151:, which decided in favour of Westminster. Henry VI's remains were removed from Windsor at a cost of £500. Islip had next to advise Henry VII in his plan for removing the old lady chapel of the abbey church and the erection instead of the chapel which still bears Henry VII's name. The old building was pulled down, and on 24 January 1503 Islip laid the foundation-stone of the new structure. The indentures between the king and Abbot Islip relating to the foundation of Henry VII's chantry and the regulation of its services are in the Harleian MS. 1498. They are splendidly engrossed, and have two initial letters which represent the king giving the document to Islip and the monks who kneel before him. The face of Islip is so strongly marked that it seems to be a real portrait.
214:. He raised the western tower as far as the level of the roof, repaired much of the church, especially the buttresses, filled the niches with statues, and designed a central tower, which he did not proceed with because he found the pillars too weak to bear the weight. He built many apartments in the abbot's house, and a gallery overlooking the nave on the south side. Moreover, he built for himself the little mortuary chapel which still bears his name, and is adorned by his
158:, and repeated it in 1516, when he suspended the prior. His capacity for business led Henry VIII to appoint him a member of the privy council, probably on his departure to France in 1513, as Islip's name first appears attached to a letter in September of that year. Islip was further one of the triers of petitions to parliament, and was on the commission of the peace for Middlesex. Still Islip's dignified position did not protect him from the authority of
333:
177:
This peaceful discharge of ordinary duties was disturbed for Islip, as for most other
Englishmen of high position, by the proceedings for the king's divorce. In July 1529 Islip was joined with Burbank and others for the purpose of searching among the royal papers for documents to present to the
162:, who showed his determination to use his legatine power by a severe visitation of Westminster in 1518; and again in 1525, when the monastery had to pay a hundred marks for the expenses of the visitation. In the same year we find Islip acting as Wolsey's commissioner in the affairs of the
218:, a boy falling from a tree, with the legend 'I slip.' The paintings in the chapel have disappeared, and only the table of his tomb remains. Islip's fame as a custodian of the fabric of the abbey long remained, and his example was held as a model by
186:
for the purpose of trying the cause in
England. But though Henry was bent upon his divorce, he could attend to minor matters; for in September 1531 he negotiated an exchange with the abbey of Westminster of sundry tenements reaching as far as
182:. In 1530 Islip was one of those who signed a letter to the pope in favour of the king's divorce, and in July 1531 Henry VIII suggested to the pope that Islip, whom he calls 'a good old father', should be joined as an assessor to Archbishop
367:
198:
Islip's career was entirely representative of the life of a great churchman of the time in other points than those already mentioned. In 1526 he was one of those commissioned by Wolsey to search for
195:, one of the lesser monasteries, dissolved by Wolsey, which had become forfeited to the crown. Islip died peaceably on 12 May 1532, and was buried in the abbey with extraordinary splendour.
131:. John entered the monastery of Westminster about 1480, and showed his administrative capacity in minor offices, till in 1498 he was elected prior, and on 27 October 1500
346:
83:
148:
135:
of
Westminster. The first business which he undertook was to claim for the abbey of Westminster the possession of the body of
413:
403:
219:
351:
300:
272:
154:
Islip seems to have discharged carefully the duties of his office. In 1511 he held a visitation of the dependent
408:
127:
Islip was doubtless a member of the family which rose to ecclesiastical importance in the person of
Archbishop
398:
210:
of London to judge
English heretics. But the chief reason why Islip's name is remembered is his buildings at
294:
267:
93:
393:
388:
155:
140:
8:
136:
211:
179:
163:
104:
52:
207:
203:
171:
293:
183:
144:
242:
382:
337:
188:
159:
116:
170:, issued a commission to the Abbot of Gloucester for the visitation of the
167:
128:
342:
289:
192:
174:, where there had been a rebellion of the monks against their abbot.
336: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
115:(1464–1532) was abbot of the monastery of Westminster, London, in
287:
The first edition of this text is available at
Wikisource:
199:
215:
191:, for which he gave them the site of the convent of Poghley,
132:
143:
was pressing at Rome. The claim was disputed by
Windsor and
249:, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008
225:
He is commemorated in John Islip Street, Westminster.
