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| William LYNDWOOD Pens. at GONVILLE HALL, where he gave two windows for the library. S. of John, of Lyndwood, Lincolnshire . B. c 1375 . Fellow of Pembroke Hall. LL.D. (Oxford). Ord. priest (Ely) 1407 . R. of Walton-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire , till 1409 . Preb. of Sarum, 1412-34 . Dean of the Arches, 1417-30 . R. of All Hallows, Bread Street, 1418-33 . Preb, of Hereford, 1422-42 . Keeper of the Privy Seal, 1433-46 . Archdeacon of Oxford, 1438-42 . Bishop of St David's, 1442-4 . Author, Provinciale . Died 21 Oct., 1446. ( Venn, I. 8; D.N.B. ) | William LYNDWOOD Approx. lifespan: 1375–1446 Pens. at Gonville Hall where he gave two windows for the library. s. of John LYNDWOOD of Lyndwood, Lincolnshire , b. c1375 Fellow of Pembroke College . LL.D. (Oxford) Ord. priest (Ely) 1407 R. of Walton-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire , till 1409 Preb. of Sarum 1412-34 Dean of the Arches 1417-30 R. of All Hallows, Bread Street 1418-33 Preb, of Hereford 1422-42 Keeper of the Privy Seal 1433-46 Archdeacon of Oxford 1438-42 Bishop of St David's 1442-44 Author, Provinciale Died 1446:10:21 ( Venn, I. 8; D.N.B. ) |
| William LYNDWOOD William LINDEVODE William LINDEWODE William LINDEWOOD William LINDVODUS William LINDWODUS William LINDWOOD William LYNDEWODE William LYNDWOD William LYNDWODE William LYNEWOD William LYNEWODE William LYNNEWODE William LYNWODE William DE TILIA NEMORE Approx. lifespan: 1375–1473 Updated from Venn I b. c. 1375. Son of Jo. L., woolman, of Linwood, nr Market Rasen, Lincolnshire , . [ Dunbartonshire ] Gonville Hall, commoner; gave two windows to the library of the college, in one of which his gift was commemorated by an inscription [BHG & CC, i. 8] said to have been sometime fell. of Pembroke College, for which he joined with mag. Robert PYKE ( q.v. ) in endowing a loan-chest with a gift of £20 [R. Loder, Hist. of Framlingham, 211-12] Licd to study 1405:05:13 [Reg. Repingdon, Lincolnshire , . xv, fo. 1] B.C.L. by 1403 [Reg. Beaufort, Lincolnshire , . xiii, fo. 59] D.Cn. & C.L. by 1407 [Reg. Fordham, Ely, fo. 245v] According to Th. Fuller, 'proceeded doctor of the Laws (probably rather by incorporation than constant education ) in Oxford' [Th. Fuller, Worthies of England, edn 1811, ii. 10] One of the commissaries of Abp Chichele for the visitation of Merton College [Oxford], 1425:06 [Reg. Chichele, Cant. iv. 265] Ord. subd. (l.d.) 1404:02:23 ; d. 1404:03:15 ; pr. 1407:03:12 [Reg. Fordham, fos 243, 243 v, 245v] Warden of S. Nicholas Hosp., Scarborough, Yorkshire , , granted 1396:11:30 [CPR 1396-9, p. 36; 1399-1401, p. 136] warden of S. Mary's chapel in Scarborough Castle, gr. 1399:01:25 [ibid. 1396-9, p. 463; 1399-1401, p. 136] can. of Tettenhall, Staffordshire , , and preby of Wrothesley, gr. 1402:02:17 [ibid. 1401-5, p. 43] preby of Compton in Tettenhall, gr. 1405:11:03 ; revoked 1406 owing to rival claimant substantiating his title [ibid. 1405-8, pp. 96, 182] r. of Walton-le-Wolds, Lincolnshire , , in 1403:11 ; vac. by 1410:03 [Reg. Beaufort, Lincolnshire , . xiii, fo. 59; Reg. Repingdon, Lincolnshire , . xiv, fo. 161v] r. of Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset , , coll. 1410:01:14 ; vac. by 1416:03 [Reg. Hallum, Sarum, pt i, fos 9 v, 65v; Hutchins, i. 445] obtained pap. dispensn for 7 yr to hold an additional incompatible benef. 