YORK CLERGY ORDINATIONS 1510-1519 compiled by Claire Cross Borthwick List and Index 31 2002 © University of York, 2002 ISBN 0-903857-87-1 CONTENTS Introduction Abbreviations vii Alphabetical Register of Ordinands 1510-1519 Table of York Clergy Ordinations 1510-1519 216 Index 226 INTRODUCTION With a peak of 260 priests in 1510, way below the unprecedented figure of 446 regulars and seculars admitted to the priesthood in 1508, the number of men presenting themselves for ordination in the diocese of York from 1510 to 1519 never matched the level attained earlier in the sixteenth century. Though the annual total fluctuated between 260 and 184, there were only two years when it is known to have dipped below 200, and for the decade as a whole the region generated more than 2,200 new priests. Taking account the gap in the records, this produces an annual average of around 220 priests of whom about 40 were regulars and 180 seculars. Suffragan bishops conducted six ordination ceremonies virtually every year with around 150 acolytes, subdeacons, deacons and priests consecrated on each occasion, the candidates sometimes exceeding 200. All this suggests that ordinations had reached a steady state in this decade and provides few signs of any substantial decline. The situation at York parallels that of English dioceses of a similar size. At 172 the average annual total of secular priests being ordained in the diocese of Lincoln during Atwater's episcopate from 1515 to 1520 was almost identical with that at York. During Blythe's twenty-seven year tenure of the see of Coventry and Lichfield an average of 167 seculars were admitted to priest's orders each year. At Coventry and Lichfield, however, the pattern of ordinations differed somewhat from that at York with ordinations climaxing not in the first but the second decade of the sixteenth century, surpassing 200 priests for most years between 1510 and 1520. In the diocese of London ordinations remained similarly buoyant till the mid 1520s.2 Two clerics occupied the see of York during this period, Christopher Bainbridge (September 1508-July 1514) and Thomas Wolsey (September 1514-November 1530), but, as had been the case earlier in the century, neither archbishop ever performed ordinations in person, delegating their responsibilities to suffragan bishops. John Hatton, bishop of Negropont, officiated without a break from the beginning of 1510 until the middle of 1516 when Richard Wilson succeeded him as bishop of Negropont and performed all ordinations for the rest of the decade. Except for one ceremony held in Bishopthorpe parish church in September 1518, ordinations habitually took place in rotation in the Minster, the four friary churches and Holy Trinity priory, the only York churches sufficiently large to accommodate the numbers involved. At some stage folios 116' and 117 have been removed from Archbishop Register 26 which means that the greater part of the ordinations for 20 December 1511 as well as most of those for March 1512 are now lost. In addition seven folios, which originally contained the Jo Ann Hoeppner Moran, 'Clerical Recruitment in the Diocese of York, 1340-1530: Data and Commentary', Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 34 (1984), pp. 19-54; C. Cross, 'Ordinations in the Diocese of York 1500-1630' in C. Cross, ed., Patronage and Recruitment in the Tudor and early Stuart Church, Borthwick Studies in History 2, York 1996, pp. 1-8. 2 M. Bowker, The Henrician Reformation: The Diocese of Lincoln under John Longland 1521-1547 (Cambridge, 1981), p. 40; T. Cooper, The Last Generation of English Catholic Clergy: Parish Priests in the Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield in the Early Sixteenth Century (Woodbridge, 1999), pp. 30-31; V. Davis, Clergy in London in the Late Middle Ages: A Register of Clergy ordained in the Diocese of London based on Episcopal Ordination Lists 1361-1539 (London, Centre for Metropolitan History, Institute for Historical Research: 2000), p. 24. remainder of the priestly ordinations for 17 December 1513 and the final three or four ordination sessions of the archiepiscopate of Christopher Bainbridge for the spring and summer of 1514, have been cut away from the same register immediately following folio 126. Apart from this, the records for the decade are virtually complete. As in the previous calendar, the vast majority of candidates proceeding to the orders of subdeacon, deacon and priest were ordained to a monastic title. The number of ordinands with identical Christian names and surnames has continued to create problems and in uncertain cases