LR77 - Westminster Abbey Library - Muniment 34163, fol. 44

Grant from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster to Jonson in his sickness, assented to by Dr Theodore Price (?1570-1631, prebendary)   , Dr Christopher Sutton (?1565-1629, canon)   , Dr Gabriel Grant (d. 1638, prebendary)   , Dr John Holt (d. 1631, prebendary and president of Corpus Christi, Oxford)   , Dr George Darell ( c . 1575-1631, prebendary)   , John Williams (1582-1650, bishop of Lincoln , later archbishop of York)   , and Lambert Osbaldeston (1594-1659)   , and Thomas Bush   , 19 January 1629 .
Eugene Giddens



Ian. 19.1628

Giuen by Dr Price to Mr Beniamin Ihonson in his sickness & want; with Consent of Dr Price Dr Sutton Dr Grant Dr Holt Dr Darell, & my Lord of Lincolns good liking 5li signified by Mr. Osbalston

This I sent to Dr Price, Februarij .24. by Tho. Bush.

Bibliography
Beeching (1905), 6
JAB, 141-2
H&S 1.244-5

A Welshman, Price graduated BA (Oxon.) 16 Feb. 1588 and MA 1591; he was a fellow of Jesus College. He graduated DD from New College in 1614. From 1623 he was a prebendary of Westminster, being a kinsman of John Williams, then the dean; he acted as sub-dean. He was also at one time a royal chaplain. He died Dec. 1631 and is buried in the Abbey.

Sutton was educated at Oxford (BA 1586, MA 1589, BD 1598, DD 1608). He was installed as a canon of Westminster on 30 Apr. 1605. He preached Camden's funeral sermon. He died May or June 1629, and is buried in the Abbey. He was the author of works of popular devotion, many of which were rediscovered and republished by the Oxford Movement.

Grant attended Westminster School, where his father Edward was Head Master. He matriculated as a pensioner at Trinity, Cambridge c. 1593, and graduated BA in 1597, MA in 1600, and DD in 1612. He was incorporated MA at Oxford in 1597 and was a member of Lincoln's Inn in 1598. He was a prebendary of Westminster from 1613 until his death in 1638.

Holt graduated BA (Oxon.) 1605, MA 1609, and BD/DD 9 July 1617. He was a prebendary of Westminster from 1616 and president of Corpus Christi from 1629, holding both offices until his death on 10 Jan. 1631. He is buried in the chapel at Corpus Christi.

Darell matriculated at New College, Oxford on 25 Oct. 1589, aged 14, and graduated BA in 1594, MA in 1598, BD in 1605, and DD in 1608. From 1607 he was a prebendary of Westminster, and from 1618 of Lincoln. He died either 31 Oct. or 11 Nov. 1631, and is buried in the Abbey.

Williams went to St John's, Cambridge in 1598, graduating BA in 1601 and MA in 1605; in 1603 he had been admitted to a fellowship. Thanks to the patronage of Chancellor Ellesmere, he quickly gained many benefices; he took his BD in 1613 and his DD in 1617. He became chaplain to the king at this time and dean of Westminster in 1620. He was elected bishop of Lincoln and, almost simultaneously, lord keeper (after the fall of Bacon) in the summer of 1621. He lost favour with both Buckingham and Charles over the Spanish marriage, and as a result was removed from the office of lord keeper, on a technicality, in October 1625. He was exposed for corruption and perjury in a series of Star Chamber cases in the mid 1630s. He was eventually imprisoned in the Tower, and heavily fined, in 1637, and again in 1639. In the Long Parliament the Lords and the king intervened and Williams was released, taking his seat in the upper house as the leader of the compromise party. The revival in his political fortunes was short-lived: with the rest of the bishops he was impeached in December 1641 and sent once more to the Tower. Released the following May, he fled to the king in York, where he was enthroned as archbishop on 27 June. At the outbreak of civil war he fled once more, to Wales, where, having reached a compromise with the parliamentary commander Mytton in 1646, he died in 1650.

Master of Westminster School from 1621.

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