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Thomas Yale (1525/6 – 1577) was the Chancellor and

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of the Head of the Church of England :

Matthew Parker Matthew Parker (6 August 1504 – 17 May 1575) was an English bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder (with a p ...

, 1st Lord

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

, and

Edmund Grindal Edmund Grindal ( 15196 July 1583) was Bishop of London, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though born far from the centres of political and religious power, he had risen rapidly in the church durin ...

, Bishop of London. He was also

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to his cousin, Queen

Elizabeth Tudor Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

, and

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at the

Court of High Commission The Court of High Commission was the supreme ecclesiastical court in England. Some of its powers was to take action against conspiracies, plays, tales, contempts, false rumors, books. It was instituted by the Crown in 1559 to enforce the Act of U ...

, during the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.

Early life

Dr. Thomas Yale was born in 1525 or 1526 to David Lloyd ap Ellis of Plas-yn-

Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...

, a member of the House of Yale. His grandfather, Ellis ap Griffith, founder of the House of Yale, was the Baron of

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, and a member of the Royal

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.The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Biographical, The American Historical Society, New York, 1920, p. 51-52 This Ellis was a cousin of the Tudors, and a grandson of Lord Tudor Glendower, brother of Owen Glendower, last native

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, and

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's play

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. Tudor Glendower was first cousin of

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, and Ellis was third cousin of Henry VII,

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, and Elizabeth I, as seen in their genealogies. Thomas Yale's great-uncle was Gruffydd Fychan Vaughan, Governor of

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, and husband of Margaret Perrot of the family of

Sir John Perrot Sir John Perrot (7 November 1528 – 3 November 1592) served as Lord Deputy of Ireland, lord deputy to Queen Elizabeth I of England during the Tudor conquest of Ireland. It was formerly speculated that he was an illegitimate son of Henry VIII, t ...

, Lord Deputy of Ireland. He was rewarded with the governorship for having hosted and hidden in secret Jasper and his nephew, Henry Tudor, during the

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, before his ascension as the first Tudor monarch following the

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. As a member of the House of Corsygedol, a branch of the

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, the family had been previously given the command of

Harlech Castle Harlech Castle ( cy, Castell Harlech; ) in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at ...

Jasper Tudor Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford (November 143121/26 December 1495), was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and a leading architect of his nephew's successful accession to the throne in 1485. He was from the noble Tudor family of Penmynydd i ...

, Duke of Bedford. Jasper was Thomas Yale's third cousin, along with his brother, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, father of the first Tudor monarch, and half-brothers of King Henry VI of the

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Thomas had two brothers, one named Roger, the other named John. Roger Lloyd Yale of Brynglas was

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, along with

Thomas Cromwell Thomas Cromwell (; 1485 – 28 July 1540), briefly Earl of Essex, was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540, when he was beheaded on orders of the king, who later blamed false charge ...

, and was married to Katherine, a daughter of William ap Griffith Vychan, Baron of

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and Lord of Kymmer-yn-Edeirnion. His patron, Cardinal Wolsey, was Henry VIII's chief minister, the owner of

Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames. The building of the palace began in 1514 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, the chie ...

, and England's most powerful man, next to the King, as Lord High Chancellor, and played a major role in the

English Reformation The English Reformation took place in 16th-century England when the Church of England broke away from the authority of the pope and the Catholic Church. These events were part of the wider European Protestant Reformation, a religious and poli ...

. His other brother, John Wynn (Yale), the ancestor of the House of Yale (Yale family) of America and Wales, was the father of Dr.

