UNRECORDED DEANS OF WIMBORNE MINSTER. 43 



was obtained ; and the King's Hall and College of Brasenose 

 was established. He retired from the Bishopric of Lincoln 

 in 1512, and died in 1514. 



William Smyth held the Deanery of Wimborne for seven 

 years, when, as the following extract shows, he fell temporarily 

 under the displeasure of the King, and was dismissed from 

 his office, being followed therein by 



Thomas Barrow, who was another unrecorded Dean. 



Grant to Thomas Barowe, clerk, of the Deanery of our free chapel of 

 Wymborn Mynster, now vacant by the dismissal of the last possessor 

 of the same, and in our gift by reason of its belonging to our Duchy of 

 Lancaster. Dated at Chesterfield, 27 April, 5 Henry VII. (1492). 49 



Thomas Barrow, ecclesiastic and judge, rector of Olney, 

 Bucks, had been appointed Prebendary of St. Stephen's 

 in the Palace of Westminster, in July, 1483. He became 

 Master of the Rolls in September, 1483, and on the 6th day of 

 the following December he received the tun, or two pipes, of 

 wine, which, according to custom, were granted to the Master 

 of the Rolls. On July 29th he was appointed Keeper of the 

 Great Seal ; but, on August the 22nd, after the defeat of 

 Richard III. at Bosworth, he delivered it up to King Henry 

 VII. Although deprived of the Mastership of the Rolls, he was 

 permitted to retain his Prebendal Stall and a Mastership 

 in Chancery. He was apointed Dean of Wimborne on April 

 27th, 1492, and retained the Deanery until his death in 1499, 50 

 when, as already stated, he was succeeded by Hugh Oldham. 

 Four more Deans followed before the Deanery was dissolved 

 in 1547, by the Act which was passed 51 for the vesting of 

 all Chantries, Hospitals, Colleges, Free Chapels, Fraternities, 

 Brotherhoods, and Guilds in the King, &c. The celebrated 

 Cardinal Pole, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, was 

 Dean of Wimborne from 1517 until 1537, when he was deposed 

 by Henry VIII. ; and the last Dean, Dr. Nicholas Wilson, 



49. P.R.O. Duchy of Lancaster, Misc. Books 21 fol. 194. 



50. Ibid. fol. 194. 

 51, I. Edward VI., c. 14. 



