Person: Layton, Richard (1540 - 1548)

• Comments

  VENN: ;Educated at Cambridge.; S. of William, of Dalemain, Cumberland. B.C.L. (Oxford) 1522; LL.D. R. of Stepney, Middlesex, 1522-43. Preb. of St Paul's, 1523-43. Adm. advocate, June 5, 1531. Dean of Chester-le-Street, Durham, 1533. Archdeacon of Buckingham, 1534-43. R. of Sedgefield, Durham, 1535-43; and of Brington, Northants., till 1543. Clerk to the Privy Council, 1535. Made a visitation of the University of Oxford, and instituted many reforms, 1535. A chief agent in the suppression of the monasteries. Took part in the trial of Anne Boleyn, 1536. R. of Harrow, Middlesex, 1537-43. Master in Chancery, 1538. Preb. of York, 1539. Dean of York, 1539-43. English Ambassador at Brussels, 1543. Died Mar. 27, 1543. (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.; Duc. Leod., 259.)
  
  
  SEE OXFORD DNB: Layton, Richard (c.1498–1544), dean of York and agent in the suppression of the monasteries

Education Events

• DCL

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Layton, Richardus	25/01/1540	DCL		View

• LLD

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Appt	Layton, Richard	19/05/1541	LLD		View

Appointment Events

• Prebendary : York Minster, Prebend of Ulleskelf (25/01/1540 - 20/12/1544 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Layton, Richardus	25/01/1540	Prebendary	Admission	York Cathedral/Ulleskelf	View
  Vac	Layton, Richardi	07/08/1544	Prebendary	natural death	York Cathedral/Ulleskelf	View
  Vac	Leyton, Richardi	20/12/1544	Prebendary	resignation	York Cathedral/Ulleskelf	View

• royal chaplain : royal chaplain (25/01/1540 - 25/01/1540 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Libc	Layton,	25/01/1540	royal chaplain		Henry VIII/	View

• Rector : Eccleston (19/05/1541 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Appt	Layton, Richard	19/05/1541	Rector	Institution	Eccleston/	View

• Archdeacon : Archdeaconry of Buckingham, Archdeacon of Buckingham (17/06/1544 - 21/06/1544 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Layton, Ricardus	17/06/1544	Archdeacon	Death	Lincoln Cathedral/Archdeaconry of Buckingham	View
  Vac	Layton, Richard	21/06/1544	Archdeacon	Death	Lincoln Cathedral/Archdeaconry of Buckyngham	View

• Dean : York Minster, Dean of York (07/08/1544 - 07/08/1544 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Layton, Ricardi	07/08/1544	Dean	Death	York/	View

• Rector : Harrow on the Hill (28/09/1544 - 28/09/1544 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Layton, Richardus	28/09/1544	Rector	natural death	Harrowe super montem/	View

• Rector : Stepney (25/10/1544 - 25/10/1544 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Vac	Layton, Richard	25/10/1544	Rector	Death	Stepney/	View

• Rector : Eccleston (00/00/1548 - 00/00/1548 )

  Type	Name	Date	Office	Event	Location	Full Record
  Libc	Leyton, Unknown	00/00/1548	Rector		Eccleston/	View

Death Events

• Death (17/06/1544)

  Name	Date	Cause	Type	Full Record
  Layton, Ricardus	17/06/1544	Death	Vac	View
  Layton, Richard	21/06/1544	Death	Vac	View
  Layton, Ricardi	07/08/1544	Death	Vac	View
  Layton, Richardi	07/08/1544	natural death	Vac	View
  Layton, Richardus	28/09/1544	natural death	Vac	View
  Layton, Richard	17/10/1544	Death	Vac	View
  Layton, Richard	25/10/1544	Death	Vac	View