SWALE, Richard (d.1608), of Rotherhithe, Surr. Askham Richard, Yorks.

Fellow, Jesus, Camb. 1571 – 76; Caius 1576 – 89, president 1582, bursar 1585; official of the archdeaconry of Ely 1583; master in Chancery from 1587; chancellor and vicar-gen. Ely diocese 1588 – 1606; lay rector of Ely and Emneth, Norf. 1588 – 1606; lay preb. Newbald, York from 1589; member, ct. of delegates from 1589; auditor of causes ct. of audience, see of Canterbury from 1598; officer in ct. of arches by 1600; envoy in mission to Emden 1600; commr. eccles. causes from 1602.

J.p. Isle of Ely from c. 1591, Cambs. from c.1592.DNB; APC, xvii. 71; CSP Dom. 1591–4, pp. 177, 189; Canterbury, D. and Ch. Archives, Reg. x, f. 103r; I. J. Churchill, Canterbury Administration, i. 598 n.; HMC Hatfield, x. 5; R. G. Usher, Rise and Fall of the High Commission, 358.