Millyng, Thomas ( - 1491/2)

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Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 6
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Birth Date: n.d.
Death Date: by 1492-01-12

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Entered Westminster Abbey as novice 1445; ordained acolyte 4 March 1446/7. Studied at Gloucester College, Oxford University 1456 to 1465--6

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Began Ended Notes
Prior, London 1466-3 1469-11
Abbot, London 1469-11 (date elected; confirmed 16 Feb. 1469/70) 1474-08-21 (date vacated)
Chancellor to the Prince of Wales, England after 1471-4-11 1483-04-9 Also a member of the Prince's council administrating the principality of Wales, the duchy of Cornwall, and the earldom of Chester
Privy Councillor, England after 1471-4-11 1483-04-9
JP, Gloucestershire 1473 1490
JP, Herefordshire 1473 1491/2
JP, Worcestershire 1473 1481
Bishop, Hereford Diocese 1474-6-22 (provision date) by 1491/2-01-12 Temporalities restored 15 Aug. 1474; consecrated 21 Aug. 1474. Millyng had a permanent suffragan bishop from 1482
JP, Shropshire 1475 1490

General Lands Note

Mylling was probably resident mostly in London and in Ludlow (during his years as Chancellor to the Prince of Wales), and only occasionally at Hereford

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1491-1491 Oxford (Unknown), Oxford , Oxfordshire Bishop of Hereford's Singers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Bishop of Hereford's Singers Millyng, Thomas (0 - 1492) Musicians 1

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476–85]. London: HMSO, 1901.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914–16.
Emden, A.B. A Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500. 1957. 3 vols. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1989.
Le Neve, John. Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300–1541. 1716. 12 vols. London: Athlone Press, 1962–7.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)