David Yale David Eryl Corbet Yale, , Hon. QC (31 March 1928 – 26 June 2021) was a scholar in the history of English law. He became Queen's Counsel at the same time as Nelson Mandela, and became president of the Selden Society. He was also a reader in En ...

of Erddig Park, Chancellor of

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, who married Frances Lloyd, daughter of Admiralty Judge John Lloyd, a board member of the University of Oxford and cofounder with Queen Elizabeth I of the first protestant college at Oxford. His wife Elizabeth was a granddaughter of Sir William Griffith of

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, the

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of North Wales, and remarried to Sir Evan Lloyd. Griffith was a relative of

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, mother of king Henry Tudor, and Charles Brandon, husband of queen Mary Tudor. David Yale became the great-grandfather of Governor

Elihu Yale Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. Although born in Boston, Massachusetts, he only lived in America as a child, spending the rest of his life in England, Wales and India ...

who gave his name to

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

.The Episcopal Administration of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1559-1575, p. 95
/ref> His son, Thomas Yale Sr., was the father of the Yales who emigrated to America with the Eaton family, and was a cousin by marriage of

Francis Willughby Francis Willughby (sometimes spelt Willoughby, la, Franciscus Willughbeius) FRS (22 November 1635 – 3 July 1672) was an English ornithologist and ichthyologist, and an early student of linguistics and games. He was born and raised at M ...

and Duchess Cassandra Willoughby of

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. Cassandra was related to

Jane Austen Jane Austen (; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots of ...

, author of

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. David Yale was also the uncle of Elizabeth Weston, daughter of Knight

Simon Weston Simon Weston (born 8 August 1961) is a Welsh veteran of the British Army who is known for his charity work and recovery from severe burn injuries suffered during the Falklands War. Early life Weston was born at Caerphilly District Miners Hos ...

, whose family was well connected with the Earls of Essex, having participated in their

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and Expedition against the Tudors and

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. She became the wife of Robert Ridgeway, 2nd Earl of Londonderry, and sister-in-law of Sir Francis Willoughby, son of

Sir Percival Willoughby Sir Percival Willoughby (died 23 August 1643) of Wollaton Hall, Nottinghamshire was a prominent land owner, businessman, and entrepreneur involved during his lifetime variously in mining, iron smelting, and glass making enterprises in Nottinghamsh ...

. The Yales were members of the House of Yale and bore

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. The House is, on the maternal side, a

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of the Royal

, through the Princes of

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, and a cadet branch on the paternal side of the

Fitzgerald Dynasty The FitzGerald/FitzMaurice Dynasty is a noble and aristocratic dynasty of Cambro-Norman, Anglo-Norman and later Hiberno-Norman origin. They have been peers of Ireland since at least the 13th century, and are described in the Annals of the ...

, through the Merioneth House of Corsygedol. The Lord of Yale title historically belonged to this family.

Career

Thomas Yale graduated B.A. at

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in 1542–3, and was elected a

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, member of the governing body of Queen's College of the University of Cambridge about 1544. He commenced M.A. in 1546, and filled the office of

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to his college from 1549 to 1551. He was one of the

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s of the University for the year commencing Michaelmas 1552, but resigned before the expiration of his term of office. In 1554 he was appointed

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of the

Diocese of Ely The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now co ...

under Chancellor John Fuller, and in 1555 he was Keeper of the Spiritualities of the Diocese of Bangor during the vacancy after the death of

Arthur Bulkeley Arthur Bulkeley (died 1553) was Bishop of Bangor from 1541 until his death in 1553. Bulkeley was born in Beaumaris, Anglesey. He was a graduate of Oxford University and in 1523 became Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector of St Peter-le-Bailey, Oxfor ...

, Bishop of Bangor. In that year he subscribed the Roman Catholic articles imposed upon all graduates of the University. During the reign of Mary Tudor, in November 1556, his name occurs in the commission for the suppression of heresy within the Diocese of Ely, and he assisted in the search for heretical books during the visitation of the University by

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's delegates. In January 1556–7 he was among those empowered by the Senate to reform the composition for the election of Proctors and to revise the University statutes. He was created Doctor of Laws in 1557, and admitted an advocate of the

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on April 26, 1559. In the same year, he and four other leading civilians, subscribed an opinion that the commission issued by Queen

, for the consecration of Lord Archbishop

, as her first head of the Anglican Church, was legally valid.The Continuity of the Anglican Church
The Irish Church Quarterly, Vol. 9, No. 33 (Jan., 1916), p. 10 The civilians were Lord Chancellor

Robert Weston Robert Weston (c.1515 – 20 May 1573) was an English civil lawyer, who was Dean of the Arches and Lord Chancellor of Ireland in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Life Robert Weston was the seventh son of John Weston (c. 1470 - c. 1550), a trades ...

