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| Hugh OLDHAM B.Can.L. and B.Civ.L. 1492/3 . Previously at Oxford [ Oxfordshire ] for some years. B. at Manchester [ Lancashire ]. Chaplain to the Lady Margaret. R. of St Mildred, Bread Street [ London ], 1485-9 . Dean of Wimborne Minster, Dorset , 1485 . Archdeacon of Exeter [ Devon ], 1493-1504 . Canon of Westminster [ London ], 1493-1504 . R. of Swineshead, Lincolnshire , 1494 . R. of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire . Preb. of Lichfield [ Staffordshire ], 1495-1513 ; of St Paul's [ London ], 1497-1504 ; of Lincoln [ Lincolnshire ], 1497-1505 . R. of Warboys, Huntingdonshire , 1497-1501 . Preb. of York [ Yorkshire ], 1499-1505 . V. of Overton, North Riding of Yorkshire , 1501 . Bishop of Exeter [ Devon ], 1504-19 . Master of the Hospitals of St John, Lichfield [ Staffordshire ], and St Leonard, Bedford [ Bedfordshire ]. Founder of the Manchester Grammar School [ Lancashire ]. Died 25 Jun., 1519; buried in Exeter Cathedral [ Devon ]. Will (P.C.C.) 1519 . ( Cooper, I. 21; D.N.B. ; Hutchins, Dorset, III. 187.) | Hugh OLDHAM Approx. lifespan: 1471–1519 B.Can.L. and B.Civ.L. 1492/3 Previously at Oxford, [Oxfordshire], for some years. b. at Manchester, [Lancashire], Chaplain to the Lady Margaret. R. of St Mildred, Bread Street, [London], 1485-89 Dean of Wimborne Minster, Dorset , 1485 Archdeacon of Exeter, [Devon], 1493-1504 Canon of Westminster, [London], 1493-1504 R. of Swineshead, Lincolnshire , 1494 R. of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire , Preb. of Lichfield, [Staffordshire], 1495-1513 ; of St Paul's, [London], 1497-1504 ; of Lincoln, [Lincolnshire], 1497-1505 R. of Warboys, Huntingdonshire , 1497-1501 Preb. of York, [Yorkshire], 1499-1505 V. of Overton, North Riding of Yorkshire , 1501 Bishop of Exeter, [Devon], 1504-19 Master of the Hospitals of St John, Lichfield, [Staffordshire], and St Leonard, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], Founder of the Sch: Manchester Grammar School Manchester, [Lancashire], Died 1519:06:25 ; buried in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, [Devon], Will (P.C.C.) 1519 ( Cooper, I. 21; D.N.B. ; Hutchins, Dorset, III. 187) |
| Hugh OLDHAM Hugh HOLDAME Hugh OLDAM Hugh OLDAME Hugh OLDEHAM Hugh OLDOM Hugh OLDOME Hugh ULDO Approx. lifespan: 982–1580 Updated from Venn I Lancashire , . On his family and possible early connexion with Households of the lady Margaret, countess of Richmond, and of Th. (Stanley), earl of Derby, see A.A. Mumford, Hugh Oldham, 13-48. Having studied Arts for 4 yr, and Cn. and C.L. for 4 yr at Oxford, had a grace to enter in C.L., 1493 [CUGBk Β, i. 54, 55] B.C.L. On migration to Cambridge, he became, according to Th. Fuller who gives no evidence for his statement, a member of Queens' College [Th. Fuller, Worthies of Engl. ed. Jo. Nicols, i. 541; Searle, 102] For a letter addressed to him by the University, 1501-02, see CUGBk Β, i. 172. Dean of Wimborne, Dorset , , adm. 1485 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Hutchins, iii. 190] r. of S. Mildred's, Bread St, London , , adm. 1485:09:19 ; vac. by 1489:02 [Reg. Th. Kempe, Lond., fos 204, 220v; Hennessy, 339] can. and preby of S. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster, gr. 1492:09:07 ; vac. on promotion as bp [CPR 1485-94, p. 405; Hennessy, 456] archd. of Exeter, adm. 1492 ; vac. on promotion as bp [le Neve, i. 395] dean of St John's College, Chester, coll. 1493:02:13 ; vac. 1494:06 [Reg. Smith, Cov. & Lich., fo. 157; Ormerod, i. 308] r. of Lanivet, Cornwall , , vac. by 1493:07 [Reg. King, Ex., fo. 166] r. of Swineshead, Lincolnshire , , adm. 1484:02:04 ; vac. by 1500:09 [Reg. Russell, Lincolnshire , . xxii, fo. 157; Reg. Smith, Lincolnshire , . xxiii, fo. 55v] can. and preby of Exeter, [Devon], , coll. 1494:03:11 [Reg. R. Foxe, Ex., fo. 158*] r. of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire , , adm. 1494:07:22 [Reg. Hill, Lond., fo. 13v; Newcourt, i. 821] can. of Lichfield, [Staffordshire], and preby of Colwich, adm. 1495:02:20 ; vac. by 1500:03 [Reg. J. Arundell, Cov. & Lich., fo. 212; Lich. D. & C. Acta Capitul. 