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The Churches of Devizes. 



1426 Almote exchanged with William Goldsmyth, 



Rector of Esthenreth, in the Diocese of Sarum. 

 1429. 28 Dec. Goldsmyth exchanged with Gilbert Crede, 



Rector of Smerdon, in the Diocese of Canterbury. 

 1433. 11 April. Master John Wygtym, chaplain ; presented 



by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, on the death of 



Crede. 



1468. 17 April. Henry Boost, M.A. ; presented by Elizabeth, 

 Queen of Edward IY. on the death of Wygtym. 



1474. 16 July. John Smyth ; presented by the same Queen on 

 the resignation of Boost. 



1475. 8 July. John, Bishop of Rochester ; instituted by the 

 Bishop of Sarum to the " Parish Church of Devise," on 

 the presentation of the above Queen. 



[John Alcock was Bishop of Rochester from 1472 to 1476, and John Russel 

 from 1476 to 1480.] 



1479. 10 Nov. John, Bishop of Tyne, 1 is admitted, in com- 

 mendam, in the person of John Giles his Proctor, to the 

 " Parish Church of St. John the Baptist of Devyses," at 

 the request of the above Queen, on the resignation of 

 John, Bishop of Rochester. 



1480, 28 Jan. Henry Boost, B.D., Provost of the Royal 

 College of Eton f presented by the above Queen on the 

 death of John, Bishop of Tyne. 



1502. 1 May. Edmund Chollerton ; on the resignation of 

 Boost. 



An annual pension of ten pounds was agreed upon, to be paid to the resigning 

 Rector, for the term of his life, out of the fruits of the Church. 



1526. 31 August. John Crapford, Priest ; B.D. ; presented by 

 Catherine [of Arragon] Queen of Henry VIII. on the 

 death of Chollerton. 



1 ' 'Johannes Tinensis Episcopus" — probably one of the suffragan bishops. 

 These were introduced into England about the year 1325, and were commis- 

 sioned by such bishops as were infirm, or otherwise engaged, to assist them in 

 their episcopal offices. " Gent. Mag.," 1785, p. 372-3. 



2 Fuller, in his " Church History," Vol. i., p. 510, relates that he gave 100 

 marks, and £20 per annum to the College, and died 7 Feb., 1503. 



