YORK CLERGY ORDINATIONS 1561-1642 compiled by Claire Cross Borthwick List and Index 24 2000 © University of York 2000 ISBN 0-903857-92-8 ISSN 1361-3014 CONTENTS Introduction iii Abbreviations iv Alphabetical Register of Ordinands 1561-1642 1 Table of York Clergy Ordinations 1561-1642 77 Index 94 INTRODUCTION The Reformation changes of the Henrician period both greatly curtailed the number of candidates seeking ordination in the diocese of York and disrupted the registration of ordinations which in the later middle ages had been systematically recorded in the archiepiscopal registers. There are no records at all of ordinations in the diocese for the reigns of Edward VI or Mary I but soon after Elizabeth's accession from 6 July 1561 lists of ordinations reappear in the York archiepiscopal registers. Archbishop Thomas Young normally held two general ordination ceremonies each year: then, after his death in 1568, Richard Barnes, suffi agan bishop of Nottingham, introduced the practice of officiating at a number of very small special ordination ceremonies, a procedure which Archbishop Edmund Grindal and his Elizabethan successors all favoured, perhaps because it made the close examination of candidates much easier. No record remains of any ordinations conducted by Edwin Sandys, archbishop between 1576 and 1588. When the registration of ordinations begins again with Archbishop John Piers in 1589 they no longer appear in the archiepiscopal registers but solely in the Institution Act Books. The thirty-first of the Canons of 1604 ordained that following the precedent of the ancient fathers of the church sacred orders should only be conferred on the Sundays following the ember days and so put an end to the frequent special ordinations the archbishops had preferred. From the beginning of his archiepiscopate Toby Matthew obeyed the new canon and reverted to the medieval precedent of normally holding four general ordination ceremonies each year. Matthew's successor, George Montaigne, apparently did not live long enough to conduct any ordinations at York. There are incidental references to ordinations but no ordination lists in the Institution Act Books for the archiepiscopate of Samuel Harsnett. Apart from the ceremony in 1632 when he ordained his own son at Southwell the Act Books indicate that Archbishop Richard Neile seems to have delegated ordinations of York candidates to bishops of neighbouring dioceses. Neile died within days of the first session of Long Parliament. The ensuing Civil War ended the formal registration of ordinations in the diocese, though Restoration Exhibit Books contain some incidental references to ordinations performed by Archbishop John Williams in 1642. The spelling of Christian names and place names has been modernised; the county or diocese of a candidate's living only appears in the text when specified in the Institution Act Books. Claire Cross History Department University of York January 2000 ABBREVIATIONS Abp.Reg. Archbishop's Register (at the Borthwick Institute) al. alumnus asst assistant C. curate of den deacon Exh Bk Exhibition Book (at the Borthwick Institute) fshp fellowship Inst. AB Institution Act Book (at the Borthwick Institute) lect. lecturer let. dim. letters dimissory lit, literate par. parson; parish pr. priest preb. prebend; prebendary R. rector of schmr schoolmaster st. student Sub.Bk Subscription Book (at the Borthwick Institute) V. Vicar of v. chor. vicar choral vi YORK CLERGY ORDINATIONS 1561-1642 ABBOT, ABBOTT ABBOT, Francis dcn York 10 Dec. 1570 (Abp.Reg.30,f 158r) ABBOTT, John BA den Bishopthorpe 18 Dec. 1608; MA pr. Cawood 20 Sept. 1612, al. Sidney Sussex, Cambridge (Inst.AB.3, ff.395r,417r) ABEE, Alexander dcn Cawood 8 Feb. 1561/2; pr. Cawood 28 June 1562 (Abp.Reg.30,135r,35v) ACROID, AIKRODE, AKEROYDE ACROID, AIKRODE, John BA dcn Bishopthorpe 18 Dec. 1614; M.A. pr. Bishopthorpe 22 Sept. 1616 (Inst.AB.3, ff.433r,451v) AKEROYDE, Samuel dcn Bishopthorpe 9 Mar. 1622/3, BA Magdalen, Oxford, schmr Calverley (Inst.AB.5, p.76) ADAMS, Thomas BA den Bishopthorpe 22 Feb. 1623/4; pr. Bishopthorpe 23 May 1624 (Inst.AB.5, pp.125,126) ADINGSELLS, Charles den Southwell 22 May 1608, MA Trinity, Cambridge (Inst.AB.3,f392r) AIKRODE, see ACROID AIRAY, see AIREY AIRE, Roland dcn and pr. York 15 Ap. 1565 (Abp.Reg.30,ff.36r,36v) AIREY, AIRAY, William dcn Bishopthorpe 12 Mar 1619/20, BA Queen's, Oxford; pr. Bishopthorpe 22 Feb. 1623/4, C. Humbleton (Inst.AB.5, pp.20,125) AKEROYDE, see ACROID ALDUS, Thomas dcn and pr. Bishopthorpe 10 Mar. 1574/5 (Abp.Reg.27, f 161r) ALENSON, ALENSONNE, John dcn and pr. Bishopthorpe 9 Ap. 1564 (Abp.Reg.30,f36r) ALLAN, ALLEIN, ALLEN, ALLINE ALLEIN, ALLEN, Edward dcn Cawood 23 Dec. 1627, BA Jesus, Cambridge; pr. Cawood 9 Mar. 1627/8, C. Skirpenbeck (Inst.AB.5,pp.651,652) ALLAN, John dcn York 10 Jan. 1601/2, lit. Cambridge; pr. Bishopthorpe 22 Aug. 1604, BA (Inst.AB.3,ff.338v,365v) ALLINE, John dcn Bishopthorpe 20 Dec. 1618, BA Trinity, Cambridge, C. Humbleton; pr. Bishopthorpe 19 Dec. 1619, V. St Lawrence, York (Inst.AB.3,f500r,Inst.AB.5,p.16) ALLERTON, William den Bishopthorpe 23 May 1619, BA Peterhouse, Cambridge; pr. Bishopthorpe 21 Dec. 1623, MA, schmr Marston (Inst.AB.5,pp.5,125) ALLINE, see ALLAN ALLOTT, Francis dcn Bishopthorpe 21 Feb. 1607/8, MA; pr. Cawood 25 Sept. 1608: C. Hemsworth (Inst.AB.3,ff.390v,394r.) ALRED, Gervase den Cawood 25 Sept. 1614, BA; pr. Bishopthorpe 4 June 1615, C. Kinoulton (Inst.AB.3,ff.431r,438v) ANDERSLEYE, William den Cawood 25 July 1563 (Abp.Reg30,f35v) APPLEYARD, APPLEYERD, William den Cawood 8 Mar. 1611/12, BA, asst Gargrave; pr. Bishopthorpe 28 Feb. 1612/13, C. Carleton in Craven (InstAB.3,ff.413v,418r) ARCHER, William pr. Cawood 17 Feb. 1610/11, MA, C. Sancton (Inst.AB.3, f409v) ARMEFEILD, ARMEFEILDE, Nicholas den Bishopthorpe 23 Sept. 1610, BA; pr. Ripon 22 Sept. 1611, C. Hawksworth (Inst. AB.3,f408r,411r) ARMESTRONG, Gabriel den Bishopthorpe 4 June 1615, BA; pr. Cawood 24 Sept. 1615, R. Thorpe in the Glebe, Notts (InstAB.3,ff.438v, 441v) ARMISTEAD, ARM ISTEADE ARMITSTEADE, Christopher den Bishopthorpe 5 Mar. 1625/6, BA (Inst.AB.5,p.141) ARMISTEAD, ARMISTEADE, Richard den Bishopthorpe 18 Dec. 1625, lit. St