The Grey Friars in OxfordLittle, A. G. (Andrew George)
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The Grey Friars in Oxford
Little, A. G. (Andrew George)
Franciscans -- Great Britain
‘the subdewynge of them that dyd rysse in alle iij places, and how
mysery they ware browte unto, and there he rehersyd as hys master dyd
before that the occasyone came by popysse presttes[1886].’
In 1550 he was presented to a prebend in the Church of Canterbury[1887].
On Mary’s accession he was deprived of his preferments, being married. He
fled to the Continent[1888].
=Hugh Payne=, Observant Friar of Newark, who opposed the King’s divorce
and upheld the papal supremacy in 1533-4, may have studied at Oxford
before he entered the Order; a Hugh Payne supplicated for B.A. in
1523[1889].
=Richard Risby=, warden of the Friars Observant at Canterbury, was
executed on May 5th, 1534, for being implicated in the conspiracy of the
Nun of Kent. It is doubtful whether he was identical with Richard Rysby,
B.A., Fellow of New College in 1506[1890].
=William David= supplicated for B.D. in November, 1534, after studying
arts and theology for thirteen years[1891]. The grace was conceded, and in
February, 1535, he obtained permission to defer his ‘Opposition’ until
after he had taken the degree[1892]. He may be the Dr. David, Grey Friar,
who assisted at the condemnation of Thomas Benet for heresy at Exeter in
1533[1893].
=Richard David=, ‘Ordinis Franciscani,’ admitted to oppose, October 17,
1534[1894].
=Thomas Tomsun= supplicated for B.D. in November, 1534, after studying
philosophy and theology for fifteen years _hic et Cantabriæ_, and was
admitted on January 29, 1534/5[1895]. With Gregory Basset, he became
surety for his fellow friar Robert Puller in December, 1534 (?)[1896].
One of this name was rector of Lambourne, Essex, in 1546 (and died before
April 16, 1557), and rector of Beamont, Essex, in 1555 (died before
1559)[1897].
=John Billing= was admitted B.D. in 1537, after seven years’ study[1898].
His name occurs in a list of Observant Friars of the year 1534, as having
fled to Scotland[1899].
=Guy Etton=, or =Eton=, was admitted to oppose in January, 1534/5, and was
admitted B.D. in the same month. In October, 1535, he was allowed to
substitute for a sermon at St. Mary’s,
‘concionem ruri vel in suo monasterio ad placitum[1900].’
In 1553 (in Edward VI’s reign) he was granted license to preach. In Mary’s
reign he took refuge at Strasburg with John Jewell. In 1559 he obtained
the archdeaconry and a prebend of Gloucester, which he held till 1571 or
later. In 1576 he was instituted Vicar of St. Leonard’s, Shoreditch, and
died before June 14, 1577[1901].
=Anthony Brookby= (Brockbey, Brorbe), sometime student in Magdalen
College, a man learned in Greek and Hebrew, entered the Franciscan Order
apparently after leaving the University. Bourchier calls him licentiate in
theology at Oxford; Francis a S. Clara, Doctor of Theology. He attacked
the King’s anti-papal and anti-monastic measures, was thrown into prison,
tortured, and at length (July 19, 1537) strangled with his own cord[1902].
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