Foster: chorister. Magdalen College Oxford 1531; BA 19/06/1540, fellow 1540-54, MA 06/1545, BD 1552, DD 10/07/1570; Greek lecturer 1542-7, vice-president 1553, chaplain to Edward Vi, or. preacher at Windsor, chancellor of Lichfield 1560, archdeacon of Stafford 1567, warden of Merton College 1569-85, rector of Biddenden, Kent, 1562, canon of Lincoln 1572, rector of Sutton Waldron, Dorset, 1578, bishop of Chichester 1585, until his death 30/04/1596, aged 78. SeeO.H.S. iv. 166; Ath. ii. 839; Bloxam, i. 10, iv. 58; Hearne, i. 181; DNB.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1551 | Ordi(ordination) | Byckley, Thomas | / | deacon | View |
| 1560 | Appt(Collation) | Byckley, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / | Chancellor | View |
| 1560 | Appt(Collation) | Byckley, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / prebend of Alderwayes | Prebendary | View |
| 1560 | Appt(Installation) | Bykley, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / prebend of Alderwas | Prebendary | View |
| 1563 | Libc | Byckley, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / prebend of Alderwayes | Prebendary | View |
| 1564 | Appt(Collation) | Bickley, Thomas | Byddynden / | Rector | View |
| 1565 | Appt(Presentation) | Byckeley, Thomas | Kyngley / | Rector | View |
| 1565 | Appt(Institution) | Bickley, Thomas | Kynston / | Rector | View |
| 1569 | Appt(Admission) | Bickeley, Thomas | Merton College, Oxford / | warden | View |
| 1569 | Libc | Byckley, Thomas | Byddenden / | Rector | View |
| 1571 | Appt(Admission) | Bickley, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Gretton | Prebendary | View |
| 1573 | Libc | Byckley, Thomas | Kingsley / | Rector | View |
| 1577 | Libc | Bycklye, Thomas | Biddenden / | Rector | View |
| 1578 | Appt(Institution) | Bickley, Thomas | Sutton Waldron / | Rector | View |
| 1579 | Appt(Appointment) | Bickley, Thomas | Diocese of Coventry and Lichfield / | commissary | View |
| 1579 | Vac(resignation) | Bickley, Thomas | Biddenden / | Rector | View |
| 1579 | Appt(Presentation) | Bickley, Thomas | Saddington / | Rector | View |
| 1579 | Vac(resignation) | Bicklie, Thomas | Sadington / | Rector | View |
| 1579 | Vac(resignation) | Buckeley, Thomas | Kingley / | Rector | View |
| 1580 | Vac(resignation) | Bickley, Thomas | Kingley / | Rector | View |
| 1581 | Libc | Bickley, Thomas | Merton College Oxford / | warden | View |
| 1583 | Libc | Bickley, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Grettonne | Prebendary | View |
| 1583 | Vac(resignation) | Bickley, Thomas | Sutton Waldron / | Rector | View |
| 1585 | Libc | Bickley, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Grettonne | Prebendary | View |
| 1586 | Appt(Installation) | Byckley, Thomas | Chichester Dioc. / | Bishop | View |
| 1586 | Vac(Promotion) | Bickleigh, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / | Chancellor | View |
| 1586 | Vac(resignation) | Bykley, Thomas | Merton College, Oxford / | warden | View |
| 1586 | Vac(Promotion) | Bickleigh, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / Archdeaconry of Stafford | Archdeacon | View |
| 1586 | Appt(confirmation of election) | Byckley, Thomas | Chichester / | Bishop | View |
| 1586 | Appt(consecration) | Byckley, Thomas | Chichester / | Bishop | View |
| 1586 | Vac(Promotion) | Bickleigh, Thomas | Lichfield Cathedral / Prebend of Alderwayes | Prebendary | View |
| 1586 | Vac(Promotion) | Bickleye, Thomas | Lincoln Cathedral / Prebend of Gretton | Prebendary | View |