380:
355:. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
304:. Vol. 29. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
166:. In 1527 Islip, as president of the English
268:"Islip, John (d 1532), abbot of Westminster"
206:merchants in London, and often sat in the
265:
147:, and the question was argued before the
366:
247:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
241:Barbara F. Harvey and Henry Summerson,
381:
261:
259:
257:
255:
341:
288:
235:
13:
318:, Osprey Publishing, 1996, page 67
252:
14:
425:
360:
222:when he was dean of Westminster.
352:Dictionary of National Biography
331:
301:Dictionary of National Biography
273:Dictionary of National Biography
316:Discovering London Street Names
308:
1:
325:
178:legatine court of Wolsey and
122:
44:1532 (aged 67–68)
7:
414:15th-century English people
404:16th-century English clergy
372:A Cambridge Alumni Database
266:Creighton, Mandell (1892).
10:
430:
374:. University of Cambridge.
243:‘Islip, John (1464–1532)’
139:, for whose canonisation
99:
89:
79:
71:
63:
58:
48:
40:
32:
27:
20:
228:
164:monastery of Glastonbury
368:"John Islip (ISLP498J)"
277:. Smith, Elder & Co
409:Abbots of Westminster
72:Period in office
399:English Benedictines
295:"Islip, John"
172:abbey of Malmesbury
100:Previous post
212:Westminster Abbey
156:priory of Malvern
110:
109:
105:Westminster Abbey
53:Roman Catholicism
421:
375:
356:
335:
334:
319:
312:
306:
305:
297:
286:
284:
282:
263:
250:
239:
208:consistory court
18:
17:
429:
428:
424:
423:
422:
420:
419:
418:
379:
378:
363:
345:, ed. (1892). "
332:
328:
323:
322:
313:
309:
280:
278:
264:
253:
240:
236:
231:
125:
23:
12:
11:
5:
427:
417:
416:
411:
406:
401:
396:
391:
377:
376:
362:
361:External links
359:
358:
357:
327:
324:
321:
320:
314:John Wittich,
307:
292:, ed. (1892).
251:
233:
232:
230:
227:
145:Chertsey Abbey
124:
121:
108:
107:
101:
97:
96:
94:William Boston
91:
87:
86:
81:
77:
76:
73:
69:
68:
65:
61:
60:
59:Senior posting
56:
55:
50:
46:
45:
42:
38:
37:
34:
30:
29:
25:
24:
21:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
426:
415:
412:
410:
407:
405:
402:
400:
397:
395:
392:
390:
387:
386:
384:
373:
369:
365:
364:
354:
353:
348:
344:
339:
338:public domain
330:
329:
317:
311:
303:
302:
296:
291:
276:
274:
269:
262:
260:
258:
256:
248:
244:
238:
234:
226:
223:
221:
217:
213:
209:
205:
201:
196:
194:
190:
189:Charing Cross
185:
181:
175:
173:
169:
165:
161:
157:
152:
150:
149:privy council
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
120:
118:
114:
106:
102:
98:
95:
92:
88:
85:
84:George Fascet
82:
78:
74:
70:
66:
64:Based in
62:
57:
54:
51:
47:
43:
39:
35:
31:
26:
19:
16:
371:
350:
315:
310:
299:
279:. Retrieved
271:
246:
237:
224:
197:
176:
168:Benedictines
153:
126:
112:
111:
15:
394:1532 deaths
389:1464 births
347:Islip, John
343:Lee, Sidney
290:Lee, Sidney
281:27 February
129:Simon Islip
80:Predecessor
383:Categories
326:References
202:among the
113:John Islip
22:John Islip
275:Vol. IXXX
204:Hanseatic
193:Berkshire
180:Campeggio
141:Henry VII
123:Biography
103:Prior of
90:Successor
75:1500–1532
220:Williams
200:heretics
137:Henry VI
49:Religion
28:Personal
340::
119:times.
67:England
184:Warham
160:Wolsey
229:Notes
216:rebus
133:abbot
117:Tudor
283:2008
41:Died
36:1464
33:Born
349:".
385::
370:.
298:.
270:.
254:^
245:,
285:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.