ABSTRACT

Ickeham, Thomas: oc Baptist term 1553/4 minor canon, Cant cath (CCA, DCc/MA 39, fo. 3r), as such summoned 17 May 1556 visitation (CRP, no 1564), 1557/8 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 64v), 1558 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 87v), 1562/3 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 177r), 1563/4 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 249r), ?pd 40s 1562 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 171r); ?† bef. 27 June 1564, rect Cant St Andrew (Reg. Parker, p. 807)

Igulden, John († bef. 7 Dec 1584):1 Igleden, matric Easter 1551 pensioner from QCC, scholar 1551, fell. 1553-70; BA 1555, MA 1557,2 BTh 1564 (AlC 2, p. 446); subd Cant, disp 13 Feb 1557 orders (CRP, no. 1852a); ord priest 11 June 1557 London with Thomas Bewley and Ralph Hill (both qv) (GL, 9535/1, fo. 65r); 1561 temporarily administrator of George Ausope (qv); inst 1562 Bepton, Suss (Gee, p. 275); 1564-5 university preacher (GBΔ, p. 572); exhibited disp 8 Dec 15643 from Cranmer for John Clever, vic Comberton (CUL, EDR G/1/8, fo. 53r); coll 22 Feb 1565 Somerley preb, Chich, instal 16 Apr by proxy (Peckham, no. 669 and F3 2, p. 53)–resig bef. 20 Dec 1576 (F3 2, p. 53), worth £4 10s (VE 1, p. 301); inst 16 Apr 1567 rect Patching, Suss (ibid., p. 483)–† (LPL, Whitgift’s Reg. I, fo. 460v), worth £11 13s 4d (VE 1, p. 311); 9 Oct 1567 dean of South Malling, Pagham and Tarring (Reg. Parker, p. 476); preached in Suss 1568 (VCH Sussex, 2, p. 24); inst 3 May 1568 rect Monks Horton, Kent-resig bef. 25 July 1569 (Reg. Parker, pp. 509 and 855); inst 2 June 1569 rect Merstham, Surr (ibid., p. 571), vac (†) bef. 7 Dec 1584 (LPL, Whitgift’s Reg. I, fo. 457r); coll 23 July 1569 6 preacher Cant cath (Reg. Parker, p. 853)–† (LPL, Whitgift’s Reg. I, fo. 459r); coll 29 Jan 1571 rect W. Tarring, Suss (Reg. Parker, p. 874), rep. William Bradbridge (qv)–† (LPL, Whitgift’s Reg. I, fo. 460v); abp’s chap, 18 Mar 1571 among witns to William Bradbridge’s cons as bp of Exeter (Reg. Parker, p. 154); inst 3 Nov 1572 rect Fordwich, Kent, Paul Johnson, Fordwich, pat.–resig bef. 12 June 1574 (Reg. Parker, pp. 1051 and 1116), worth £5 15s 2d (VE 1, pp. 28 and 90); inst 3 Dec 1584 vic Milton, Kent,4 D&C Cant, pat.–† (LPL, Whitgift’s Reg. I, fos 457r and 463v); ?rel William Igulden of Kennington, Kent (CCA, DCB Y.4.6, fo. 18v)

Incent or Insent, John: son of Andrew Incent, High Halden, Kent, of whom exec (Reg. Parker, pp. 528-29); proc for Robert Gare 19 Jan 1554 (SVI, p. 19), for John Lede 16 Aug 1555 (SVI, p. 2), for William Northfolk (qv) (SVI, p. 17); notary along with Hussey and Robert Johnson I authenticating (device and auto. text) H. Cole’s (qv/5) installation as dean London 11 Dec 1556 (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 173r); 22 Mar 1556 witn at Pole’s cons as abp (CRP, no. 1521); witn 11 May 1558 with Robert Good, Christopher Clerk (both qv) and many others when Cole published decrees abt provision of arms (LPLPR, fo. 30r-v); proc for John Foster 26 Nov [1558] (LI2, no. 649); notary with A. Hussey and John Clerk (both qv) for proc of D&C Cant at

