William ALNWICK, LL.D. (d.1449)
Bishop of Norwich; Bishop of Lincoln.
Born at Alnwick. LL.D. Cambridge University. (D.N.B. I pp.343-5)
Secretary to Henry V. (Ricardian XIII p.251)
He built the east wing of the Bishop’s Palace at Lincoln, with the chapel and dining-parlour and a gateway tower. (
1414Appointed confessor to the Brigetine nuns at Syson by
Henry V. (D.N.B. I pp.343-5)
1420-5Prior of Wymondham Abbey.
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1420Archdeacon of Sarum. (D.N.B. I pp.3343-5)
3 May1421Received the stall of Knaresborough-cum-Bickhill at York Minster.
(ibid.)
9 MayAdmitted. (
Jun.He was given the care of Henry V’s Will. (Wolffe p.28)
31 Aug.1422He was with Henry V when he died in France, and accompanied his
body back to England. (Ricardian XIII p.252)
15 Dec.Collated Prebendary of Weldland.
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16 Dec.Installed. (ibid.)
1422-32Keeper of the Privy Seal. (Pollard p.75 n.8)
27 Feb.1426Bishop of Norwich. (D.N.B. I pp.343-5)
18 Aug.Consecrated. (ibid.)
22 Dec.Installed. (ibid.)
1428He attended the Convocation of Canterbury. (Ricardian XIII p.252)
31 Mar.1429He presided at the trial of John Baker alias Usher(q.v.) for heresy in thechapel of Bishop’s Thorpe manor.(
6 Nov.He attended Henry’s coronation. (Ricardian XIII p.252)
4 Aug.1430He presided at the trial of Hawisw Moone(q.v.) for heresy.
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5 Aug.He presided at the trial of Edmund Archer(q.v.) for heresy.
(ibid.)
1431He was a supervisor of the Will of John Wodehouse, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster(q.v.). (Ricardian XIII p.254)
20 Oct.Settlement of the action taken by him and others against John
Merbury(q.v.) and his wife, Agnes(q.v.), deforciants of the manor of
Collyweston and a virgate of land in Hale, Northamptonshire.
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26 Dec.1433Attended Henry VI at Bury St.Edmunds, where he became involved in
a dispute with the Abbot of Bury.
(D.N.B. I pp.343-5 and Wolffe pp.74-5)
23 Apr.1434He left the monastery of Bury St.Edmunds with Henry.
(Wolffe pp.74-5)
6 Oct.1435Settlement of the action taken by him and others against Robert
Andrewe(q.v.), deforciant of the manor of Great Houghton,
3 messuages,80 acres of land and 10 acres of meadow in Great Houghton,Northamptonshire.
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19 Sep.1436Translated to Lincoln.
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1437Appointed to Henry’s Council. (Wolffe p.92)
Jan.He visited Bardsey Abbey.
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28 Mar.Enthroned Bishop of Lincoln.
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12 Nov.He attended the Council Meeting at St.John’s Hospital, Clerkenwell.
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1439One of the arbiters appointed to find a lasting solution to the Neville
dispute. (Pollard 75 n.8)
1440He visited Bardsey Abbey.
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1440He visited the Priory of Stixwould.
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3 Feb.1441Settlement of the action taken by him and others against Sir John
Knyvet(q.v.) and others, deforciants of the manor of Easton on the Hill and
100 acres of land, 20 acres of meadow, 160 acres of wood and 20s of rent
in Easton, Northamptonshire.
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20 Nov.On a commission of the peace for Holland. (C.P.R.1441-6 p.473)
15 Mar.1442He, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln were licensed to grant in mortmain a messuage and certain land in Woborn Deynecourt to
Sir Ralph Cromwell(q.v.) and others. (ibid. p.60)
22 Mar.On a commission of the peace for Kesteven. (ibid.p.473)
12 Apr.On a commission of the peace for Leicestershire. (ibid.p.473)
21 Apr.Life exemption from personal attendance in any Council or
Parliament. (ibid.p.85)
18 MayOn a commission of the peace for Lindsey. (ibid.p.474)
6 Jul.Philip Long of Herne, Essex, clerk, was pardoned for not appearing
to answer him touching a debt of 40s. (ibid.p.18)
10 Jul.He was one of those who were discharged from making statutes for the
College of St.Mary and St.Nicholas, Cambridge University, following
The appointment of William Millyngton(q.v.) as Provost. (ibid.p.197)
10 Jul.1443He, William Ayscough(q.v.), William Lyndwood(q.v.), John Somerset
and John Langton were drawing up the statutes for the foundation of
Eton College when Henry relieved them and took the job over himself.
