Thomas Robertson (priest)

Thomas Robertson was an English clergyman and Dean of Durham in the Tudor era.

Robertson was from Yorkshire and a learned scholar. In 1532 he published a book on grammar dedicated to the Bishop of Lincoln and was rewarded by being appointed Archdeacon of Leicester in 1541. He served on a number of commissions, including the one producing the Bishop's Book under Archbishop Thomas Cranmer and the one which investigated the validity of the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. He was also selected to join a group set up by the king to produce a standard Latin grammar.

In 1549 he was one of the committee led by Archbishop Cranmer which produced the First Prayer Book of Edward VI. A conservative at heart, he was appointed Dean of Durham under Mary I, keeping his Archdeaconry in commendam. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth he refused to subscribe to the Oath of Supremacy in 1559 and consequently forfeited his offices and retired to private life. He had also served as Vicar of Wakefield (1546 to 1559).

References

Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Robertson, Thomas (fl.1520-1561)". Dictionary of National Biography 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
The Archdeacons of Leicester 1092-1992 by Terence Cocks

Archdeacons of Leicester

High Medieval	Ranulph/Ralph Godfrey Walter Robert de Chesney Hugh Barre Baldric de Segillo Hamo Roger de Rolleston Reimund William Blund of Lincoln Robert Grosseteste William de Dratton/of Lincoln John of Basingstoke Solomon of Dover Roger de Saxenhurst Roger Martival

Late Medieval	Guillaume Cardinal de Farges Raynald Orsini Arnald de Gavarreto Henry Chaddesden William Doune Philippe Cardinal de Cabassoles Giacomo Cardinal Orsini, Dean of Salisbury Poncello Cardinal Orsini John Bottlesham John Elvet Richard Holland Richard Elvet John Legbourne Thomas Barnsley Richard Ewen William Witham Roger Rotherham John Morton Richard Lavender/Lavendre William Spark Henry Wilcocks Richard Maudeley Stephen Gardiner Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner William More, Bishop of Colchester

Early modern	Thomas Robertson Richard Barber Hugh Blythe Robert Johnson Richard Pilkington William Warr Henry Ferne Robert Hitch Clement Breton William Owtram Francis Meres Byrom Eaton John Rogers David Trimnel John Taylor James Bickham Andrew Burnaby Thomas Parkinson Thomas Bonney

Late modern	Henry Fearon Assheton Pownall John Mitchinson John Stocks Frederick MacNutt Cecil Matthews Irven Edwards Berkeley Cole David Silk Michael Edson Richard Atkinson Tim Stratford

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