Parker’s elec (Reg. Parker, p. 7); 1 June 1560 succeeded Hussey (of whom leg.) as archiepiscopal registrar (Reg. Parker, p. 1), still 7 July 1583 prin registrar of Cant (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 587r) and 23 May 1586 (LPL, Whitgift’s Reg. I, fo. 474v); much proctorial business in 1560, e.g., Reg. Parker, pp. 243-45; notary to metropolitical visitation 17 Sept 1560 by T. Yale (qv) et al. (Reg. Parker, p. 634), pd £7 9s 10d (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 56r); notary to Yale, John Warner and John Kenall (all qv) 16 May 1562 at visitation MCO (Reg. Parker, p. 693); pd benevolence at Parker’s visitation 1563/4 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 187r); with Yale et al. proc for D&C York at elec Abp Grindal to Cant 1576 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 2r); with George Harrison (qv) proc for D&C Roch at Bp Piers’ elec 1576 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 11v); 15 June 1576 along with William Saye, Christopher Smith, George Harrison, John Lewes, Thomas Willett (all qv), Francis Clerke, Edward Bigges, Peter Johnson, Christopher Robinson, et al. notaries and procs of Arches, as D&C Dur procs to defend rights as sede vacante keepers (DUL, D&C Regs, B/BA/3, fos 125v-126r); among procs for D&C Cant at Abp Whitgift’s elec 1583, for D&C Winch at Bp Thomas Watson’s elec 1583 (LPL, Whitgift’s Reg. I, fos 2r and 9r); when Parker sought Cranmer’s Oxford disputations, Dr Incent told him either Bonner or abp of Cant had (Strype, Parker, p. 235); proc for D&C Roch at elec Bp Young 1578 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 41v)

Ingram, James: priest, inst 24 Oct 1533 rect Steeple Ashton, Wilt, Romsey abbey, pat., £12 pension to inc (W&SRO, D1/2/15, fo. 43r)–resig bef. 1 May 1536 for £13 (?) pension (W&SRO, D1/2/16, Reg. Shaxton, fo. 3v); pres 5 Aug 1557 rect All Cannings, Wilt (CPRPM 4, p. 266), inst 17 Feb 1558 (CRP, no. 2181), vac bef. 1571 (John Powell, qv)

Inkpen, Inkepen, Christopher: inst 9 Oct 1544 Charnell chantry, Winch, Thomas Inkpen, pat. (Reg. Gardiner, pp. 123), comp 17 Nov £5 17s 5d, John Kente, Everley, Wilt, gen and Thomas Inkpenne, Longparish als Middleton, Hant, arm, surs (TNA, E 334/3, fo. 36r)–prob. to dissolution when pensioned (see bel.); inst 1553 vic Sturminster Newton, Dor, vac bef. 22 Nov 1574 (Reg. Parker, p. 982; cf. Hutchins 4, 324), comp 16 Nov, Princess Elizabeth, pat. (DI 5, p. 67), worth £16 16s 6d (VE 1, pp. 287-8); comp 16 Nov 1553 rect Marnhull, Dor, vac bef. 13 June 1577 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 299v; DI 3, p. 127) or 1576 (Hutchins 4, 324), worth £31 6s 9d (VE 1, p. 290); deac, Winch dioc, disp 9 Mar 1555 orders (1106f; 10ab); ord priest 10 Mar 1555 London with James Clayton, Lawrence Baker, Geoffrey Philipps, Rhys Powell and John Seman (all qv) (GL, 9535/1, fo. 46v), to title of pension of £6 14s 3d from Edward VI (GL, 9535/1, fo. 45v); MA,5 abs/disp 1 Aug 1556 for Marnhull and Sturminster Newton (CRP, no. 1632); ?rel [blank] Inkepenne baptized 30 Aug 1565 (DHC, Parish Reg. transcript for Marnhull); inst 10 Mar 1581 rect Tarrant Rawston, Dor, George Lovell, same, pat., vac (†) bef. 28 Sept 1582 (GRO, GDR 27A, p. 120 and LPL, Reg. Grindal, fos 327r and 344r [sequestration]; DI 5, p. 72), worth £8 9s 1d (VE 1, p. 268)

