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| Clerk, John. B.A. 1498-9; M.A. 1502; LL.D. (Bologna). R. of Hoathfield, Kent, 1508. Master of God's House, Dover. R. of Portishead and of Ditchiat, Somerset, 1513. R. of Ivychurch, Kent, and of West Tarring, Sussex, 1514. Chaplain to Wolsey. Archdeacon of Colchester, 1519-23. Dean of Windsor, 1519. Master of the Rolls, 1522-3. Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1523. Much employed in embassies abroad. Died at Dunkirk, Jan. 3, 1540-1. ( Cooper, I. 77; Newcourt, I. 90; D.N.D. ) | John CLERK Approx. lifespan: 1477–1540 B.A. 1498/9 M.A. 1502 LL.D. (Bologna) [Italy], R. of Hoathfield, Kent , 1508 Master of God's House Dover, [Kent], R. of Portishead, [Somerset], and of Ditchiat, Somerset , 1513 R. of Ivychurch, Kent , and of West Tarring, Sussex , 1514 Chaplain to Wolsey. Archdeacon of Colchester, [Essex], 1519-23 Dean of Windsor, [Berkshire], 1519 Master of the Rolls 1522-23 Bishop of Bath and Wells, [Somerset], 1523 Much employed in embassies abroad. Died at Dunkirk, ???, 1540/1:01:03 ( Cooper I. 77; Newcourt I. 90; D.N.D. ) |
| John CLERK John CLARK John CLERKE Approx. lifespan: 1400–1596 Updated from Venn I Canterbury dio. Quest., adm. 1498:12:14 ; Inc.A., adm. ET 1502 [CUGBk Β, i. 114, 117, 125, 166, 167, 169; ibid. Γ, 7] M.A.; D.Cn.L. of Univ. of Bologna, adm. 1510 [G.B. Parks, Engl. Traveller to Italy , , i. 474, 627] D.C. & Cn.L. by 1516 . Keeper of Fen chest 1502-03 [CUA, CUR. 1.2.8] Dispensed from attendance at 2 university funerals and 2 university masses 1508-09 [CUGBk Γ, 72] Ord. subd. 1516:03:08 [Reg. Fitzjames, Lond., fo. 171v] R. of Rothbury, Northumberland , , adm. 1512 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Hist. of Northumberland xv. 319] r. of Portishead, Somerset , , adm. 1513:09:02 ; vac. 1519:10 [Regg. King and Hadrian, Bath & Wells (SRS), 164; Bps' Regg. 1518-59 (SRS), 9] r. of Ivychurch, Kent , , adm. 1514:03:31 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Warham, fo. 353v; S. Robertson, in Arch. Cant. xiii. 458] collated to rectory of W. Tarring, Sussex , , 1514:07, but 'vacat quia non emanavit litera' [Reg. Warham, fo. 355 v, ex inform. Mr D. S. Chambers] r. of Charlton, county not ascertained, adm. 1515:08 [ Dunbartonshire ] r. of S. Molton, Devon , , adm. 1519:03:14 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Oldham, Ex., fo. 79v; Reg. Veysey, Ex., i, fo. 17v] r. of Coltishall, Norfolk , , pres. by King's College 1519:05:01 ; but not adm. [King's College Munts, Ledger Bk i, fo. 245] archd. of Colchester, adm. 1519:10:22 ; vac. on promotion as bp [le Neve, Lond., 14] dean of S. George's Chapel, Windsor, adm. 1519:11:09 ; vac. on promotion as bp [S.L. Ollard, Fasti Wyndesor. 40] bp of Bath & Wells, by pap. provn, 1523:03:26 ; temporalities restored 1523:05:02 ; consecrated at Rome 1523:06:06 ; till death [Eubel, iii. 544; LPFD Hy VIII, iii, pt ii, p. 1267; le Neve, Bath & Wells, 3; Cooper, i. 77, 533; Dunbartonshire , article by Wm Hunt; Bps' Regg. 1518-59, Bath & Wells (SRS), pp. ix-xii, 27-89] On the staff of Cardl Bainbridge in Rome, 1514 [LPFD Hy VIII, i, pt ii, pp. 1363, 1461] Chamberlain of the Engl. Hospice of S. Thomas the Martyr, 1514-15 [Parks, op. cit. i. 363] Dean of the chapel royal by 1516 [LPFD Hy VIII, ii, pt i, p. 875] Judge in Star Chamber, app. 1519 [ibid. iii, pt i, p. 196] Master of the rolls, app. 1522:10:20 ; vac. 1523:10:09 [Hardy, 59] On his ambassadorial employment in Rome, 1521:04 to 1523:09, and in France , , 1526:07, and other official activities, see Dunbartonshire . The text of the oration delivered by him in papal consistory when presenting Leo X with a sumptuous copy of Henry VIII's Assertio Septem Sacramentorum, written against Luther, was included in the edition of this work printed by R. Pynson. Fell ill at Dunkirk on returning, 1540:09, from an embassage to the duke of Cleves, poisoning being suspected. Reached his residence in Aldgate, London , , but d. there 1541:01:03 Buried in S. Botolph's, Aldgate [J. Weever, Anct Funerall Monts, 426] Will dated 1540:09:27 ; proved 1541:01:17 [Medl Somt. Wills 1531-58 (SRS), 61-2] [Appx] |