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| John GUNTHORPE Warden of KING'S HALL, 1467-75 . Probably B.D. 1467/8 . Proctor, 1454-5 . Chaplain to Edward IV. Preb. of St Paul's [ London ], 1468-72 . R. of St Mary, Whitechapel [ London ], 1471-2 . Preb. of Lincoln [ Lincolnshire ], 1471-98 . Archdeacon of Essex , 1472-5 . Canon of St Stephen's, Westminster [ London ], 1472-98 . Dean of Wells [ Somerset ], 1472-98 . Preb. of York [ Yorkshire ], 1478-85 . Keeper of the Privy Seal, 1483 . Died 25 Jun., 1498; buried in Wells Cathedral [ Somerset ]. Will (P.C.C.) 1498 . ( D.N.B. ) | John GUNTHORPE Approx. lifespan: 1449–1498 Warden of King's Hall 1467-75 Probably B.D. 1467/8 Proctor 1454-55 Chaplain to Edward IV. Preb. of St Paul's, [ London ] 1468-72 R. of St Mary Whitechapel, [ London ] 1471-72 Preb. of Lincoln, [ Lincolnshire ] 1471-98 Archdeacon of Essex 1472-75 Canon of St Stephen's Westminster, [ London ] 1472-98 Dean of Wells, [ Somerset ] 1472-98 Preb. of York, [ Yorkshire ] 1478-85 Keeper of the Privy Seal 1483 Died 1498:06:25 ; buried in Wells Cathedral Wells, [ Somerset ] Will (P.C.C.) 1498 ( D.N.B. ) |
| John GUNTHORPE John GUNDORP John GUNDORPIUS John GUNTHORP John GUNTHROPP John GUNTHROPPE Approx. lifespan: 1369–1565 Updated from Venn I Jo. Leland's statement that he first studied at Oxford, which is improved upon by Anth. Wood, who assigns him to Balliol College [Oxford], does not appear to rest on any adequate authority and was probably inferred from his studying at Ferrara at the same time as mag. John or Joseph FREE [J. Leland, Comment. de Script. Brit. 333-4; A. Wood, Univ. of Oxf. i. 207; BRUO, ii. 837] King's Hall, warden, app. 1467:09:30 ; vac. 1472:12 [ CPR 1467-77, pp. 32, 367] According to Bp Bale, 'olim in collegio Jesu Cantabrigiae' [J. Bale, Script. Illustr. Bryt. pt i, 617-18] as Jesus College was only founded 2 yr before Gunthorpe's death, it may be assumed that Bale had no more substantial evidence in mind than his knowledge that Gunthorpe gave some books to the college. M.A. by 1452 ; grace for admission as B.Th. gr. 1468 [ CUGBk Α, 67] Junior Proctor of the University 1454-55 [ ibid. Α, 1-3; CUA, CUR. 1.2.10-13] Went to study the classics in Italy , possibly at the expense of Wm Grey, lately appointed bp of Ely; was attending the lectures of Guarino da Verona on rhetoric at Ferrara by 1460:08 ; while there learned Greek and probably made the acquaintance of mag. John or Joseph FREE ; left Ferrara on Guarino's death in 1460:12 ; probably went on to Rome, returning to England after the death of his friend, Free, in 1465 [R. Weiss, Humanism in Engl., &c. 122-7, 199 (index); CPL, xi. 684; xii. 388, 501] R. of Cley next the Sea, Norfolk , by 1466:02 ; vac. by 1467:05 [Reg. Lyhert, Norw., fo. 161v] obtained pap. dispensn to hold an additional incompatible benef. 1466:02:26 [ CPL, xii. 501] r. of Ditcheat, Somerset , adm. 7 Jan. 1466, but title disputed; re-adm. 25 Mar. 1473 [ Reg. Stillington, Bath & Wells (SRS), pp. xvi, xxviii, 97-8] can. of S. Paul's, London , and preby of Hoxton, coll. 1468:12:30 ; vac. by 1472:02 [Reg. Th. Kempe, Lond., fos 116, 133] r. of S. Mary's Matfellon, Whitechapel, London , adm. 1471:08:08 ; vac. by 1472:12 [ ibid. fos 128, 137v; Hennessy, 457] can. and preby of S. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, adm. 1472:02:15 ; exch. for another preb. in the chapel 1479:04:29 ; till death [ CPR 1467-77, p. 306; 1476-85, p. 154; Hennessy, 455] preby of Wenlakesbarn, in S. Paul's, coll. 1472:02:22 ; vac. by 1472:10 [Reg. Th. Kempe, fos 132v, 136] can. of Sarum, [ Wiltshire ] and preby of N. Alton, coll. 1472:04:05 [Reg. Beauchamp, Sarum, i, fo. 165; W.H. Jones, Fasti Eccl. Sarisb. 353] archd. of Essex , coll. 1472:10:03 ; exch. 1478:05 [Reg. Th. Kempe, fos 136v, 166v] can. and preby of Wells, vac. 1472:12 ; dean of Wells, el. 1472:12:18 ; till death [ Reg. Stillington, 96, 215 (index); Regg. King and Hadrian, Bath & Wells (SRS), 206 (index); Cal. MSS. of D. & C. Wells (HMC), ii. 791 (index); le Neve, Bath & Wells, 5; Dunbartonshire , article by C.L. Kingsford] preby of Laughton en le Morthen, in York, coll. 1478:05:15 ; till death [Reg. L. Bothe, York xxii, fo. 245v; Reg. Rotherham, York xxiii, fo. 109v; York D. & C. Acta Capital. 