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Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
necessary for him to be elsewhere ; he was also allowed three shillings a week for a clerk . On the 14 th of November 1327 , he received a grant from the king of one shilling a day more , payable out of the Exchequer . In all these patents he is stiled Clericus ; so that it is probable he designed from the first to take holy orders , though at this time he had no more than the clerical tonsure , or some of the lower orders . It does not appear whenor by whomhe was ordained
, , deacon ; but he was admitted to the inferior order of accolite on the 5 th of I ) ec . 1361 ; to the order of subdeacon on the 12 th of March following ; and he was ordained priest on the 12 th , of June 13 62 ; all by Edyngdon , Bishop of Winchester , in his chapel at Southwark : and it will appear that he received several ecclesiastical dignities before he was in holy orders . His first ecclesiastical preferment was
to the rectory of Pulham in Norfolk , to wliich he was presented by the king on the 30 th of Nov . 1357 , though some difficulties being started against him by the court of Rome , he was not put into possession of his living till the 10 th of Jul y 1361 ; but on the 10 th of April 1359 he received a grant from the king of 200 I . a year , over and above his former appointments , till he should get quiet possession of the church of Pulhain , or some other benefice to the value of 100 . marks . On the 1 st of March 1358-9 , while the contest about Pulham . was depending , the king presented him to the prebend of
Flixton in the church of Lichfield , which he exchanged , for some other benefice , with John de Waltham , in the year 1361 . On the 10 th of July 13 . 59 , ne vvas constituted CHIEF WARDEN and SURVEYOR of the king ' s castles of Windsor , Leeds , Dover , and Hadlum , and of the manors of Old and New Windsor , Wichemere , and several other castles , manors , and houses , and of the parks belonging to them ; with power to appoint all xuorkmento provide materialsand to order
, , , every thing relating to building , and repairs ; and to hold leets and and other courts , pleas of trespass , and misdemeanours , and to enquire of the king ' s liberties and ri ghts " . The king , about this time ,, having been induced , by the advice and persuasion of W ykeham , to pull down great part of the castle of Windsor , and to rebuild it in its present magnificence , seems to have been very intent upon the
work :-for , in the year 1360 , workmen were impressed in London , and but of several other counties , by writs directed to the sheriffs , who were to take security of them that they should not leave Windsor wkho . ut licence from W ykeham . ... _• : Wykeham had also the sole direction of building Queenborough castle .. Many difficulties arose from the nature of the ground , and the lowness of the situation ; but , as these did not discourage him . from the . undertaking , , they Served only to display ' more evidently the skill and abilities of the ARCHITECT in the execution .
In his character of architect , he ' recommended himself so much to the king , ' that he -was- continually' heaping - pre'feniiants upon him , both civil arid ecclesiastical-. '' Oh ' the . s ' th of March 13 . 00 , he had . the king ' s grant of the deanery
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historical Account Of The Life Of William Of Wykeham.
necessary for him to be elsewhere ; he was also allowed three shillings a week for a clerk . On the 14 th of November 1327 , he received a grant from the king of one shilling a day more , payable out of the Exchequer . In all these patents he is stiled Clericus ; so that it is probable he designed from the first to take holy orders , though at this time he had no more than the clerical tonsure , or some of the lower orders . It does not appear whenor by whomhe was ordained
, , deacon ; but he was admitted to the inferior order of accolite on the 5 th of I ) ec . 1361 ; to the order of subdeacon on the 12 th of March following ; and he was ordained priest on the 12 th , of June 13 62 ; all by Edyngdon , Bishop of Winchester , in his chapel at Southwark : and it will appear that he received several ecclesiastical dignities before he was in holy orders . His first ecclesiastical preferment was
to the rectory of Pulham in Norfolk , to wliich he was presented by the king on the 30 th of Nov . 1357 , though some difficulties being started against him by the court of Rome , he was not put into possession of his living till the 10 th of Jul y 1361 ; but on the 10 th of April 1359 he received a grant from the king of 200 I . a year , over and above his former appointments , till he should get quiet possession of the church of Pulhain , or some other benefice to the value of 100 . marks . On the 1 st of March 1358-9 , while the contest about Pulham . was depending , the king presented him to the prebend of
Flixton in the church of Lichfield , which he exchanged , for some other benefice , with John de Waltham , in the year 1361 . On the 10 th of July 13 . 59 , ne vvas constituted CHIEF WARDEN and SURVEYOR of the king ' s castles of Windsor , Leeds , Dover , and Hadlum , and of the manors of Old and New Windsor , Wichemere , and several other castles , manors , and houses , and of the parks belonging to them ; with power to appoint all xuorkmento provide materialsand to order
, , , every thing relating to building , and repairs ; and to hold leets and and other courts , pleas of trespass , and misdemeanours , and to enquire of the king ' s liberties and ri ghts " . The king , about this time ,, having been induced , by the advice and persuasion of W ykeham , to pull down great part of the castle of Windsor , and to rebuild it in its present magnificence , seems to have been very intent upon the
work :-for , in the year 1360 , workmen were impressed in London , and but of several other counties , by writs directed to the sheriffs , who were to take security of them that they should not leave Windsor wkho . ut licence from W ykeham . ... _• : Wykeham had also the sole direction of building Queenborough castle .. Many difficulties arose from the nature of the ground , and the lowness of the situation ; but , as these did not discourage him . from the . undertaking , , they Served only to display ' more evidently the skill and abilities of the ARCHITECT in the execution .
In his character of architect , he ' recommended himself so much to the king , ' that he -was- continually' heaping - pre'feniiants upon him , both civil arid ecclesiastical-. '' Oh ' the . s ' th of March 13 . 00 , he had . the king ' s grant of the deanery