsey (Foxe [1570], pp. 1893-4); ?resig bef. 7 Mar 1555 vic Bentley, Suff (NRO, DN/REG/12/18, fo. 112v); inst 26 Sept 1555 (BRUO2) or 10 Feb (AtC) rect Little Wilbraham, Camb; 23 Feb 1557 mr JCC (Mere, p. 227); pres 24 Jan 1558 rect E. Dereham, Norf36 rep D. Pole (CPRPM 4, p. 122), inst 18 Feb by proxy (NRO, DN/REG/12/18, fo. 190r)–† wrb Harvey (qv) (SVI, p. 39); inst 28 Mar 1558 Chamberlainwood preb, London, crown pat. rep Cuthbert Scot (qv)–† bef. 14 Dec 1558 (GL, 9531/12/2, fos 201r and 204v); 3 July 1558 incorp at Cantab DCL from Oxford (GBΔ, p. 129); will (auto.) 18 Sept 1558/prov 16 Dec 155837 (TNA, PROB 11/42A, PCC 17 Welles; VCC will summarized in AtC 1, p. 188): bur in choir of JCC, London, or in nrest ben, £13 6s 8d to ASC, all at Dytton38 to bro John, 20s and a poorer gelding to each svt, 10s to Henry, curate at Ditton, £10 to exec, two of best geldings and advowson of Ad Norf to bp of Ely [Thirlby (qv)], res in thirds, first to poor of Norf, Suff, Camb, Mdx, Buck, Berk, Oxon,39 Glos, esp. Oldbury,40 Cowhill41 and Almondsbury, second third to JCC to be used as bp of Ely, founder, thinks best,42 final third to be divided between cousins William and Margaret, besides their father’s legacies, Thomas Redman, steward of Thirlby’s household, exec, Thirlby, ovs; total worth £622 15s 6d acc. AtC; not rect Hildersham,43 Camb as in Old DNB (BRUO2 ex inform. Dorothy Owen)

Furbank, Firbank, Robert: matric sizar from TCC 1551, scholar 1552; BA 1554, MA 1557; fell. 1555 (AlC 2, p. 140); subd of Chester, orders (CRP, no. 1443a); ord subd 21 Sept 1555 by John Salisbury (with John Wright and Leonard Boulton, all qv) (NRO, DN/ORR/1 (a), fo. 76r); ?vic Thirkleby, N. York 1584-† 1621 (AlC)

Fyrbye, John: ?inst 29 Nov 1537 vic Wonersh, Surr, Sir John Baldwyne, chief justice of common pleas, pat., vac bef. 22 May 1554, worth £15 15s (Reg. Gardiner, pp. 110, 151, 171); inst 29 Aug 1556 rect Albury, Surr, Joseph Ketchin, yeom, pat.