Foster: of Warwickshire, pleb. Matriculated Magdalen College Oxford 11/07/1600, aged 15, clerk 1606-9, fellow 1610-30; perhaps BA from Christ's College Cambridge 1603-4, MA 1607, incorporated 12/03/1608 ns; BD or DD from Magdalen College 18/05/1631; rector of St Clements Oxford 1610, and of Great Chart, Kent, 1629, canon of Canterbury 1630-9, vicar of Ticehurst. Sussex, 1636-9; preacher at the Savoy; buried in the chancel April 1639. See Bloxam ii. 47; Fasti, i. 461.
Chaplain to Frances Stuart, duchess of Lennox and Richmond, in 1630: see letter of William Laud to Lord Keeper Coventry, 21 Nov. 1639, in Worcestershire Archives, 705:73 BA14450/390, no. 17.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1608 | Ordi(ordination) | Westley, Thomas | / | deacon | View |
| 1608 | Ordi(ordination) | Westley, Thomas | / | priest | View |
| 1610 | Appt(Institution) | Westley, Thomas | St Clement's in the suburbs of the City of Oxford / | Rector | View |
| 1629 | Appt(Collation) | Westley, Thomas | Chart Magna / | Rector | View |
| 1630 | Vac(cession) | Westley, not given | St Clement's alias Bridgsett / | Rector | View |
| 1630 | Appt(Institution) | Westley, Thomas | Canterbury / | Canon | View |
| 1630 | Appt(Admission) | Westley, Thomas | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1634 | Libc | Westley, Thomas | Chart Magna / | Rector | View |
| 1634 | Libc | Westley, Thomas | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Institution) | Westley, Thomas | Tisehurst / | Vicar | View |
| 1636 | Appt(Institution) | Westly, Thomas | Tisehurst / | Vicar | View |
| 1636 | Disp(Dispensation) | Westley, Thomas | Great Chart / | Rector | View |
| 1636 | Disp-App | Westley, Thomas | Tilehurst / | Rector | View |
| 1637 | Libc | Westley, Thomas | Tisehurst / | Vicar | View |
| 1637 | Libc | Westley, Thomas | Chart magna / | Rector | View |
| 1639 | Vac | Westley, | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |
| 1639 | Vac | Westley, Thomas | Canterbury Cathedral / | Prebendary | View |