Katharine's, Cambridge; pr. Cawood 18 Feb. 1626/7, C. Pendle, Lancs-(Inst.AB.5,pp.140,158) ASHE, ASSHE ASHE, John den York 24 July 1573; pr. Bishopthorpe 23 Mar. 1574/5 (Abp.Reg.30,f159v,161r) ASSHE, John pr. Bishopthorpe 18 Dec. 1625, lit. Trinity, Cambridge, C. St Michael's, York (Inst. AB.5,p.140) ASHEBURN, Francis pr. York 24 July 1573 (Abp.Reg.30,f 159v) ASHTON, Edward den and pr. York 13 May 1599, lit. Oxford (1nst.AB.3, f310r) ASHTON, and see ASPDEN ASIITON, William den Bishopthorpe 27 May 1603; pr. Bishopthorpe 30 Mar. 1604 (Inst.AB.3,ff.354r,364r.) ASKEWITH, John pr. St Michael le Belfrey, York 11 May 1567 (Abp.Reg.30,f37r) ASLABIE, George pr. York Minster 15 Ap. 1565 (Abp.Reg.30,f36v) ASPDEN, Miles pr. Bishopthorpe 23 Sept. 1610, BA, R. Dunnington (Inst.AB.3,f 408r) 2 ASPDEN, ASHTON, Walter pr. Bishopthorpe 23 Sept. 1610, BA, C. Bridlington (Inst.AB.3,f. 408r) ASSHE, see ASHE ATEY, Roger den Bishopthorpe 23 Dec. 1621, BA St Katharine's, Cambridge, schmr; pr. Bishopthorpe 22 Dec. 1622, MA, C. Bulmer (Inst.AB.5,pp.52,63) ATKINSON, George den Cawood 24 Sept. 1626, lit.; pr. Cawood 23 Dec. 1627, C. Eserick (Inst.AB.5, p.156,175) ATKINSON, John pr. Cawood 4 June 1626, BA Christ's, Cambridge, C. Wragby (Inst.AB.5,p.146) AWKELAND, AWKELANDE, Edmund den Cawood 28 Sept. 1561; pr. Cawood 8 Feb. 1561/2 (Abp.Reg.30,f35r bis) AWSEBROOKE, Thomas pr. Cawood 21 Dec. 1571 (Abp.Reg.30,f158v) AYNESWORTHE, Charles pr. Bishopthorpe 23 May 1573 (Abp.Reg.30,f.159v) BAFFORD, Samuel den Bishopthorpe 23 May 1624, BA (Inst.AB.5,p.126) BAGULAY, BAGULEY, BAGULEYE BAGULEY, George den York 19 Sept. 1624, BA; pr. Bishopthorpe 13 Mar. 1624/5 (1nst.AB.5,pp.127,128) BAG ULAY, BAGULEY, Mark den Bishopthorpe 4 June 1615, BA; pr. Cawood 24 Sept. 1615, C. Hovingham (Inst. AB.3,ff.438v,441v) BAG ULEYE, Thomas den and pr. York 24 July 1573 (Abp.Reg.30,f.159v) BA1LES, BAYLES, John den Cawood 25 Feb. 1615/16, BA St Edmund's, Oxford, - [blank] Carleton; pr. Cawood 19 Sept. 1619, C. Bubwith (Inst.AB.3,f444r;Inst.AB.5,p.13) BAILEY, BALEY BAILEY, Richard den Bishopthorpe 18 Dec. 1625, BA Magdalen, Oxford, C. Patrick Brompton (Inst.AB.5,p.140) BALEY, William den Cawood 19 Sept. 1619, BA Magdalen, Oxford, C. Guiseley (Inst.AB.5.p.13) BA1NEFEILD, Anthony den Bishopthorpe 13 Mar. 1624/5, BA St John's, Oxford; pr. Cawood 4 June 1626, C. Long Addingham (Inst.AB,5, pp.128,146) BAITSON, John den Bishopthorpe 21 Sept. 1617, B.A. Trinity, Cambridge; pr. Cawood 1 Mar. 1617/18, C. Badsworth (Inst.AB.3,ff.490v,495r) BALDWIN, Benony den Bishopthorpe 5 Mar. 1625/6, BA (Inst AB.5,p.141) 3 BALDWIN, John pr. Bishopthorpe 22 Dec. 1616, BA, [st?] Peterhouse, Cambridge (Inst.AB.3, ff.455r,482r) BALEY, see BAILEY BANCKES, BANKES, BANKS BANKES, Alexander den Cawood 20 Dec. 1612, MA, C. Almondbury; pr. Bishopthorpe 28 Feb. 1612/13, schmr Almondbury (Inst.AB.3, 1418rbis) BANKES, Henry den Bishopthorpe 5 Mar. 1614/15, BA (Inst.AB.3,f434r) BANCICES, BANKS, William den Bishopthorpe 23 Dec. 1621, MA Jesus, Cambridge, C. Settrington; pr. Cawood 20 May 1627, preb. York Minster (Inst.AB.5,pp.52,166) BANNATYNE, Andrew den Cawood 9 Mar.