, Vice-Chancellor

Henry Harvey Admiral Sir Henry Harvey KB (Bef. 4 Aug 1737 – 28 December 1810) was a long-serving officer of the British Royal Navy during the second half of the eighteenth century. Harvey participated in numerous naval operations and actions and espec ...

, Bishop

Nicholas Bullingham Nicholas Bullingham (or Bollingham) (c. 1520–1576) was an English Bishop of Worcester. Life Nicholas Bullingham was born in Worcester in around 1520. He was sent to the Royal Grammar School Worcester. In 1536 he became a Fellow of All Souls ...

, and Master Edward Leeds.The life and acts of Matthew Parker : the first Archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, John Strype, Clarendon Press, 1821 Bishops Bible Elizabeth I 1569

For the Archbishop's consecration, it was Yale who read the Queen's mandate and

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, and then after prayer, the singing of the Litany, and some questions, and further prayers, with the four Bishops laying their hands upon Parker. His consecrators were the Bishops

Miles Coverdale Myles Coverdale, first name also spelt Miles (1488 – 20 January 1569), was an English ecclesiastical reformer chiefly known as a Bible translator, preacher and, briefly, Bishop of Exeter (1551–1553). In 1535, Coverdale produced the first c ...

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John Scory John Scory (died 1585) was an English Dominican friar who later became a bishop in the Church of England. He was Bishop of Rochester from 1551 to 1552, and then translated to Bishop of Chichester from 1552 to 1553. He was deprived of this positio ...

, and

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. Parker, a great friend of Lord William Cecil and Sir Nicholas Bacon, was previously the

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of Elizabeth during her childhood and her mother, Queen

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. When Anne was arrested, he promised her that he would take care of the spiritual well being of her daughter, as she was going to be executed for treason. He later became the chaplain of Elizabeth's father, King

, and a close associate of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset and

John Dudley John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504Loades 2008 – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Ja ...

, 1st Duke of Northumberland. Archbishop Parker would become the chief architect of

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thought, bringing the

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into a national institution. A few years later, Parker would also be of help to the Queen and Lord Cecil regarding the legitimacy of the

Earldom Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

Edward de Vere Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 155024 June 1604) was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of ...

, 17th Earl of Oxford, as his father

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had a bigamous marriage with a mistress. As the young Edward was a

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of the Queen, none had interest of accepting the petition of Lord Windsor and Katherine de Vere, his half-sister. Archbishop Parker settled the marriage matters, and Lord Cecil took credit in a letter. Thomas Yale's nephew, Dr.

, Chancellor of

, and

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, colloquially referred to as the "light s ...

also later wrote a letter to Lord Cecil concerning the nominations of

Humphrey Tyndall Humphrey Tyndall (also spelt Tindall; 1549 – 1614) was an English churchman who became the President of Queens' College, Cambridge, Archdeacon of Stafford, Chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral and Dean of Ely. Early life and family Humphrey Ty ...

and Dr. Chaderton (the current President of Queens'), begging to keep the influence of

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many years. Dudley's youth was ov ...

over the Fellows of the University.Searle, William George (1871). The History of Queens' College of St Margret and St Bernard in the University of Cambridge. Part II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Despite this, Lord Cecil used his influence to have Tyndall elected President of Queens' College and Dr. Chaderton as Bishop of

, reducing the Queen's favourite influence. On March 25, 1560, Thomas Yale was admitted to the

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of Offley in

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. In the same year he became

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in the

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. He,

Alexander Nowell Alexander Nowell (13 February 1602, aka Alexander Noel) was an Anglican priest and theologian. He served as Dean of St Paul's during much of Elizabeth I's reign, and is now remembered for his catechisms. Early life He was the eldest son of John ...