Inkpenne, Bartholomew: oc 1550 minor canon, Cant cath (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 19r), 1553/4 (CCA, DCc/MA 39, fo. 3r), summoned 17 May 1556 visitation (CRP, no. 1564), 1557/8 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 65r), 1558 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 87v); inst 28 Feb 1553 rect Milton,6 Kent, Sir Matthew Browne, pat. (LPLCR, fo. 422v), comp

4 Mar £4 4s, Thomas Mainwaring, Cant, gent, sur (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 113v)–resig bef. 1 Sept. 1564 (Reg. Parker, p. 808)

Inskyp, William († bef. 30 Nov 1582): inst by proxy 10 Nov 1530 rect Clowne, Derbys, Worksop priory, pat., £4 pension to inc (LRO, B/A/1/14 (i), fo. 43r)–† 1582 (Cox, Derbyshire churches 4, p. 478 prob. mistakenly calling it vic and see bel.), worth £7 10d (VE 3, p. 178), pension not listed as obligation (Cox, Derbyshire churches 1, p. 194), as such proc for Christopher Moteram 12 Dec 1548 (BI, Inst.AB. 1, fo. 172r); monument to him in center of chancel inscribed ‘In memory of William Inskip, parson of Clown 54 years, was buried the 30th day of Nov 1582’ (Cox, Derbyshire churches 1, p. 196); inst 5 June 1554 rect Bonsal, Derbys, Thomas Granger, yeom, pat. (LRO, B/A/1/15, fo. 5v; Cox, Derbyshire churches 2, p. 418 giving year as 1553 but not in list of rects in 4, p. 515), comp 9 May 1554 £8 16s 4d, Thomas West, vic Dronfield, Derbys and John Shepparde, Pelham Furness, Hert, yeom, surs (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 145r); abs & disp 27 Oct 1556 for both (CRP, no. 1755); will prob. Inskyppe, 1583, 186 (BRS 7, p. 257) which I have not seen

Ioode,7 Andrew: oc 14 May 1557 churchwarden Stourmouth, Kent (CRP, no. 1982; cf. Harpsfield’s visitation 1, p. 71); prob. husb of Agnes, Ash next Sandwich, Kent, he bur in Stourmouth, will prov 3 Apr 1594 (Kentish wills, p. 100)

Ireland, Roger († bef. 25 July 1583): inst 23 Sept 1554 vic Whitchurch, Dev, [John Russell, qv] earl of Bedford, pat. (DRO, EDRC 16, fo. 29r), comp 9 Mar 1555 £14 12s 9d, William Mollyneux and Robert Barton, gen, both Gray’s Inn, surs (TNA, E 334/6, fo. 9v), pd 1st instalment 2 Feb 1556 (TNA, E 334/6, pt 2, fo. 39r), vac bef. 7 Aug 1587 (DRO, EDRC 21, fo. 33v); inst 10 Nov 1554 rect Lamerton, Dev, Bedford, pat. (CCA, DCc, Reg N, fo. 116r; SVI, p. 68 and Hope, ‘Hennessy’, p. 103b with incorrect ref to EDRC 16, fo. 22v), comp 9 Mar 1555 £11 15s 10d, Robert Nowell and Edward Halsall, gen, both Gray’s Inn, surs (TNA, E 334/6, fo. 9v), pd 1st instalment 2 Feb 1556 (TNA, E 334/6, pt 2, fo. 39r)–† bef. 25 July 1583 (DRO, EDRC 21, fo. 9v), several suits as vic [sic] beginning 22 Sept 1556 (DRO, EDRC 855, fo. 4r); BA,8 12 July 1555 pluralism disp (CRP, no. 1294)

