Thomas Tuttebury "The history and antiquities of Somersetshire" Phelps, W: London, J.B. Nichols & Son, 1839 was the Dean of Wells"A concise history of the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew, in Wells" Camp, J.M.F: Shepton Mallet, W.J. Quartley, 1814"Cathedral Antiquities: Wells, Exeter, and Worcester" Britton, J London M. A. Nattali, 1836 at the beginning of the fifteenth century.Calendar of Patent Rolls, April 11 1401 Leeds castleBritish History On-line He was also simultaneously Archdeacon of Buckingham.Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.2 p75Genuki
In 1392 the king appointed him to Maidstone Rectory;Fasti ecclesiae Anglicanae Vol.2 p220 and in 1400 he was the incumbent at Aston Clinton. He was appointed Archdeacon of Wells in 1391 and Dean of Wells in 1401 (until 1410). On 14 September 1402 the Roman Catholic Church attempted to expel him from his deanery, which the Calendar of Patent Rolls saw as ”contempt of the king and a weakening of his laws"University of Iowa In that same year he was also vicar of St. Michael's Church, Coventry. and collated Archdeacon of Buckingham (until c.1403). In 1405 he is mentioned in a royal petition as being the treasurer of the king's household.
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