1427-1504, fos 162v, 215v] dean of the chapel of the kg's Household by 1481:11 ; and, on its establishment, of the kg's free chapel of S. Peter's within the Tower of London , 1483:02:28 ; vac. by 1483:05 [ CPR 1476-85, pp. 250, 341, 348] preby of Bitton, in Sarum, coll. 1492:10:04 ; till death [Reg. J. Morton, Cant., i, fo. 184; Reg. Th. Langton, Sarum, fo. 42v] chancellor of York, coll. 1496:01:13 ; till death [le Neve, Northern Prov., 10] can. of Crediton, Devon , and preby of Henstyll, till death [Reg. Redman, Ex., fo. 7] Pap. chapl. and minor penitentiary, app. 1462:01:28 [ CPL, xi. 684] Secretary and chapl. to the queen in 1467 [ CPR 1467-77, pp. 32, 367] King's almoner, app. 1468:12:09 [ ibid. p. 120] Clk of parliament, app. 1471:06:21 ; vac. 1483:09 [A.F. Pollard, in BIHR, xv (1938), 152-5] Keeper of the privy seal, app. 1483:01:27 ; vac. 1485:08 [ ibid. 155] On missions to Castile, 1465-66 and 1470 [Rymer, xi, 572, 653; Scofield, i. 463] On mission to Brittany, 1485:02 [Rymer, xii. 260] An envoy for negotiations with the Scots at Nottingham, 1484:09 Recd a general pardon from Henry VII, 1486:02:12 [ Cal. MSS. of D. & C. Wells, ii. 692-3] On mission to the Emperor Maximilian, app. 1486:12:15 [Rymer, xii. 320] and to Ferdinand and Isabella, app. 1488:03:10 [ ibid. xii. 336] Granted letters of fraternity by Christ Church Cath. Priory, Canterbury, 1471 [ HMC, 9th Rept, Appx, pt i, 116 a ] and by the English Premonstratensian canons 1492 [ Coll. Anglo-Premonstr. ed. F.A. Gasquet (CS), i. 171] d. at Wells 1498:06:25 Buried in the cathedral; tomb against the S. wall of the S.E. transept, where formerly stood the statue of S. Mary le Gesian. Will dated 1498:06:25 ; proved 1498:08:26 [ Med. Somt. Wills 1383-1500 (SRS), 361-2] Built the N. side of the deanery, 1480, which is ornamented inside and out with guns, forming his rebus. Gave to the cathedral a silver gilt image of Our Lady [ Cal. MSS. of D. & C. Wells, ii. 106] and the manor of Alverton, Somerset , to maintain a cursal mass [ ibid. ii. 154-5] BLO, Bodley MS. 587 (SC 2359), contains such of his works as are known to have survived: (i) Rhetorica, part only [ ibid. fos 1-46] (ii) Dialectica, part only [ ibid. fos 46-57] (iii) Orationes legatinae, comprising two delivered during his mission to Castile, another delivered in honour of Charles, duke of Burgundy, and a fourth, which is the address that he gave at the duke's marriage with Margaret, sister of Edward IV, at Damme, 1468:07:03 [ ibid. fos 73-93] (iv) Notes on certain words used by Latin poets [ ibid. fos 137-55, 179-90] This MS. also contains Sinonima Ciceronis, possibly in Gunthorpe's autograph. Bp Bale also ascribes to him Carmina which he claims to have seen at Wells; and Epistolae. Gave to Jesus College : (i) Cumberland , MS. Ff. 6.20 ( Biblia vulgata ); (ii) Jesus College MS. 49 ( Selecta ex Augustino ), bought in London 1484:12:20 [M.R. James, Cat. MSS. of Jesus College 78-9] Bought from Blackfriars, Northampton: Sion Coll., Lond., Arc. L. 40.2/L. 21 (Suetonius: Einhardus). Owned: (i) Cumberland , MS. Mm.3.4 (Homer, Odyssey, in Latin transln); (ii) Cumberland , MS. Dd.7. 1-2 (Jerome, Opera ); (iii) Corpus Christi College MS. 164 (R. Higden, Polychronicon ; Biblia pauperum, &c. ) [M.R. James, Cat. MSS. of Corpus Christi College i. 370-4] (iv) St John's College MS. 60 (T. Livius Frulovisius, Comoediae ) [ idem, Cat. MSS. of St John's College 79-80] (v) St John's College MS. 61 (Isocrates, Ad Nicoclem, &c.) [ ibid. 80-2] (vi) Trinity College MS. 824 (Macrobius, De sompnio Scipionis ; Chalcidius, Super Timaeum Platonis, bought in London 1465 ) [ idem, Cat. MSS. of Trinity College ii. 265-6] (vii) Emmanuel College MS. 3 (Bede, Historia Anglorum ; Gerald of Wales , Topographia Hiberniae, written for him 1481) [ idem, Cat. MSS. of Emmanuel College 3-4] (viii) Sidney Sussex College MS. 46 (Albertus Magnus, De animalibus libri xxvi ) [ idem, Cat. MSS. of Sidney Sussex College 30] (ix) Cumberland , Inc. 3709-11 (Cicero, Paradoxa, De amicitia, De officiis, Louvain, 1483 ) [Oates, 616] (x) Wells D. & C. Libr. (Pliny, Historia naturalis, Venice, 1472 ); (xi) Harley MS. 654 (Eutropius, Romanae historiae breviarium, &c.), obtained from mag. William CHILD [ex inform. Dr A.G. Watson] Gave to Michaelhouse 2 large silver gilt covered salts ( Trinity College Munts, Otryngham Bk, p. 23] [Appx] |