Jackson, Ralph († 6 Oct/10 Nov 1559):9 ?matric 1549 pensioner from ChCC (AlC 2, p. 457); called John, BTh,10 inst 9 May 1554 vic Sunbury, Mdx, William Ermested (qv), pat.–resig bef. 13 Feb 1557 (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 195v), as such on comm 16 June to inquire into advowson of Great Greenford with William Dalbie, Roger Jakson and Nicholas Harpsfield (all qv) (GL, 9531/12/2, fos 177v and 80r); pres 21 Nov 1554 5th preb, Cant (CPRPM 2, p. 35), mandate for instal sede vacante 24 Nov11-† (F3 3, p. 24 assuming identity with mr of Savoy; next inc oc 17 Sept 1560), as such summoned 17 May 1556 visitation (CRP, no. 1564) and allegedly participated 1 Aug 1559 in Abp

Parker’s elec but not in person (Reg. Parker, p. 21); pres 26 Oct 1556 rect Hamsey, E. Suss (TNA, C66/910, m. 27; CPRPM 3, p. 367), inst 8 Nov (CRP, no. 1770)–† bef. 4 Dec 1559 (SVI, p. 53); roy chap, mr of Savoy 3 Nov 1556 at refoundation12 (CPRPM 3, p. 543); pres 15 Dec 1557 rect St Clement Danes (CPRPM 4, p. 141), BTh, inst 20 Dec rep. John Rixman (qv), vac bef. 20 Oct 1559 (GL, 9531/12/2, fos 199v and 209r), worth £13 2s (VE 1, p. 375); ?signed in London dioc (Gee, p. 105); will 6 Oct 1559/prov 10 Nov (TNA, PROB 11/42B, fo. 426v PCC 53 Chaynay; BRS 18, p. 172): mr of Savoy, persons: my boy George Tennacke, svt John Barbour (res leg and exec), Thomas Thurland (qv) (ovs), William Nevell (ovs), Richard Parkyns [?Parkins, qv], Inner Temple, legacies: cash (£6), 40s to svts, quilt, ring

Jackson, Roland († bef. 4 June 1578):13 coll 29 Apr 1557 vic Cant St Mary Northgate, Kent (CRP, no. 1957), vac bef. 18 Dec 1560 (Reg. Parker, p. 777); inst 13 Sept 1558 rect Milstead, Kent, Thomas Henman, pat. (CRP, no. 2279)–† bef. 4 June 1578 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 520r), worth £8 15s (VE 1, p. 67); ?† bef. 5 Nov 1578 holding rect Kingsdown, Kent (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 523r)14

Jakson, Roger: of Winch dioc, disp 22 Aug 1556 orders (CRP, no. 1658a); ord subd Sept 1556 at Oxford (Frere, p. 263); disp 12 Sept 1556 to observe canonical hours outside choir (CRP, no. 1679)

James V, king of Scotland (1512-14 Dec 1542): da of James IV and Margaret Tudor; acceded aft. father killed at Flodden 9 Sept 1513; emerged from minority by seizing power from earl of Angus 1528; rapprochement with pope, king of France and emperor led to English border raids 1532 ended by truce in 1534; marr 1) Madeleine of Valois 1 Jan 1537, 2) Mary of Guise 17 June 1538; posthumous da Mary succeeded 8 Dec 1542; had at least seven mistresses; major pat.; pragmatic attitude to church and patronized some men who later became Lutherans; concerned for good government (ODNB); Pole asked Beaton (qv) to be commended to in 1538 (CRP, no. 234); defeated by English at Solway Moss 24 Nov 1542; bur 8 Jan 1543 at Holyrood abbey, Edinburgh (ODNB)

James, John (prob. † bef. 27 Oct 1561):15 coll 6 July 1558 vic Farningham, Kent (CRP, no. 2261), vac (†) bef. 27 Oct 1561 (Reg. Parker, p. 784; cf. Fielding, Rochester, pp. 104 and 444), ?wrb John Holland (qv), worth £9 5s 8d (VE 1, p. 116)

