FOSTER: BA and MA v(sup. 7 June) 1520, secular chaplain B. Canon Law, 5 Feb. 1532/2.
VCH Lancs., 3.189-190 accepts this identification: his studies would be consistent with apparent absence in 1530.
Richard was instituted 12 April 1513 and dead by 15 July 1563 when his successor was instituted. He was the younger son of Sir Henry Halsall of Halsall.