Bach. of Div.
Mar. 27. George Cotes or Cootes of Magd. Coll.
June 25. Walt. Buckler originally Fellow of Merton, afterwards Canon of Cardinal, College, was then admitted Bach. of Divinity, tho not in priestly Orders.—The Person who was second Son of John Buckler of Cawsay in Dorsetshire, and had been lately a Student in the University of Paris, was afterwards promoted by the King to be a Canon of his Coll. in Oxon founded on that of the Cardi∣nal, and about the same time was by him sent about State Affairs to Paris, which he performed with good liking to the said King. In the first of Ed. 6. he received the honor of Knighthood, and when Qu. Elizabeth came to the Crown, he was made one of her Privy Council. He died at Fairford in Glocestershire, having married the Widow of Sir Edward Tame Knight, Lord of that Mannor, and was buried in the Church there. Over whose Grave tho there be no Inscription, (notwithstanding, as I remember, there is a Mo∣nument for him) yet hisa contemporary in Mert. Coll. named Jo. Parkhurst, hath perpetuated his Memory by certain Epigrams.
Jan. 16. Fr. Will. Browne a Minorite.—One Will. Browne be∣come Prior of Monk-Bretton in the Dioc. of York, about 1523, but I take him not to be the same with the Minorite.
29. Guy Etton, Eton or Eaton, a Minorite or Franciscan or Gray Fryer.—In the Reign of K. Ed. 6. he was Archdeacon of Glocester; but when Qu. Mary came to the Crown, he left that Dignity and certain Spiritualities, and went with his Companion and Friend John Jewell into Germany, and lived as an Exile at Strasburgh; from whence returning in the beginning of Qu. Elz. he was re∣stored to his Archdeaconry, and kept it to 1571, and after. He is stiled by a learned Author Vir pius & cruditus.
Feb. 26. Fa. Tho. Wellys a Benedictine.—He seems to be the same with Tho. Wellys a Ben. who supplicated for the degree of Bach. of Div. in 1514. This Tho. Wellys was afterwards Prior of Gloc. Coll.
Besides these, were about seven more admitted, among whom Rich. Ewer was one, afterwards one of the first Prebendaries of Worcester, Rich. London a Benedictine another, and Tho. Thomson a Franciscan a third.
There were also about eight that supplicated, among whom was Tho. Clerke a Monk of the Cistercian Order; but whether he was admitted, I cannot find. Perhaps he may be the same Tho. Clerke who from being the last Abbat of S. Werburgh in Chester (of the Benedictine Order, from which the Cistercians have their rise) was made the first Dean of the Cath. Ch. of Chester.