1480-1510, fos 25, 37] can. of Sarum, [Wiltshire], and preby of Alton Borealis, adm. 1495:09:24 ; vac. by 1500:02 [Reg. J. Blyth, Sarum, fo. 18; Reg. J. Morton, Cant., i, fo. 193v] master of, Lichfield, adm. 1496:01:30 ; vac. by 1502:04 [Reg. Smith, fo. 147; Reg. J. Arundell, fo. 210] can. of Lincoln, [Lincolnshire], and preby of Leighton Buzzard, coll. 1497 ; vac. on promotion as bp [le Neve, Lincolnshire , , 81] can. of S. Paul's, London , , and preby of Newington, coll. 1497:03:11 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Barons, Lond., fo. 50v; Hennessy, 40] r. of Warboys, Huntingdonshire , , adm. 1498:03:31 ; vac. by 1501:05 [Reg. Smith, Lincolnshire , . xxiii, fos 355v, 359] adm. r. of Overton, Hampshire , , adm. 1499:06:30 ; vac. by 1501:10 [Reg. Th. Langton, Win., fo. 15v; Reg. R. Foxe, Win., i, fo. 1] can. of York and preby of S. Cave, coll. 1499:08:18 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Rotherham, York xxiii, fo. 110v; Reg. Savage, York xxv, fo. 28v; York D. & C. Acta Capitul. 1427-1504, fos 221v-222] master of S. Leonard's Hosp., Bedford, adm. 1500:01:12 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Smith, Lincolnshire , . xxiii, fos 389, 398] can. and preby of Crediton, Devon , , coll. 1500:06:06 [Reg. Redman, Ex., fo. 15] r. of Shillington, Bedfordshire , , adm. 1500:08:17 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Smith, Lincolnshire , . xxiii, fos 390, 397v] can. of Lichfield, [Staffordshire], and preby of Freford, adm. 1501:07:31 ; probably vac. on promotion as bp [Lincolnshire . D. & C. Acta Capitul. iii, fo. 42; le Neve, i. 604] preby in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire , , adm. 1501:11:05 [Reg. R. Fox, Win., i, fo. 1] r. of free chapel of Sterthill, Burton Bradstock, Dorset , , adm. 1503:03:23 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Audley, Sarum, fos 8v, 21; Hutchins, ii. 286] preby of Gillingham in Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset , , vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Audley, fo. 20; Hutchins, iii. 646] bp of Exeter, by pap. provn, 1504:11:27 ; consecrated 1504:12:29 ; temporalities restored 1505:01:06 ; till death [Eubel, iii. 210; Stubbs, p. 96; CPR 1494-1509, p. 389; Dunbartonshire , article by Th. Fowler] Chapl. to Margaret, countess of Richmond and Derby, in 1503 Assisted at the laying of the foundation stone of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey 1503:01:24 [R. Holinshed, Chronicles, edn 1808, iii. 529] Chapl. to the king and king's clk by 1503 . Reputed to have dissuaded Bp Foxe from making his new foundation at Oxford a college for 'a company of bussing monks' from Winchester, suggesting instead that it should 'provide for the increase of learning and for such as who by their learning shall do good in the church and commonwealth' [Th. Fowler, Corpus Christi College (OHS), 21] Contributed 6000 marks 'praeter cetera' towards the foundation of the college [ibid. 30n., 46] Chief benefactor in the endowment of Manchester Grammar School [Hist. of Lancashire . (VCH), ii. 579; Mumford, op. cit. 113-23] d. 1519:06:25 Buried in his cathedral church in S. Saviour's chapel which he had erected for the purpose in 1513 [G. Oliver, Lives of the Bps of Exeter, 119-20] Will dated 1518:12:16 ; proved 1519:07:16 [Test. Vetusta, ed. Sir N.H. Nicolas, ii. 565-6] An exor. of Sir Reg. BRAY, kt [CPR 1494-1509, p. 366; Berkshire ., Buckinghamshire ., & Oxfordshire . Archaeol. Soc. Journ. i. 90] His episcopal register is in the Diocesan Registry, Exeter. A portrait of him in oils is in [Mrs R.L. Poole, Cat. of Oxf Portraits (OHS), ii. 261] |