James, Martin: lic for MA 25 Oct 1521 (RUO 1, p. 108); inst 10 May 1530 vic Paul nr Penzance [St Paulinus], Corn, Hailes abbey, pat. (DRO, EDRC 14, fo. 49v), caveat 6 July 1554 (DRO, EDRC 16, fo. 39r), legitime vacante 20 June 1581 (DRO, EDRC 20, fo. 62r); pres 1 May 1554 rect Roche, Corn (CPRPM 1, p. 42), inst 17 June (DRO, EDRC 16, fo. 20v), comp 3 May 1555 £18, John Pencoste, Helston, Corn, merchant, sur (TNA, E 334/6, fo. 17r), pd 1st instalment 2 May 1556 (TNA, E 334/6, pt 2, fo. 43r)–resig bef. 1 Feb 1559 (Reg. Parker, p. 216); disp 19 Oct 1556 for both (CRP, no. 1743); inst 24 Nov 1559 vic Marazion,16 Corn, Degory Graynfeld and John Kimpthorne, pats. (SVI, p. 79)–?therefore † vic St Hillary, Corn bef. 12 Apr 1566, but William Mylliton, arm, pat. (DRO, EDRC 19, fo. 14r)

Jenkes, John: oc 1542/3 vic choral Cant cath (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 1v), summoned

17 May 1556 visitation (CRP, no. 1564); oc 1550 12 clk (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 21r), 1553/4 (CCA, DCc/MA 39, fo. 4r), 1555/6 (CCA, DCc/MA 40, fo. 50r), still 1557/8 (fo. 65v); among lay clks 1558 (fo. 87v), 1560 (Reg. Parker, p. 632), 1561/2 (fo. 114r), 1562/3 (fo. 178r), 1563/4 (fo. 255r), 1564/5 (fo. 313v)

Jennyns, Elizabeth: widow and exec Stephen Adams, oc 22 Feb 1557 pat. Fletching, Suss (CRP, no. 1871); will 10 Mar/prov 3 Apr 1558 (TNA, PROB 11/40, fo. 108r PCC 14 Noodes; BRS 10, p. 299; cf. TSW 1, pp. 182 and 191): née Sage or Saige, place: Boxgrove, Suss, persons: late husband Mr Adams, bro William Gage, sis Ashebourneham, niece Mary Bayneham, nephew Henry Browne, godda Elizabeth Gauge da of bro James, cousin Richard Eldrington, Lord John Gray and wife Dame Mary (res leg and exec), Thomas Gratewike, svts (William Foster, bailiff of Westm, Henry Fawconer, John Hilles, Anthony Polly, Anne Ashebarneham), Mr Carowe, [blank] Tupper, Piero, John Arnoldes, priest,17 Anne Levett, legacies: cash (£173 13s 4d), year’s wages to Hilles, debt forgiven, jewelry, gold chain of Adames, plate, clothing, horses, bur. acc. ‘catholic church’

Jerningham, Sir Henry (1509/10-6 Sept 1572 [ODNB]); son Edward Jernegan, Somerleyton, Suff, and Mary, da Richard Scrope; sewer of Princess Mary ca. 1528; marr 1536 Frances, grandda18 stepfather Sir William Kingston (qv) and da Sir George Baynham, Clearwell, Glos; gent pensioner aft. 1540; fought in France 1544; helped plot Mary’s escape to East Anglian coast, obtained surrender of five government ships, raised troops in Yarmouth area during succession crisis (ODNB); 2nd on Robert Wingfield’s list of Mary’s household at Kenninghall in 1553 aft. Sir Robert Rochester and bef. Sir Edward Waldegrave (both qv); with Henry fitz Alan, earl of Arundel (qv), escorted J. Dudley (qv) to prison (VMR, pp. 204, 218 and 294); PC, vice-chamberlain, captain of the guard, all by 20 July 1553-Elizabeth’s accession; KB at Mary’s coronation; sat on jury that condemned Thomas Wyatt II (qv); comm 1556 to investigate Dudley conspiracy; MP Suff Mary’s first four parliaments, Glos her last; mr of horse Dec 1557, worth £300 p.a.; member of 1558 ‘council of war’; general pardon 1559; retired to Costessey, Norf where founded dynasty (ODNB); 4 Apr 1558 asked for experienced soldiers in Kent (CRP, no. 2214); will 15 Aug 1572/ prov 7 May 1573 (TNA, PROB 11/55, fos 134r-36v): places: Cossey [Costessy], Norf, Winkfield, Berk, rect Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, both Glos, Fressingfield, Mutford, both Suff, Leystocke [unided], persons: father-in-law Alexander Colpeper of Bedsley [?Bexley], Kent, wife Francis (res leg and exec), sons (Harry and William), das (Walgrave and Jerningham), nephews (John Jernegan of Somerleyton, Suff, John Jernegan of Belton, Norf, Walter and Thomas Jernegan), Henry Jernigan (ovs), cousin Audeley, Lady [?Agnes, qv] Paulet, Sir John Bruce, Roger Lygons, solicitor John Dereham (ovs), wife’s svt Anne Ruckwoode, ‘old’ Joan Cooper, svt Richard Pratt, ward Elizabeth Cornishe, Sir John Suliard (ovs), Sir Thomas Cornwallis (qv) (ovs), Sir Henry Beddingfield (ovs), Edmond Awdley, esq (ovs), Thomas Chownson of Braken [unided], esq (ovs,) legacies: cash (£835), £118 6s 8d to William from manor of Tewkesbury, dole (over £40, incl at almshouse at St Olav’s priory [Haringfleet, Suff, Knowles and Hadcock, p. 143]), annuities (£60 13s 4d), real estate (incl lease

