Foster: of Hants, pleb. Matriculated New College Oxford 28/01/1592 ns, aged 19 (subs as Jeames); BA 03/05/1595, fellow 1593, MA 05/02/1599 ns, B and DD 16/05/1614; intimate friend of Sir Thomas Bodley and Bodley's first librarian 1598-1620; rector of St Aldate's Oxford 1602, and of Midley, Kent, 1609, and of Little Mongeham, Kent, 1617, subdean of Wells 1621; died in Oxford August 1629; admon. at Oxford 14/11/1629, and 29/12/1655; brother of Edward (1587) and uncle of Richard (1608), See Ath. ii. 464; Lansdowner MS 984, fo. 130.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1602 | Appt(Institution) | James, Thomas | Oxford, Sancti Aldati / | Rector | View |
| 1609 | Appt(Collation) | James, Thomas | Midley / | Rector | View |
| 1609 | Disp(Dispensation) | James, Thomas | Midley / | Rector | View |
| 1609 | Disp-App | James, Thomas | St Aldati, Oxford / | Rector | View |
| 1609 | Disp-App | James, Thomas | Archbishop of Canterbury / | Chaplain | View |
| 1612 | Libc | James, Thomas | Midley / | Rector | View |
| 1614 | Vac(resignation) | James, Thomas | St Aldate's within the City of Oxford / | Rector | View |
| 1614 | Appt(Resignation) | James, Thomas | St Aldate's within the City of Oxford / | Rector | View |
| 1617 | Appt(Collation) | James, Thomas | Mongeham Parva / | Rector | View |
| 1621 | Appt(Installation) | James, Thomas | Wells Cathedral / | subdean | View |
| 1622 | Libc | James, Thomas | Mongham Parva / | Rector | View |
| 1622 | Libc | James, Thomas | Midley / | Rector | View |
| 1628 | Libc | James, Thomas | Mongeham Parva / | Rector | View |
| 1628 | Libc | James, Thomas | Midley / | Rector | View |
| 1629 | Vac(natural death) | James, Thomas | Wells Cathedral / | subdean | View |
| 1629 | Vac(natural death) | James, Thomas | Mongham Parva / | Rector | View |
| 1629 | Vac(natural death) | James, Thomas | Midley / | Rector | View |
| 1629 | Vac(Death) | James, Thomas | Wells Cathedral / | subdean | View |