Foster: at Corpus Christi College Oxford, 1554, from Kent, Fellow 1556, BA 23/02/1557 ns, MA 14/02/1565 ns, prebendary of Rochester 1576, rector of St Olave Southwark 1577, and of Cranfield, Beds, 1579, and of Denge, Essex, 1581, until his death in 1586.
Presented by the crown to 1st prebend, Rochester cathedral, 27/10/1574; dead, as rector of Dengie, Essex, by 05/1/1587 (Revised Fasti, iii. p. 60).
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1556 | Appt(Collation) | Absolan, Willimus | Wells Cathedral / Prebend of Comba Undecima | Prebendary | View |
| 1556 | Ordi(ordination) | Absalom, Willimus | / | subdeacon | View |
| 1561 | Libc | Absolon, Willimus | Wells Cathedral / Comba 13 | Prebendary | View |
| 1572 | Ordi(ordination) | Absolon, W. | / | priest | View |
| 1572 | Appt(Collation) | Absolon, Willelmus | Preston juxta Faversham / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1574 | Appt(grant for life) | Absalon, William | Rochester Cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1576 | Appt((Other)) | Absalon, William | Hospital of Le Savoye / | Master | View |
| 1577 | Appt(Presentation) | Absolon, William | St. Olave next London / | Rector | View |
| 1577 | Appt(Institution) | Absolon, William | Southwark St Olave / | Rector | View |
| 1577 | Libc | Absolon, Wilhelmus | Preston iuxta Faversham / | Vicar | View |
| 1578 | Appt(Admission) | Absolon, William | Cranfilde / | Rector | View |
| 1578 | Vac(resignation) | Absolon, Willimus | Preston juxta Feversham / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1578 | Vac(resignation) | Absalon, Willimus | Preston juxta Feversham / | Perpetual Vicar | View |
| 1578 | Libc | Absolon, William | Rochester cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1579 | Libc | Absolon, William | Rochester cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1579 | Appt(Presentation) | Absalon, William | Cranfield / | Rector | View |
| 1582 | Libc | Absolon, William | Rochester cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1583 | Libc | Absolon, William | Rochester cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1584 | Libc | Absolon, William | Rochester cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1585 | Libc | Absolon, W. | Cranfeld / | Rector | View |
| 1586 | Libc | Absolon, William | Rochester cathedral / prebend | Prebendary | View |
| 1586 | Vac(resignation) | Absalon, William | Hospital of Savoy / | Master | View |
| 1587 | Vac(Death) | Absolon, William | Cranfeld / | Rector | View |