, Richard Turner, and other Archiepiscopal commissioners, were sent to visit the churches and Dioceses of Canterbury,

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, and

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, meeting with Dean

Nicholas Wotton Nicholas Wotton (c. 1497 – 26 January 1567) was an English diplomat, cleric and courtier. Life He was a son of Sir Robert Wotton of Boughton Malherbe, Kent, and a descendant of Sir Nicholas Wotton, Lord Mayor of London in 1415 and 1430, who ...

, a Royal envoy of

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, Holy Roman Emperor. On April 24, 1561, the Archbishop commissioned him and Vice-Chancellor, Walter Wright to visit the church, city, and

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Judge

Yale was part of the Cambridge Reformers who were responsible for

’s education, and aided her in her subsequent rise to power. As a reward for validating the election of

as new head of the Anglican Church, she gave him positions. On June 28, 1561, he was constituted for life Judge of the Court of Audience, Official Principal,

Chancellor Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...

, and

to the 1st Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and in the same year obtained the

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Llantrisant, Anglesey Llantrisant (; Welsh for "Parish of the Three Saints") is a hamlet in Anglesey, Wales. It is in the community of Tref Alaw. Its parish church is dedicated to Saints Afran, Ieuan, and Sanan.Church in Wales"Ss Afran, Ieuan and Sanan (New Ch), L ...

. As a member of the household of Archbishop

, he now lived at

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in London, next to the

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. The maintenance of ecclesiastical discipline was one of the largest tasks of Elizabeth's administration.The Episcopal Administration of Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1559-1575, p. 96
/ref> Visitations of

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and

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were necessary to prevent or punish breaches of the laws of the church, and was a matter of considerable discussion and controversy in

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. In 1562 he became Chancellor of the Diocese of Bangor in Wales, and in May, was commissioned by Matthew Parker to visit All Souls and

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at Oxford. In 1563 he was on a commission to visit the Diocese of Ely with

John Pory John Pory (1572–1636) was an English politician, administrator, traveller and author of the Jacobean and Caroline eras; the skilled linguist may have been the first news correspondent in English-language journalism. As the first Speaker of ...

and Edward Leeds. On July 7, 1564, Yale was instituted to the

of Vaynoll in the Diocese of St Asaph. In 1566 he was one of the Masters in Ordinary of the

Court of Chancery The Court of Chancery was a court of equity in England and Wales that followed a set of loose rules to avoid a slow pace of change and possible harshness (or "inequity") of the Common law#History, common law. The Chancery had jurisdiction over ...

, and was placed on a commission to visit the Diocese of Bangor with

, David Lewis, and Sir Ambrose Cave, Chancellor of the

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. In 1567 he was appointed

, becoming the judge who presides over the

Arches Court The Arches Court, presided over by the Dean of Arches, is an ecclesiastical court of the Church of England covering the Province of Canterbury. Its equivalent in the Province of York is the Chancery Court. It takes its name from the street-level ...

, a post which he resigned in 1573. His replacement was

Bartholomew Clerke Bartholomew Clerke (1537?–1590) was an English jurist, politician and diplomat. Background He was grandson of Richard Clerke, gentleman, of Livermere in Suffolk, and son of John Clerke of Wells, Somerset, by Anne, daughter and heiress of Henr ...

, tutor of the young

Earl of Oxford Earl of Oxford is a dormant title in the Peerage of England, first created for Aubrey de Vere by the Empress Matilda in 1141. His family was to hold the title for more than five and a half centuries, until the death of the 20th Earl in 1703. ...

. When Queen Elizabeth made

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the new Bishop Suffragan of Dover in 1569, Matthew Parker consecrated him with

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insignia at

, with the assistance of the Bishop of London,

. Yale and

William Drury Sir William Drury (2 October 152713 October 1579) was an English statesman and soldier. Family William Drury, born at Hawstead in Suffolk on 2 October 1527, was the third son of Sir Robert Drury (c. 1503–1577) of Hedgerley, Buckinghamshi ...