1411:09:22 [CPL, vi. 294] can. of Sarum, [Wiltshire], and preby of Ruscomb, coll. 1412:02:23 ; vac. 1424:05 [Reg. Hallum, pt i, fo. 32; Reg. Chaundler, Sarum, pt i, fo. 71v] r. of Shoreham and dependent chapel of Otford, Kent , , coll. 1415:10:23 ; vac. by 1425:08 [Reg. Chichele, i. 138, 181, 194, 227] r. of S. Mary's, Romney, Kent , , adm. 1417:03:27 [ibid. i. 158] r. of All Hallows, Bread Street, coll. 1418:10:09 ; vac. 1433:08 [ibid. i. 171, 281] can. and preby of Exeter, [Devon], , coll. 1419:08:02 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. E. Stafford, Ex. 169, 248; Reg. Lacy, Ex. ii. 627, 749, 750] can. of Wells and preby of Taunton, coll. 1419:11:26 ; vac. by 1433:08 [Reg. Bubwith, Bath & Wells (SRS), ii. 377; Reg. J. Stafford, Bath & Wells (SRS), i. 145] can. of Hereford, [Herefordshire], and preby of Hunderton, according to pap. dispensn, by 1420, but involved in dispute with rival claimant; coll. 1423:11:13 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Chichele, iv. 77, 80; Reg. Spofford, Heref. (CYS), 351, 364] can. of Abergwili, Carmarthenshire , , and preby of Llanwrthwl by 1421 ; was granted extension for life of previous pap. dispensn to hold two incompatible beneff., notwithstanding foregoing canonries and prebb., 1421:11:17 [CPL, vii. 198] preby of Bishopston, in Salisbury, coll. 1424:05:03 ; vac. by 1434:05 [Reg. Chaundler, pt i, fo. 71v; Reg. R. Neville, Sarum, pt i, fo. 46] r. of Tring, Hertfordshire , , coll. 1424:08:14 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Reg. Chichele, i. 324; Cussans, pts xiii and xiv, p. 26] r. of Wimbledon, with dependent chapels of Mortlake and Putney, Surrey , , coll. 1433:08:07 ; vac. 1434:05 [Reg. Chichele, i. 281; Manning and Bray, iii. 283] archd. of Stow, adm. 1434:05:29 ; vac. on promotion as bp [Lincolnshire . D. & C. Acta Capitul. A.2.32, fo. 91] not archd. of Oxford, coll. 1438:05:10 [Reg. Alnwick, Lincolnshire , . xviii, fo. 107; le Neve, Lincolnshire , , 14n] bp of S. Davids, by pap. provn., 1442:06:27 ; temporalities restored 1442:08:14 ; consecrated between 26 Aug. and 1442:10:02 ; till death [CPL, ix. 253, 297; CPR 1441-6, p. 91; Stubbs, 89; E. Yardley, Menevia Sacra (Cambrian Archaeol. Assocn), 70-2; Dunbartonshire , article by J.McM. Rigg] Chancellor of the abp of Canterbury and auditor of causes, app. 1414:08:01 ; vac. c. 1417 [Churchill, ii. 214-15, 243, 245; The MSS. of S. George's Chapel, Windsor, ed. J.N. Dalton and M.F. Bond, 54; Reg. Chichele, i, pp. lxxxvii, clxv, clxxii, 26, 30, 35; iii. 24, 26; iv. 119, 161] Official of the ct of Canterbury, acting by 1417 ; still in 1431 [Churchill, ii. 238; Reg. Chichele, i, pp. lxxxiii, lxxxviii, cxix, 