VENN: Matric. pens. from CHRIST'S, Michs. 1544. Of Leics. B.A. 1548-9; M.A. from St John's, 1552. Fellow of St John's, 1551. Went to Oxford. Fellow of All Souls'. Proctor there, 1557; and B.D. 1558; D.D. 1560. Master of Balliol College, 1559. Rector of Lincoln College, 1560-3. Vice-Chancellor, 1560-2. Ord. priest (London) Mar. 5, 1557-8. Lady Margaret Professor at Oxford, 1560. V. of Aldworth, Berks., 1557. R. of Adstock and Sherrington, Bucks., 1557. R. of Caythorpe, Lincs. and Milton Keynes, Bucks., 1560. R. of Twyford, 1560-3. R. of Holsworthy, Devon, 1562, Chaplain to the Earl of Leicester. Deprived of his preferments in 1565 as a papist, and went abroad. Died Dec. 1569. (Cooper, I. 557; D.N.B.; Al. Oxott.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Babington, Francis (d. 1569?), college head.
NB: Both ordinations recorded are as priest. Nevertheless, Oxford DNB, Venn and Foster all concur that this is the same Francis Babington.
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1556 | Ordi(ordination) | Babyngton, Franciscus | / | priest | View |
| 1557 | Ordi(ordination) | Babyngton, Franciscus | / | deacon | View |
| 1557 | Ordi(ordination) | Babington, Franciscus | / | subdeacon | View |
| 1557 | Appt(Admission) | Babington, Francis | Adstocke / | Rector | View |
| 1557 | Ordi(ordination) | Babinbgton, Francis | / | priest | View |
| 1558 | Ordi(ordination) | Babington, Franciscus | / | priest | View |
| 1558 | Appt(Institution) | Babington, Francis | Caythorpe / | Rector | View |
| 1558 | Appt(Admission) | Babington, Francis | Cathrop / | Rector | View |
| 1560 | Appt(Admission) | Babyngton, Francis | Oxford University, College of the BM and All Saints of Lincoln / | Rector | View |
| 1562 | Appt(Institution) | Babington, Franciscus | Holleswothie / | Rector | View |
| 1562 | Appt(Presentation) | Babington, Francis | Hawlesworthye / | Rector | View |
| 1563 | Vac(cession) | Babington, Francis | Lincoln College, Oxford / | Rector | View |
| 1564 | Vac(Deprivation) | Babington, unknown | Midleton Keynes / | Rector | View |
| 1565 | Vac(Deprivation) | Babbington, Franciscus | Asrton / | Rector | View |
| 1579 | Vac(cession) | Babington, Franciscus | Aldeswoorth / | Vicar | View |
| 1585 | Libc | Babinbgton, Francis | Cathorpe / | Rector | View |