, England's two leading ecclesiastical lawyers,

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, one of the Queen's chaplains, and

Gabriel Goodman Gabriel Goodman (6 November 1528 – 17 June 1601) became the Dean of Westminster on 23 September 1561 and the re-founder of Ruthin School, in Ruthin, Denbighshire. In 1568 he translated the “First Epistle to the Corinthians" for the “Bi ...

, Dean of

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and Lord Cecil's chaplain, were present at the event. Drury was later sent as an Ambassador on behalf of Queen Elizabeth to meet the

Regent A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...

of Scotland, James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, representing

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for talks. In 1570, Yale seems to have established an exclusive claim to the right to dispense and license in marriage matters, a function he delegated in 1573 to his commissary general. He was also one of the

Commissioner A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something). In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...

s, along with Attorney-General Gilbert Gerard and

, for the visitation of the church and Diocese of Norwich. By a patent confirmed on July 15, 1571, he was constituted Joint-Keeper of the

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, representing the Sovereign's discretionary powers, privileges, and legal immunities. When Master of that court, he is recorded proving the will of Sir Walter Cope's family, patron of

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, the builder of the

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, where

played his works at the time. Cope also organized Shakespeare's representation of

Love's Labour's Lost ''Love's Labour's Lost'' is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s for a performance at the Inns of Court before Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth I. It follows the King of Navarre and ...

with Lord

Robert Cecil Robert Cecil may refer to: * Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563–1612), English administrator and politician, MP for Westminster, and for Hertfordshire * Robert Cecil (1670–1716), Member of Parliament for Castle Rising, and for Wootton Ba ...

Cecil House Cecil House refers to two historical mansions on The Strand, London, in the vicinity of the Savoy. The first was a 16th-century house on the north side, where the Strand Palace Hotel now stands. The second was built in the early 17th century on th ...

, in honor of the visit of Queen

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Later life

Thomas Yale married in 1561 Joanna (died September 12, 1587), daughter of Nicholas Waleron. Joanna was previously married to Ambassador

Simon Heynes Simon Haynes or Heynes (died 1552) was Dean of Exeter, Ambassador to France, and a signatory of the decree that invalidated the marriage of Henry VIII with Anne of Cleves. Life Haynes was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. ...

, who was one of those who invalidated the marriage of

with

Anne of Cleves Anne of Cleves (german: Anna von Kleve; 1515 – 16 July 1557) was Queen of England from 6 January to 12 July 1540 as the fourth wife of King Henry VIII. Not much is known about Anne before 1527, when she became betrothed to Francis, Duke of ...

, and charged for treason

Sir Thomas Wyatt Sir Thomas Wyatt (150311 October 1542) was a 16th-century English politician, ambassador, and lyric poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature. He was born at Allington Castle near Maidstone in Kent, though the family was ...

. He was also involved with reformer

Philip Melanchthon Philip Melanchthon. (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lu ...

, a collaborator of

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. Joanna married secondly to the Lord Archbishop of York, William May, who was the President of

. Her brother-in-law was the Bishop of Carlisle, John May, who previously served the

House of de Vere The House of de Vere were an English aristocratic family who derived their surname from Ver (department Manche, canton Gavray), in Lower Normandy, France. The family's Norman founder in England, Aubrey (Albericus) de Vere, appears in Domesday B ...

. Thomas Yale was also the father-in-law of Amye Marshall, the cousin of Sir Lawrence Washington, member of the

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. He was from the branch of

Lawrence Washington Laurence or Lawrence Washington may refer to: *Laurence Washington (MP for Maidstone) (1546–1619), Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidstone *Lawrence Washington (1622–1662), MP for Malmesbury *Lawrence Washington (1565–1616), Mayor of Northam ...

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, the great-great-grandfather of

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, 1st President of the United States.Waters, Henry F. (1847)
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, p. 302-305 On Parker's death in 1575, Yale acted as one of his executors. Yale was also godfather to Bishop

Bullingham Bullingham is a surname, and may refer to: * Francis Bullingham (1554–ca. 1636), English politician. * John Bullingham (died 1598), English bishop * Nicholas Bullingham (c. 1520–1576), English bishop Place *Bullingham, an historic village in ...