(Wolffe p.139)
21 Oct.Richard Frankys, late Vicar of Honyng, Norfolk, was pardoned for not
appearing to answer him touching a debt of 10s. (C.P.R.1441-6 p.209)
6 Dec.On a commission of the peace for Lindsey. (ibid.p.474)
1444He visited Bardsey Abbey.
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4 Feb.On a commission of the peace for Holland. (C.P.R.1441-6 p.473)
20 Mar.On a commission of the peace for Holland. (ibid.p.473)
8 MayHe was one of those empowered to empark lands in Banham, Norfolk.
(ibid.p.261)
26 MayOn a commission of the peace for Leicestershire. (ibid.p.473)
4 Jun.On a commission of the peace for Kesteven. (ibid.p.474)
6 Oct.Robert Shermen was pardoned for not appearing to answer him touching a debt of 16 marks. (ibid.p.299)
in Sep.1445He occurs as Prebendary of Buckden.
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12 Oct.His Will was sealed. (Ricardian XIII p.250)
2 Nov.Robert Inglose, late parson of the parish church of Filby, Norfolk,
was pardoned for not appearing to answer him touching a debt of
26 marks. (C.P.R.1441-6 p.380)
10 Feb.1446William Repynghale of Stamford was pardoned for not appearing to
answer him and John Breton touching a debt of £4. (ibid.p.383)
20 Feb.John Uyrkeby of Oxford, clerk, was pardoned for not appearing to
answer him touching a debt of £8 3s 9½d. (ibid.p.384)
3 Apr.On a commission of the peace for Kesteven. (ibid.p.473)
14 Apr.On a commission of the peace for Kesteven. (ibid.p.473)
10 Dec.Signification to him of the royal assent to the election of Christina Warneford(q.v.) as Prioress of the Priory of Garynges.
(C.P.R.1446-52 p.24)
25 Jan.1447One of those licensed to found a guild in the parish church of
Louth. (ibid. p.81)
2 Mar.On a commission of the peace for Lindsey. (ibid.p.591)
17 Apr.Ordered to appoint some trustworthy men to collect the tenth.
(C.F.R.1445-52 p.64)
20 Jun.On a commission of the peace for Lindsey. (C.P.R.1446-52 p.591)
16 Jul.Signification to him of the royal assent to the election of Avice
Sewell(q.v.) as Abbes of St Mary de Pré, Northampton. (ibid.p.62)
8 Dec.Presentation of Master William Westbury(q.v.) to him requesting him t
admit him as Provost of Eton. (ibid.pp.113-4)
12 Dec.One of those licensed to found a guild in the parish church of Thame.
(ibid. p.180)
22 Dec.Signification to him of the royal assent to the election of John Bracy(q.v.)
as Abbot of Bardeney. (ibid.p.116)
23 Feb.1448Granted the right to appoint such persons as he should wish to collect
subsidies. (ibid.p.129)
28 Feb.On a commission of the peace for Holland. (ibid.p.591)
14 Mar.On commissions of the peace for Kesteven and Lindsey.
(ibid.p.591)
6 Jul.He was one of those licensed to found a chantry at the altar of the Virgin
Mary in St.Michael’s Chapel, Alnwick. (ibid.p.170)
12 Nov.On a commission of the peace for Lindsey. (ibid.p.591)
11 Jan.1449Signification to him of the royal assent to the election of Margaret
Port(q.v.) as Prioress of Ankerwik. (ibid.p.217)
11 Feb.Thomas Saxham(q.v.) was pardoned for not appearing to answer him
touching a debt of 10 marks. (ibid. p.197)
23 Feb.He was one of those granted the manor of Hamuldon, Rutland, by Richard,
Duke of York. (ibid.p.218)
25 Nov.One of those pardoned for having acquired a third part of the manor
of Runham. (ibid.pp.300-1)
5 Dec.Died. (D.N.B. V pp.343-5)
10 Dec.His Will was proved before Archbishop Stafford.
(Ricardian XIII p.250)
1450Robert, Prior of the House of the Blessed Mary, Ormesby, Lincolnshire(q.v.),
brought a plaint of quare impedit against him and Simon Ravenser,
clerk(q.v.),which came to Court after William’s death.
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His executors were John Breton of Buckingham(q.v.), Thomas Twyre of Eston(q.v.), Thomas Dumkan of Wheathampstead(q.v.), John Wygnale of Norwich(q.v.) and Thomas Ryngsted of Caister(q.v.).
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