John Young

received his first breath in this world at Newton-Longvill in Bucks, was educated in Wykehams School near Winchester, became perpetual Fellow of New coll. in 1482. and left it in 1502. being then, or about that time, Doct. of Div. and Rector of S. Martins Church in Oxon. Afterwards he became well known to Cardinal Tho. VVolsey, by whose endeavours he was made Dean of Chichester, Bishop titular of Callipolis or Galipoli, a City in Thrace, about 1517. Judge, as ’tis said, of the Prerogative of Canterbury, and Warden of New coll. in 1521. He died 28. 1526 March, in fifteen hundred twenty and six, and was buried, as I suppose, in the Chappel of the said College, under a Marble-stone that he had lain there some time before his death, with an inscription thereon, and a blank for the time of his death to be filled up by his Executor, or Overseer of his last Will and Testament, but was never performed. The reader is to know that there was another John Young, who, from being Prebendary of Apesthorpe in the cath. ch. of York, was admitted Dean of that Church by the name and title of Jo. Younge LL. D. on the 17. of May 1514. being at that time Master of the Rolls. But he dying 25. Apr. 1516. and buried in the chappel of the Rolls in chancery-lave near London, must not be taken to be the same with the former. Besides the said two, I find others of both their Names, as (1) John Young a Monk of Ramsey, who being well skill’d in the Hebrew tongue, saved many books of that Language that were in the Library of that Monastery when ’twas dissolved, in 1535. or thereabouts. (2) Joh. Young (Giovanus) a native of Yorkshire, educated in Trin. coll. in Cambridge, afterwards Master of Pemb. hall and Vice-chancellor of that University, of whom and his writings Baleus (a)(a) In. cent. 8. num. 99. and Pitseus (b)(b) In Aet. 16. num. 1020. will inform you. (3) Jo. Young one of the Bonhoms or Good men, of the Monastery of Ashrugg in Bucks. Who being turn’d out thence at the dissolution by K. Hen. 8. entred himself a Sojourner in Exeter coll. about 1539. He was of kin to Jo. Young B. of Galipoli, but what name or eminence there was in him, I find not. (4) Jo. Young born at Newton Longvill before mention’d, Fellow of New coll. 1512. Rector of his native place in 1525. and died therein 1545. which Jo. was nearly related to the Bishop.