's children. Matthew Parker's successor,

, 2nd Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, and new Head of the Anglican Church, also appointed him Chancellor,

, Official Principal and Judge of his audience. On 23 April 1576 he was placed on a commission for repressing religious malcontents. On 2 May he and Nicholas Robinson, Bishop of Bangor, were empowered by Grindal to visit on his behalf the

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, and on 17 August he and

Gilbert Berkeley Gilbert Berkeley (1501–1581) was an English churchman, a Marian exile during the reign of Bloody Mary, and then Bishop of Bath and Wells. Life He took the degree of B.D. at Oxford about 1539, according to Anthony à Wood. He was rector of Attle ...

, Bishop of Bath and Wells, were similarly commissioned to visit the church at

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. In the same year, Yale and Dr.

William Aubrey William Aubrey (c. 1529 – 25 June 1595) was Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford from 1553 to 1559, and was one of the founding Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford. He was also a Member of Parliament for various Welsh a ...

represented to Grindal the need of reforms in the

. After disagreements with

and Lord Cecil, the Queen suspended Archbishop

Grindal Edmund Grindal ( 15196 July 1583) was Bishop of London, Archbishop of York, and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though born far from the centres of political and religious power, he had risen rapidly in the church durin ...

in June 1577. Yale discharged his judicial duties for him and governed the whole

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, covering roughly two-thirds of England, continuing to rule until November when he fell ill. He built in 1575 the Yale Chapel at

Bryneglwys Bryneglwys is a village and community in Denbighshire, Wales. The village lies to the northeast of Corwen on a hill above a small river, Afon Morwynion. The community covers an area of and extends to the top of Llantysilio Mountain.Davies, Joh ...

, which overlies the Yale family burial vault, and died in either November or December, 1577. His 170 acres residence in Ilford,

East London East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ...

with his wife Joan (Joanna) was Newberry or Newbury Manor, which initially belonged to

Barking Abbey Barking Abbey is a former royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It has been described as having been "one of the most important nunneries in the country". Originally established in the 7th century, fr ...

before Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries.A sketch of ancient Barking, its abbey, and Ilford
Edward Tuck, Barking and Ilford, 1899, p. 45Daniel Lysons
'County of Essex: Barking', in The Environs of London
Volume 4, Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent (London, 1796), pp. 55-110. British History Online ccessed 24 April 2023The ancient parish of Barking: Manors', in A History of the County of Essex
Volume 5, ed. W R Powell (London, 1966), pp. 190-214. British History Online, Accessed 15 December 2023. The King granted the estate to

Sir Richard Gresham Sir Richard Gresham (c. 1485 – 21 February 1549) was an English mercer, Merchant Adventurer, Lord Mayor of London, and Member of Parliament. He was the father of Sir Thomas Gresham. Biography The Gresham family had been settled in the Norf ...

, Lord Mayor of London, whose family founded the Royal Exchange and built

Longleat House Longleat is an English stately home and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath. A leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, it is adjacent to the village of Horningsham and near the towns of Warminster and Westbury in Wiltshire, ...

. It was later sold by Yale's family, and passed to Gov.

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Gidea Hall Gidea Hall was a manor house in Gidea Park, the historic parish and Royal liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, whose former area today is part of the north-eastern extremity of Greater London. The first record of Gidea Hall is in 1250, and by 1410 i ...

, and now belongs to his descendant, British Minister

Englefield House Englefield House is an Elizabethan country house with surrounding estate at Englefield in the English county of Berkshire. The gardens are open to the public all year round on particular weekdays and the house by appointment only for large gr ...

. For many years, Yale was an ecclesiastical High Commissioner to Elizabeth Tudor at the

, assuming the role of

. As one of the leaders of the Church of England, he was featured with the Queen, the Archbishop Matthew Parker, the Chief minister Lord Cecil of

Burghley House Burghley House () is a grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, built and still lived in by the Cecil family. The exterior largely retains its Elizabet ...

