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English medieval theologian and academic administrator
Thomas Gascoigne (1404–1458) was an
English medieval
theologian and
academic administrator .
[1] He was twice
Vice-Chancellor and twice
Chancellor of
Oxford University .
Thomas was born in
Hunslet , near Leeds, only son to the lord of the manor at Leeds, Richard Gasgoigne and his wife Beatrix. Thomas's inheritance on Richard's death in 1422 gave him a reasonable degree of financial security throughout his life. He studied at Oxford from 1416 to 1420; was ordained a priest in 1427; and was appointed to the rectory of
Kirk Deighton (about 15 miles north-west of Hunslet) in July 1433 (from which he resigned in 1443, apparently because his duties at Oxford prevented him from fulfilling pastoral duties in the rectory). He maintained his Oxford connections, however, and on 14 June 1434 he became a Doctor of Theology, serving as vice-chancellor and chancellor of the university at various points between 1439–45 and again, during a break between Chancellors, in 1453. Thus his career was focused on Oxford, although he was also chaplain to
Henry VI sometime in the period 1434–45; had a brief spell at the rectory of St Peter's Cornhill, in London, from November 1445; and became a canon of Wells on 7 February 1449. February 8, 1449 saw Oriel College granting him rent-free accommodation for the rest of his life. Thomas died on 13 March 1458 and was buried in New College, Oxford.
[2]
Gascoigne compiled his magnum opus, Dictionarium Theologicum (or Liber de Veritatibus ), between about 1434 and his death in 1458.
[3] In this, he reported the story of
Chaucer 's deathbed repentance for his literary sins.
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13th century 14th century 15th century
1401
William Farendon
1404
Griffin Kirkadam
1405
William Farendon
1406
John Whytehede
1407
John Orum
1422
John Daventry
1426
Richard Roderham
1430
Thomas Eglesfield
1431
Richard Roderham
1433
John Burbach or Hurbach
1434
Thomas Gascoigne ,
Christopher Knolles ,
John Burbach
1435
John Burbach ,
Thomas Bonyngworth
1436
John Burbach ,
Thomas Greneley
1437
John Gorsuch ,
Thomas Greneley
1438
John Gorsuch ,
William Hawtrine
1439
John Gorsuch ,
John Burbach ,
Thomas Southam ,
Thomas Gascoigne
1440
John Gorsuch
1441
John Gorsuch ,
Robert Thwaits ,
William Babington
1442
William Grey ,
William Babington ,
John Gorsuch ,
William Westkarre
1443
William Dowson ,
William Westkarre
1444
William Dowson ,
Richard Hall ,
William Westkarre
1445
William Dowson ,
John Selot
1446
William Westkarre ,
John Moreton ,
William Dowson
1447
John Burneby ,
William Dowson
1448
John Burneby
1449
John Willey ,
John Burneby ,
William Dowson
1450
Richard Ringstede ,
John Beke ,
Roger Bulkeley ,
John Van
1451
John Beke ,
John Van
1452
John Beke ,
Thomas Tweyn or Yweyn alias Chalke,
Thomas Saunders
1453
Luke Lacock ,
Robert Thwaits ,
Thomas Saunders
1454
Thomas Tweyn ,
Thomas Saunders
1455
Thomas Twynge alias Bonifaunt
1456
Thomas Saunders
1457
Thomas Chippenham
1458
Walter Wynhale ,
Thomas Twynge
1459
John Danvers ,
Thomas Jaune or Jane
1460
Thomas Tweyn
1461
William Ive ,
Roger Bulkeley
1462
William Ive
1463
John Watts ,
Thomas Chaundler ,
David Husband ,
John Mulcaster
1464
Laurence Cokkys ,
Thomas Chaundler ,
Roger Bulkeley ,
John Caldbeck ,
Thomas Person
1465
Thomas Smith ,
Robert Ixworth ,
John Caldbeck ,
Thomas Chaundler
1466
Thomas Chaundler ,
John Caldbeck ,
Thomas Stevyn ,
Laurence Cokkys ,
