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Udall received for these
purposes, 23s. 4d. in 1537, and the same in 1538.] If the assumed
multiple of 13 truly express the relatively greater purchasing power of
gold and silver more then than now: the salary and emoluments cannot

be considered excessive.
1534. June 19.
Udall takes his M.A. [Wood, Fasti., i. 98.]
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.
Is made Vicar of Braintree. Newcourt, Rep. ii. 89.
1542.
Udall publishes a translation of the 3rd and 4th books of Erasmus'
Apophthegms.
*1543.

Cott. MS. Titus, B. viii. p. 371, is a long letter, undated and unaddressed,
to some one, as to 'my restitution to the roume of Scholemaister in
Eton.'
1544. Dec. 14.
Resigns the Vicarship of Braintree. Newcourt, idem.
1542-1545. He is engaged with the Princess, afterwards Queen Mary
and others in translating Erasmus' Paraphrase of the New Testament
into English.
'1545, Sept. 30, at London,' date of his Preface to Lake.
In his Pref. to John, partly translated by Princess Mary, partly by Rev.
F. Malet, D.D.; Udall gives us the following account of female
education in his day: which can only, however, apply to a few women,
like Elizabeth, Mary, and Lady Jane Grey. 'But nowe in this gracious
and blisseful tyme of knowledge, in whiche it hath pleased almightye
God to reuele and shewe abrode the lyght of his moste holye ghospell:
what a noumbre is there of noble women (especially here in this realme
of Englande,) yea and howe many in the yeares of tender vyrginitiee,
not only aswel seen and as familiarly trade in the Latine and Greke
tounges, as in theyr owne mother language: but also both in all kindes
of prophane litterature, and liberall artes, exactely studied and exercised,
and in the holy Scriptures and Theologie so ripe, that they are able
aptely cunnyngly, and with much grace eyther to indicte or translate
into the vulgare tongue, for the publique instruccion and edifying of the
vnlearned multitude.... It is nowe no newes in Englande to see young
damisels in nobles houses and in the Courtes of Princes, in stede of
cardes and other instrumentes of idle trifleyng, to haue continually in
her handes, eyther Psalmes, Omelies, and other deuoute meditacions, or
elles Paules Epistles, or some booke of holye Scripture matiers: and as
familiarlye both to reade or reason thereof in Greke, Latine, Frenche, or
Italian, as in Englishe.'
+1547. Jan. 28. Edward VI. ascends the throne.+

'1552. July 20. At Windsor.' The date of Udall's preface to the
translation by himself and others, of T. Gemini's Anatomy.
+1553. July 6. Mary succeeds to the crown.+
1554. Dec. 3.
Date of a warrant dormer from the Queen to the Master of her Revels.
[Reprinted in The Loseley MSS. Ed. by A. J. Kempe, F.S.A. London.
1836.] The warrant runs thus-- 'Whereas our wellbeloued Nicholas
Udall hath at soondrie seasons convenient heretofore shewed and
myndeth hereafter to shewe his diligence in setting foorth of Dialogues
and Enterludes before us fo' ou' regell disporte and recreacion.' ... And
then goes on to authorize the loan of apparel for those purposes. Did
the popularity of the Dramatist, and her personal acquaintance with him,
since they had worked together on Erasmus' Paraphrase, lead the
Queen to condone the intense Protestantism of the Preacher, even to the
continuing of him in favour? Udall and Ascham, two noted Protestants,
are both favoured by Mary.
*1555.
1556. Nov.
Udall is appointed Master of Westminster School, and so continues
until Mary re-establishes the Monastery at Westminster.
1556. Dec.
Udall dies.
----. ---- 23.
He is buried in St. Margaret's, Westminster. Cooper, as above.

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