1534-1543. æt.
Udall's name occurs in the Records spelt indifferently Woddall,
Woodall or Udall. His name first appears in 26 Henry VIII., 1534,
when his predecessor Dr. Richard Coxe was paid salary for three
terms, and Udall received 50s. for the fourth, his first term. The
payments continue on regularly so far as the books are extant, up to
1541. The Records for 1542 are missing. It was in March 1543 that
occurred the robbery of silver images and other plate by two Eton
scholars, J. Hoorde and T. Cheney, connived at by Udall's servant
Gregory, which resulted in Udall's losing his place.
'Thomas Tusser, gentleman,' in _The Author's Life_ added to his
_Fiue hundreth points of good husbandrie_, 1573, 4to, thus writes,
but without giving any date, of Udall's use of the rod:
[Sidenote: Nicholas Vdal schole master at Eton.]
From Powles I went, to Aeton sent,
To learne straight wayes, the Latin phraise,
Where fiftie three stripes giuen to mee,
at once I had:
For faut but small or none at all,
It came to passe, thus beat I was,
See Udall see, the mercy of thee,
to mee poore lad.
1537. Sept. 27.