of rect Cheltenham, London Blackfriars), clothing, firewood, household goods, livestock, horses, armor, gold chain, £100 chain, ring son-in-law’s father [?Sir Edward Waldegrave, qv] gave me, rings, plate (incl gift from queen), items of interest: ‘some honest, virtuous and learned man’ made mr of St Olav’s priory, wife to rebuild St Olav’s church, £500 owed for marr to Harry from Colpeper, William to marry ward Elizabeth Cornishe

Jesopp, Jessop, John († bef. 29 Apr 1582): inst 27 Nov 1538 rect Chickerell, Dor, Lord Mountjoy, pat., 40s pension to inc John Blount,19 vac (†) bef. 9 May 1582 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 337v), worth £8 15s 11d (VE 1, p. 243); comp 10 Sept 1554 rect Upwey, Dor £16 1s 8d, Dorothy Chafinch, widow, pat., John Elwood, same, mercer, William Poyntell, St Botolph Billingsgate, grocer, surs (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 195v)– resig bef. 19 Apr 1582 wrb John Jhesop, MA20 (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fos 337r-v and 341r; cf. Hutchins 2, p. 848, no source and DI 5, p. 78), sequestration 5 May 1582 to Christopher Jhesope, MA and William Jhesope of Upwey (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 340r-v); abs & disp 15 Oct 1555 pluralism (CRP, no. 1403); bur 29 Apr 1582 (DI 2, p. 119); leg. of Sir Robert Southwell (qv)

John or Jones, Griffith ap: inst 1555 rect Ysceiviog or Ysceifiog, Flints, Bp Goldwell (qv/5), pat. (Willis’s St Asaph 1, p. 426), resided and kept hospitality 1560 (ibid., 2, p. 139); LLB, abs 1 June 1557 illegit, disp pluralism it and Bourton-on-the-Hill,21 Glos (CRP, no. 2032), still held Bourton prob. bef. 3 Mar 156222 when marr priest, educ, non-resident in unknown place, only ben (CCCC, MS 97, fo. 111r), vac bef. restoration of prev inc (George Nashe, qv) who † holding bef. 21 Sept 1577 (GRO, GDR 27A, p. 92)

John, John ap or Jenn ab John: coll by Goldwell (qv/5) 1556 (Willis’s St Asaph 1, p. 376) rect Llanwrin, Mon, vac († ) bef. 3 Dec 1573 (Reg. Parker, p. 1015); abs 30 Jan 1557 simony (CRP, no. 1826)

