NICHOLAS UDALL, M.A.

Teacher, Dramatist, Translator, Preacher.

In succession Master of Eton College, Rector of Braintree, Prebend of

Windsor, Rector of Calborne, and Master of Westminster School.

* Probable or approximate dates.

There are materials extant for a good _Life_ of Udall. Meanwhile there

is Mr. Cooper's excellent _Memoir_ in the _Shakespeare Society's_

reprint of _Ralph Roister Doister_ [_see_ No. 5 _on p. 8_]; and Anthony

à-Wood's account of him, _Ath. Oxon. i. 211. Ed. 1813_.

+1485. Aug. 22. Henry VII. becomes king.+

*1504.

Nicholas Udall ... was born in Hampshire, and descended from those

of his name, living sometimes at Wykeham in the same county.--_Wood_.

+1509. April 22. Henry VIII. begins to reign.+

1520. June 18. æt. 14.

Admitted scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

1524. May 30. æt. 18.

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