acolytes progressing to the subdiaconate have been assigned the title of the monastic house nearest to their place of origin. The spelling of both Christian names and place names has been modernised, which may have caused further errors, especially in relation to places with very similar names. Particularly dubious identifications have again been indicated by a question mark. The diocese or county in which a location is situated only appears in the text if given in the registers. Claire Cross Centre for Medieval Studies The King's Manor York 2001 vi ABBREVIATIONS a. abbey Abp.Reg. Archbishop's Register (at the Borthwick Institute) acol. acolyte adcn. archdeaconry Aug. Augustinian bf. benefice bp bishop Br. brother (frater) C. curate of Carm. Carmelite cath. cathedral ch. church chant. chantry chart. charterhouse coll. college, collegiate cn canon d. diocese den deacon Dom. Dominican f. fellow friar vii Fran. Franciscan fshp fellowship hosp. hospital junior LL Canon and Civil Law let. dim. letters dimissory lic. licence; licenciate mk monk Mr inagister min. minister n. nunnery Obs. Observant p. priory par. parson; parish pat. patrimony pr. priest preb. prebend; prebendary R. rector of schmr schoolmaster scol. scolar sede vac. sede vacante Sede Vac. Reg. Sede Vacat te Register (at the Borthwick Institute) Sr. senior St. student subd. subdeacon tie title treas. treasurer Trin. Trinitarian V. Vicar of v. chor. vicar choral ix YORK CLERGY ORDINATIONS 1510-1519 ABBEY, John of Kirk Hamrnerton acol. Bishopthorpe 17 Sept. 1518 (Abp.Reg. 27 f 181v) ABBOT, ABBOTT ABBOT, ABBOTT, Richard of Pontefract acol. York 21 Dec. 1510, subd. 15 Mar. 1510/11, dcn York 19 Ap. 1511, pr. York 14 June 1511; tie Kirklees n. (Abp.Reg. 26 ff.110r,111v,113r,114r) ABBOT, Thomas of Appleton Wiske acol. York 21 Sept. 1510, subd. York 15 Mar. 1510/11, dec York 14 June 1511, pr. York 20 Sept. 1511; tie Moxby n.(Abp.Reg. 26 ff.109r,111v,114r,115v) ABBOT, Thomas of Pontefract acol. York 24 Sept. 1513 (Abp.Reg. 26 f 125r) ACASTRE Br. Christopher mk of Selby a., acol. York 20 Dec. 1511, subd. York 19 Feb. 1512/13, dcn York 12 Mar. 1512/13, pr. York 24 Sept. 1513 (Abp.Reg. 26 ff.115v,122r,123r,125v) ACCLAME, AIKLOME AIKLOME, John of Newton acol. York 21 May 1513 (Abp.Reg. 26 f. 124r) ACCLAME, John of Whitby acol. York 8 Mar. 1515/16 (Abp.Reg. 27 f 171v) ACRIG, ACRIGG, AKERIG ACRIG, ACRIGG, AKERIG, Robert of Ripon acol. York 21 Sept. 1510, subd. York 5 Ap. 1511, dcn York 19 Ap. 1511, pr. York 5 June 1512; tle Marrick n. (Abp.Reg. 26 ft:109012013019v) ACRIG, Thomas of Warton acol. York 29 May 1518 (Abp.Reg. 27 f 181r) ADAM, Thomas of Salton acol. York 29 May 1518 (Abp.Reg. 27 f 181r) ADAMSON, William of Cliffe acol. York 16 Mar. 1509/10, subd. York 21 Dec. 1510, dcn York 5 Ap. 1511, pr York 19 Ap. 1511; tle Swine n. (Abp.Reg. 26 ff.106v,110r,112v,113v) ADCOK, Br. James en of Guisborough p., subd. York 6 June 1517, dcn York 19 Sept. 1517 (Abp.Reg. 27 ff. 177v,178r) ADDISON, Richard dcn York 10 Ap. 1512, pr. York 5 June 1512; tie Barnwell p. (Abp.Reg.26 El 18v, 119v) ADDY ADDY, John of Cawthorne acol. York 16 Mar. 1509/10, subd. York 21 Sept. 1510, dcn York 15 Mar. 1510/11, pr. York 20 Sept. 1511; tie Monk Bretton p. (Abp.Reg. 26 ff.106v,109v,111v, 115v) ADDY, Thomas of Darton acol. York 29 May 1518 (Abp.Reg. 27 f.181r) ADELL, Br. Anthony Fr Anthony Adell, ink of Kirkstall a., pr. York 23 Sept. 1514 (Sede Vac.Reg. 5A f. 622v) AGUD, ALGUD, Br. Geo ley Aug. fr., York, subd. York 21 May 1513, dcn York 24 Sept. 1513 (Abp.Reg. 26 if. 124r, 125v) AIKERSLEY, Thomas dcn [York - Mar. 1511/12], pr. York 18 Sept. 1512; tie Blyth p. (Abp.Reg. 26 if 118r, 120v) AHCLOME, see ACCLAME AINES WORTH, ANYS WORTH, AYNESWORTH, AYNS WORTH ANYSWORTH, AYNES WORTH, ANYS WORTH, Br. Gilbert cn of Cockersand a., subd., York 25 May 1510, dcn York 21 Sept. 1510, pr. York 14 June 1511 (Abp.Reg. 26 f£108r,109v,114r) ANYSWORTH, AYNSWORTH, Ralph subd. York 3 Ap. 1518, dcn York 29 May 1518, pr. York 17 Dec. 1519; tle Cockersand a. (Abp.Reg. 27 ff.180v,181v,186v) AINESWORTH, Richard of Preston in Amounderness acol. York 27 Feb. 1517/18 (Abp.Reg. 27 f 179r) AIRE, see EIRE AICERIG, see ACRIG AICETON, Thomas of Saxton acol. York 3 Mar. 15[14/]15 (Abp.Reg. 27 £166v) AKIRANBY, AICIRLY, Br. Christopher cn of Drax p., subd. York 18 Dec. 1512, dcn York 19 Feb. 1512/13 (Abp.Reg. 26 if. 121r,122r) ALAN, ALAND, ALANE ALAN, John subd. York 19 Feb. 1512/13, dcn York 12 Mar. 1512/3, pr. York 21 May 1513; tie Nun Monkton n. (Abp.Reg. 26 ff.122r,123r,125r) ALAND, ALANE, Ralph of Nidd acol. York 29 May 1518, subd. York 23 Feb. 1520/1, dcn York 16 Mar.