Johnson, Baldwin: C&L, ord priest 7 June 1533 at Heref to title of Holland monastery23 (HRO, AL/19/13, fo. 238v; Reg. Boothe, p. 330); comp 18 Feb 1547 vic Guiting Inferior, Glos £13 9s 5d, Sir Anthony24 and Thomas Hungerford, both Down Ampney, Glos, surs (TNA, E 334/3, fo. 113v)–resig bef. 23 June 1580 for £4 pension (LPL, Grindal’s Reg., fo. 451r), in 1551 could repeat articles of faith but not provide scriptural proof and could say Lord’s Prayer (‘Hooper’s visitation’, p. 110), tithe suit begun 11 July 1555 (GRO, GDR 11, pp. 75, 87, 106, 119, 130, 140), prob. bef. 3

Mar 1562 unmarr priest, moderately educ, resident, non-preacher, only ben (CCCC, MS 97, fo. 112v), signed ?1571 (GRO, GDR.2A, p. 210), office case begun 27 Oct 1575 over ‘certain articles. . .sent. . .from the high commission at London’, another 12 July 1576 promoted by John Paine, farmer of ben whom Johnson allegedlly threatened with Eucharist, case dismissed; pres 1576 visitation26 for wearing surplice on perambulations and dispute with Paine (Price, Commission, pp. 96 and 119); comp 31 Oct 1554 rect Down Ampney, Glos £9 5s 1d, Sir Anthony Hungerford and Robert Phebyplace,27 both Down Ampney, gen, surs, CCCO, pat. (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 207v)– resig bef. 27 Oct 1560 (Reg. Parker, p. 196); abs & disp 30 Jan 1557 pluralism (CRP, no. 1825)

Johnson, Robert I († 20 Nov 1558 [GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 204v]): of St Nicholas’s hostel, LLB28 1522 (GBΓ, p. 199), proc in v-c’s court of Cantab, then in Arches (AtC 1, pp. 185-186); Norwich dioc, 7 Oct 1530 notary of act signed in his house in Paternoster Row (Reg. Wolsey, p. 183); 1522-† prin registrar of London dioc (for 36 years at † when succeeded by son Peter) (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 204v), certainly 1545 (GL, 9531/12/1, fo. 76r with notarial device), still 1550 (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 1r), GL, 9535/1 through fo. 74r (3 June 1558) may be in his hand acc. auto. note on fo. 1r; oc 1536 notary at London (GL, 9531/11, fo. 132r); registrar 1541 dioc Westm (GL, 9531/12/1, fo. 243r); 1545 proc for D&C Llan at Bp Kitchin’s elec (LPLCR, fo. 311r); sur 1546 for James Robynson, vic Islington (£27) (TNA, E 334/3, fo. 82r); pat. with Edward Mowle rect Chelmsford, Ess, oc 28 Mar 1548 when Thomas Crooke inst (GL, 9531/12/1, fo. 168v); witn/notary 8 Jan 1555 to interrogation of John Hooper (qv) et al. by Gardiner et al. (BL, Harl. 421, fo. 36rff); St Faith’s, notary, sur for J. Harpsfield (qv) when comp 27 Apr 1554 Ad London (TNA, E 334/4, fo. 139v); involved in John Philpot’s exams (Foxe [1570], pp. 1978-80, 1985-92); notary at ordinations on 20 Mar 1556 (GL, 9535/1, fo. 56v), 16 Apr, 11 June, 18 Sept 1557, 4 Mar 1558, 26 Mar (with Francis Harward; qv), 8 Apr, 3 June (GL, 9535/1, fos 62v, 64r, 66r, 68r, 72r, 73v); notarial device and auto. text in GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 173v 11 Dec 1556 when described as notary by apostolic authority and general proc of Arches authenticating record of Cole’s (qv/5) elec as dean London along with A. Hussey and J. Incent (both qv); 23 Dec 1556 proc (CRP, no. 1803); oc 22 Jan 1557 notary (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 156r); on pres subprior of Westm Abbey ord subd 13 Mar 1557, deac 3 Apr when described as de mon. Westm (GL, 9535/1, fos 60r and 62v); † 20 Nov 1558, bur 22 Nov in Jesus chapel, St Faith’s with wife Alice († 16 Apr 1555) (memorial quoted in AtC)