Thomas Hill
1467
Thomas Chaundler ,
Thomas Stevyn ,
Thomas Walton
1468
Thomas Stevyn ,
Thomas Jaune
1469
Robert Tulley ,
Thomas Jaune
1470
Thomas Stevyn
1480
John Lane ,
William Sutton
1481
Richard Fitzjames ,
William Sutton
1482
Robert Wrangwais ,
William Sutton
1484
Richard Mayew ,
Thomas Pawnton
1485
Richard Mayew
1486
John Taylor
1487
Richard Estmond
1488
John Coldale
1489
John Coldale
1490
John Coldale
1491
Richard Fitzjames ,
John Coldale
1492
John Coldale
1493
Robert Smith
1497
William Atwater
1498
Thomas Harpur
1499
David Hays ,
William Atwater ,
Thomas Chaundeler
16th century
1500
William Atwater
1501
Thomas Banke ,
Hugh Saunders alias Shakspeere
1502
William Atwater ,
Thomas Banke ,
Hugh Saunders
1503
John Thornden or Thornton,
John Kynton ,
Simon Grene alias Fotherby
1504
John Kynton ,
Robert Tehy or Thay
1505
Simon Grene ,
John Roper ,
John Adams
1506
John Thornden ,
William Fauntleroy
1507
John Thornden or Thornton,
John Avery ,
John Kynton
1508
William Fauntleroy ,
John Thornden
1509
William Fauntleroy
1510
John Thornden ,
John Mychell
1511
William Fauntleroy ,
Thomas Drax ,
John Roper ,
John Cockys ,
Edmund Wylsford
1512
Edmund Wylsford ,
William Fauntleroy ,
John Kynton
1513
William Fauntleroy ,
John Kynton ,
John Thornden
1514
John Thornden ,
Lawrence Stubbs ,
Edmund Wylsford ,
Hugh Whytehead
1515
Edmund Wylsford
1516
Lawrence Stubbs
1517
Richard Duck or Doke
1518
Richard Duck or Doke
1519
Richard Barnack ,
Richard Duck or Doke
1520
William Broke or Brook,
Richard Benger
1521
Richard Benger
1522
Richard Benger
1523
Thomas Musgrave
1527
Martin Lyndsey ,
John Cottisford
1528
John Cottisford
1531
Henry White
1532
John Cottisford ,
William Tresham
1547
Walter Wright
1550
William Tresham
1551
Owen Oglethorpe
1552
James Brookes or Brooks,
Richard Marshall
1553
Richard Marshall
1554
John Warner
1555
Richard Smyth
1556
William Tresham ,
Thomas Raynolds
1557
Thomas Raynolds ,
Thomas Whyte
1558
William Tresham
1559
John Warner
1560
Francis Babbington
1561
Francis Babbington
1562
Thomas Whyte
1564
John Kennall
1567
Thomas Cowper
1570
Thomas Cowper
1571
Lawrence Humphrey
1576
Herbert Westfaling
1577
William Cole
1578
Martin Culpepper
1579
Tobias Matthew
1580
Arthur Yeldard
1581
William James
1582
Robert Hovenden
1583
Thomas Thornton
1584
John Underhill
1585
Edmund Lilly
1586
Daniel Bernard
1587
Francis Wyllis
1588
Martin Heton
1589
Nicholas Bond
1590
William James
1592
Nicholas Bond
1593
Edmund Lilly
1596
Thomas Ravys
1598
Thomas Singleton
1599
Thomas Thornton
17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 21st century
1500 onwards
William Smyth
Richard Mayew
William Warham
John Longland
Richard Cox
John Mason
Reginald Pole
Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel
John Mason
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Thomas Bromley
Christopher Hatton
Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
Richard Bancroft
Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley
William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
Vacant
Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell
William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Gilbert Sheldon
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran
John Fane, 7th Earl of Westmorland
George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield
Frederick North, Lord North
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton
Roy Jenkins, Lord Jenkins of Hillhead
Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes