Venn: Of St John's. S. of John, of Little Lever, Lancs. B.A. 1547-8; M.A. 1551; B.D. 1578. Fellow, 1549. Incorp. at Oxford, 1560. Created D.D. (Oxford) 1578. R. of Washington, Durham, 1560. An exile under Queen Mary. Archdeacon of Northumberland, and R. of Howick, 1566-74. Chaplain to Bishop Pilkington. Preb. of Durham, 1567-85. R. of Stanhope, 1575-7. Master of Sherburn Hospital, 1577-85. Author, iscellaneous. Died Mar. 1584-5. Buried in Durham Cathedral. Brother of Thomas (1541) and perhaps of John (1549-50). (Cooper, i. 507; Vis. of Lancs., 1567; D.N.B.; Harl. Soc, xxiii. 83.)
Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
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1577 | Libc | Leaver, Radulphus | Hospitale de Sherburnehous juxta Durham / | almoner | View |
1577 | Libc | Leaver, Radulphus | Durham Cathedral / | Canon | View |
1577 | Libc | Lever, Radulphus | Stanhope in Wardell / | Rector | View |