, the Earl Leicester of

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, and many others, in the correspondence letters of Matthew Parker as they were governing during the

Elizabethan Religious Settlement The Elizabethan Religious Settlement is the name given to the religious and political arrangements made for England during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603). Implemented between 1559 and 1563, the settlement is considered the end of the E ...

. Yale was also a great collector of ancient records and registers, with volumes now belonging to the

Cotton library The Cotton or Cottonian library is a collection of manuscripts once owned by Sir Robert Bruce Cotton MP (1571–1631), an antiquarian and bibliophile. It later became the basis of what is now the British Library, which still holds the collection. ...

collection. His collection included letters from Prince

Llywelyn the Last Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (c. 1223 – 11 December 1282), sometimes written as Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, also known as Llywelyn the Last ( cy, Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf, lit=Llywelyn, Our Last Leader), was the native Prince of Wales ( la, Princeps Wall ...

to Archbishop

Robert Kilwardby Robert Kilwardby ( c. 1215 – 11 September 1279) was an Archbishop of Canterbury in England and a cardinal. Kilwardby was the first member of a mendicant order to attain a high ecclesiastical office in the English Church. Life Kilwardby s ...

, under

Pope Gregory X Pope Gregory X ( la, Gregorius X; – 10 January 1276), born Teobaldo Visconti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1271 to his death and was a member of the Secular Franciscan Order. He was ...

of the

Visconti family Visconti is a surname which may refer to: Italian noble families * Visconti of Milan, ruled Milan from 1277 to 1447 ** Visconti di Modrone, collateral branch of the Visconti of Milan * Visconti of Pisa and Sardinia, ruled Gallura in Sardinia from ...

, and Archbishop

John Peckham John Peckham (c. 1230 – 8 December 1292) was Archbishop of Canterbury in the years 1279–1292. He was a native of Sussex who was educated at Lewes Priory and became a Friar Minor about 1250. He studied at the University of Paris under B ...

, under

Pope Nicholas III Pope Nicholas III ( la, Nicolaus III; c. 1225 – 22 August 1280), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 25 November 1277 to his death on 22 August 1280. He was a Roman nobleman who ...

of the

Orsini family The House of Orsini is an Italian noble family that was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and Renaissance Rome. Members of the Orsini family include five popes: Stephen II (752-757), Paul I (757-767), Celestine II ...

. Some manuscript extracts by him entitled ‘Collecta ex Registro Archiepiscoporum Cantuar.’ are preserved among the Cottonian manuscripts (Cleopatra F. i. 267), and were printed in

John Strype John Strype (1 November 1643 – 11 December 1737) was an English clergyman, historian and biographer from London. He became a merchant when settling in Petticoat Lane. In his twenties, he became perpetual curate of Theydon Bois, Essex and lat ...

's ''Life of Parker'', iii. 177–82. A statement of his case in a controversy for precedency with

is among the Petyt manuscripts in the library of the

Inner Temple The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wal ...

. An elegy on Yale by Peter Leigh is preserved in the

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in London. (Addit. MS. 26737, f. 43). Yale is also featured in Lord Cecil's papers at

Hatfield House Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house, a leading example of the prodigy house, was built in 1611 by Robert Ceci ...

, regarding pleadings on the

Hatfield Regis Priory Hatfield Broad Oak Priory, or Hatfield Regis Priory, is a former Benedictine priory in Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Founded by 1139, it was dissolved in 1536 as part of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries. History The large settlem ...

in Essex.Cecil Papers: 1568
, in Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House: Volume 13, Addenda, (London, 1915) pp. 86-94. British History Online. Accessed 5 March 2024 His nephew was Chancellor

, his great-grandnephew was Capt.

Thomas Yale Thomas Yale (1525/6–1577) was the Chancellor, Vicar general and Official Principal of the Head of the Church of England : Matthew Parker, 1st Archbishop of Canterbury, and later on, of Edmund Grindal, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury, during the E ...

, and his great-great-grandnephew was Gov.

, benefactor of

in America.

Gallery

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References

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