Archbishop of York - see Oxford DNB.
Foster: born at South Hinxsey, Berks, demy of Magdalen Coll. 1542, B.A. supd. June, 1545, fellow 1545, 1548-59, M.A. sup. 1549, B.D. 5 July, 1558, D.D. 18 Feb., 1565-6, master of Balliol Coll. 1570-1, dean of Christ Church 1571-6 (perhaps rector of St. Edmund-the-King, Lombard Street, 1545-57, and vicar of West Ham, Essex, 1554), rector of Quainton, Bucks, 1558-67, prebendary and dean of Chester 1567, rector of Laingdon, Essex, 1567-73, and of Fillingham, co. Lincoln, 1570, dean of Salisbury 1572, bishop of Rochester 1576, and lord high almoner, bishop of Salisbury 1577 archbishop of York 1589-94 (as Piers), until his death at Bishopthorpe 28 Sept., 1594; buried in York Minster. See O.H.S. xi. 210; Ath. ii. 835; Al. West. 11; Bloxam, iv. 93; Chetham Misc. v. p. 5; Lansdowne MS. 982, ff. 205-20-25.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1554 | Appt(Presentation) | Peerse, John | Westham / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1554 | Ordi(ordination) | Peirse, Johannes | / | subdeacon | View |
| 1554 | Ordi(ordination) | Peirse, Johannes | / | deacon | View |
| 1554 | Ordi(ordination) | Peirse, Johannes | / | priest | View |
| 1560 | Appt(Presentation) | Peerse, John | Salisbury Cathedral / Prebend of Warminster | Prebendary | View |
| 1570 | Appt(Nomination) | Piers, John | Balliol College, Oxford / | Master | View |
| 1570 | Appt(Institution) | Piers, John | Fillingham / | Rector | View |
| 1571 | Appt(Presentation) | Peers, John | Oxford Cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1571 | Appt(Institution) | Peers, Johannes | dean of Christ Church, Oxford / | Dean | View |
| 1572 | Vac(resignation) | Piers, John | Fillingham / | Rector | View |
| 1572 | Vac(resignation) | Peerse, John | Chester Cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1576 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Peers, Johannes | Rochester / | Bishop | View |
| 1576 | Appt(consecration) | Piers, Johannes | Rochester / | Bishop | View |
| 1577 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Piers, Johannes | Salisbury / | Bishop | View |
| 1577 | Vac | Piers, John | Oxford Cathedral / | Dean | View |
| 1589 | Appt(royal assent) | Peers, John | Archbishopric of York / | archbishop | View |
| 1589 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Peers, Johannes | York / | archbishop | View |
| 1591 | Vac(translation) | Peers, John | Diocese of Salisbury / | Bishop | View |
| 1594 | Appt(Death) | Piers, John | / | View |