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Alley, William (1510/11 - 1570)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1511
Death Date: 1570-04-01

Notes

Admitted to Eton ca. 1524; admitted to King's College, Cambridge University 12 Aug. 1528; Fellow 1530--4; BA 1533; MA by 1544 (university unknown); DD Oxford University 11 Nov. 1561

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Honacott, Sybil ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1549
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Titles

General Lands Note

As Bishop, Alley resided primarily in Exeter, but for periods in 1562 and 1564 was based at Clyst Honiton, Devon

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Rector, Devon 1544 -5 -29 1554 Possibly held this office
Rector, Devon 1549 1554
Vicar, Lincolnshire 1550
Canon, London 1558/9 -1 -1 1562 -03
Prebend, London 1558/9 -1 -1 1562 -03
Bishop of Exeter, Exeter Diocese 1560 -5 -21 (date elected; consecrated 14 July 1560) 1570 -04 -16 Nominated March 1560; royal assent 8 June 1560; temporalities restored 26 Aug. 1560; arrived in diocese Summer 1560
JP, Devon 1562
JP, Cornwall 1564
JP, Devon 1564

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Bishop's Court, Devon
    Acquired: 1560
    Divested: 1570-04
  • Bishop's Palace, Exeter (city-county) in Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1560
    Divested: 1570-04

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dartmouth (Unknown), Dartmouth, Devon Bishop of Exeter's Players
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Bishop of Exeter's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Bishop of Exeter's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Bishop of Exeter's Players Alley, William (1511 - 1570) Players 1
Bishop of Exeter's Players Alley, William (1511 - 1570) Players 1
Bishop of Exeter's Players Alley, William (1511 - 1570) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bishop's Palace Exeter (city-county) in Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Emden, A.B. A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford A.D. 1501 to 1540. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1974
  • Le Neve, John. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541--1857. 12 vols. London: U of London Institute for Historical Research, 1969--
  • Oliver, George. Lives of the Bishops of Exeter and a History of the Cathedral. Exeter: W. Roberts, 1861
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.