Foster: born at Wakefield; B.A. from Magdalen Coll. 18 March, 1520-1, M.A. 6 July, 1525, fellow 1531, B.D. supd. — Dec., 1539, master of Magdalen College school 1526-34, canon of Lincoln 1531, rector of Sherrington St. Laud, Bucks, after 1529, and of Bladon, Oxon, 1541, treasurer of Salisbury cathedral 1540-8, archdeacon of Leicester 1541-60, vicar of Wakefield 1546, prebendary of St. Stephen's, Westminster; one of the compilers of the Liturgy or Common Prayer; dean of Durham 1557, ejected 1559. See Ath. i. 320; Bloxam, iii. 81; Lansdowne MS. 980, ff. 318, 324.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1540 | Appt | Robertson, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / | Treasurer | View |
| 1540 | Appt(Presentation) | Robertson, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / Prebend of Cawne | Prebendary | View |
| 1540 | Appt(Presentation) | Robertson, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / | Treasurer | View |
| 1540 | Appt(grant) | Robertson, Thomas | Collegiate Church of St. Stephen, Westminster / | Prebendary | View |
| 1541 | Appt(Installation) | Robertson, Thomas | Leicester / | Archdeacon | View |
| 1541 | Appt(Collation) | Robertson, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Leicester | Archdeacon | View |
| 1543 | Vac(cession) | Robertson, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Gretton | Prebendary | View |
| 1543 | Appt(Installation) | Robertson, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Croperedy | Prebendary | View |
| 1543 | Appt(Collation) | Robertson, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Croperedye | Prebendary | View |
| 1544 | Vac(resignation) | Robertson, Thome | Sherington / | Rector | View |
| 1546 | Appt(Institution) | Robertsonne, Thomas | Wakefield / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1548 | Vac(resignation) | Robertson, Thomas | Salisbury Cathedral / | Treasurer | View |
| 1548 | Vac(resignation) | Robertson, Thomas | Fyshelden / | Rector | View |
| 1548 | Vac(resignation) | Robertson, Thomas | Alderbury / | Rector | View |
| 1549 | Appt(Presentation) | Robertson, Thomas | Thorsewayt / | Rector | View |
| 1558 | Appt(Presentation) | Robertson, Thomas | Durham Cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1560 | Appt(Resignation) | Robertson, Thomas | Wakefield / | Vicar | View |
| 1560 | Vac(resignation) | Robertson, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Leicester | Archdeacon | View |