Johnson, Robert II (prob. † bef. 24 Apr 1559): ?York dioc,29 ord 19 Apr 1522 unben priest to title of Easby abbey30 (LincRO, Reg. 26, fos 3v and 4r); inst 12 Feb 1523 vic Marden, Kent, John Wattisson, clk, pat. (LPL, Reg. Warham, fos 376v-7r), worth £8 17s 3d (VE 1, p. 73); prob. coll 3 Apr 152431 rect Stone, Kent (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13,

fo. 112r), still 1545 and Stone usually served by curate (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fos 53r and e.g., 85v), worth £26 10s (VE 1, p. 107); inst 26 July 1524 vic Yalding, Kent, Tonbridge priory, pat. (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fo. 96r)–resig32 bef. 5 Aug 1541 (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fo. 9v), worth £20 19s 2d (VE 1, p. 111); comm 6 Oct 1528 for convict clks, another (?still) bef. 1 June 1530 (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fos 125v and 144v); comm 12 Mar 1529 to hear individual case when apparently also comm33 since elec as proc to convocation with that title [with John Wilbore, qv], certainly oc 10 Feb 1532 comm, called off. 30 Apr 1532, vg 1534 (and see bel.) (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fos 131r-v, 135r, 146r-v, 147v and 164r);34 BCnL 1531 (AtC 1, p. 203 and AlC 2, p. 480, but possibly a mistake since no given name in GBΓ), if so, with Thomas Mumford35 (qv); inst 10 Aug 1532 Cobham chantry (or coll.) aft. inquiry into advowson he conducted (!), George Cobham, Lord Brooke, pat. (qv)–resig bef. prob. late 1533 to Wilbore (qv) (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/13, fos 149v and 162r); ?resig. bef. 18 May 1541 rect Bekesbourne, Kent (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fo. 9r-v); appt 18 June 1541 by king 3rd preb Roch, still 1542 (?) when had £20 stipend (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fo. 27v; F3 3, p. 63 says prob. resig. when moved to Worc in 1544); appted vg (again) aft. 18 May 1541, oc 1543, vac bef. 12 Nov 1544 (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fos 9v 23r and 34v); Bp Heath’s (qv) comm in Roch 1542 (CKS, DRb/Ar 1/15, fo. 13r); proc for him at elec to Worc temporarily rep. by Maurice Griffith (qv) (LPLCR, fo. 286r); in legibus bacchalareus,36 Heath’s chap, coll 24 Apr 1544 rect Bredon, Worc (WoRO, b716.093-BA.2648/9(iv), p. 9), comp 30 Apr £65 5s 10d, Anthony Huseye [sic; Hussey, qv] and John Dobynson, Stone, Kent, yeom, surs (TNA, E 334/3, fo. 12v); comm 8 May 1544 vg (called both this and off. prin in next two acts) Worc (WoRO, b716.093-BA.2648/9(iv), p. 10), house called ‘The Sextrye’ [sic; Sacristy] nr cath37 (WoRO, b716.093-BA.2648/9(iv), p. 11), rep. by John Williams (qv) perhaps bef. 1 Sept 1551, certainly bef. 6 July 1552 (GRO, GDR.2A, p. 62) whom in turn rep. bef. 15 Nov 1553 (WoRO, b716.093-BA.2648/ 9(iv), pp. 39 and 44), rep.38 by 7 May 1555 by Walter Colyns (qv) which must mean that he followed Heath to York although he never became vg there (see bel.), as such attempted 1546 to entrap Peter Goffe and condemned John Davis apparently also in 1546 but he escaped, Henry Joliffe (qv) also involved (J. G. Nichols, ed. Narratives of the Reformation [Camden Society, 1st ser. 77 {1859}], pp. 61 and 67 and Foxe [1570], p. 2277); pres by crown 2 June 1544 1st preb Worc (L&P 19.1, no. 812.26)–† 24 Nov/5 Dec 1558 (F3 7, p. 115 citing BI, Cons.AB 4, fo. 157v and AB 1, fos 40v and 42r), instal 10 July (AtC), as such witn to Bonner’s restoration (GL, 9531/12/2, fo. 57r-v); aft. 17 Jan 1547 mr, hospital of St Mary Bootham, York (BI, Reg. 29, fo.