63, 74; iii. 563-4 (index); BLO, Tanner MS. 165, fo. 135v; Roch. Dio. Regy, Rochester Precedent Bk, quat. ii, fo. 54v; quat. iv, fos 1, 25; quat. v, fos 21v-22; quat. vi, fo. 51v; quat. vii, fo. 2; quat. viii, fo. 20v] Member of the council of the prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, in 1416 ; still in 1439 Prelocutor of the clergy of the convocation of Canterbury in 1419, 1421, 1424, 1425, and 1426 [Reg. Chichele, i, pp. cxxiii, cxxv, cxxxvi; iii. 563 (index)] King's clk in 1402 [CPR 1401-5, p. 43] Keeper of the privy seal, app. 1432:02:25 ; vac. 1443 [R.L. Storey, in BIHR, xxxi (1958), 1193] An envoy to the duke of Burgundy, app. 1417:07:23 [Rymer, ix. 469; DKPR, 44th Rept, appx, p. 595] to the kg of Portugal , , app. 1422:01:14, absent 3 Mar. to 1422:09:14 [loc. cit. ; BEC, x. 167; lxi. 30] appointed to accompany Jo. Kempe, bp of London , , on mission to France , , 1423 [P & OPC, iii. 66; Reg. Chichele, iv. 85] on mission in Holland , 1427:04 [DKPR, 48th Rept, appx, p. 249] an envoy to treat with Castile, app. 1430:11:06 [P & OPC, iv. 69; Rymer, x. 473] Was appointed a councillor and to attend on the king in France , , 1431:03:20 [P & OPC, iv. 82] a commissioner to treat with the Bretons for redress of injuries, app. 1433:03:24 [Rymer, x. 546] member of the delegation to the congress of Arras, app. 1435:06:22 [CPR 1429-36, p. 462; Rymer, x. 614 bis ; G. Dickinson, The Treaty of Arras, 216, 264] an envoy to treat with the Hanseatic towns and the master of Prussia, app. 1436:11:06, 1437:12:12 [Rymer, x. 657, 666] for negotiating a 9 yr truce with the Scots, app. 1438:03:20 [ibid. x. 684] for arranging treaties with the abp of Cologne, the bp of Münster, and the count of Mark, app. 4 Feb., 1439:12:12 [ibid. x. 716, 741] for prolonging the truce with Flanders , for 5 yr, app. 1439:12:24 [ibid. x. 750] for negotiating an alliance and commercial treaty with Holland , , Zealand and Friesland, app. 1441:07:14 [ibid. x. 848] d. 1446:10:21 Buried in S. Stephen's Chapel, Westminster [Archaeologia, xxxiv (1952), 403-30] Chantry founded in his memory at the altar of S. Mary de Pew in the crypt of S. Stephen's Chapel 1454 [ibid. xxxiv. 420-2] Will dated 1446:10:21 ; proved 1446:11:28 [ibid. xxxiv. 418-20] Compiled the Provinciale, seu Constitutiones Angliae, a digest of the synodal constitutions of 14 abps of Canterbury from Langton to Chichele, with gloss and a detailed index, begun 1422:08:31, completed 1430:06:03 ; see C.R. Cheney, 'Wm L.'s Provinciale', The Jurist, xxi (1961), 405-34. For reference to an autograph copy of 'compilatio per dictum episcopum super constitutionibus provincialibus in quaternis', see Reg. Cancell. Oxfordshire , . (OHS), i. 164. Bp Bale also attributes to him a work entitled Summa causarum, without incipit ; and a commentary 'in quosdam Psalmos', with incipit, formerly in the library of Pembroke College [J. Bale, Script. Illustr. Bryt. pt i, 561; idem, Index Brit. Script. 133] His episcopal register has not been preserved. [Appx] |