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228 YORK.
men who loved and lionoured the great scholar wha
had so much to do with the revival of learning in
England. Christopher Urswick was one. He had
held two prebendal stalls in succession, Tockerington
and Fridaythorpe, and subsequently became Dean of
York and Archdeacon of Richmond. He befriended
Erasmus on many occasions, and to him the latter
dedicated his translation of Lucian's "Gallus'' in
1503. Young, who became Dean of York in 15 14,
was another. To him Erasmus inscribed a translation
of Plutarch, " De tuenda valetudine."'
Neither of the two j^rclates who succeeded Rotherham
in the archie])iscopal chair of York can be identified
with the great movement which had so much to do
with the impending reformation of the Church of this
country. Savage, who was translated to York from
Rochester, has left no tradition behind him except
that he was a mighty hunter. Bainbrigg, who followed
him, had at one time been Dean of York. He
afterwards became Bishop of Durham, from which
see he was translated to York in 1508. His latter
years were passed altogether at Rome, where he
acted as an ambassador from the King of England.
In 15 II he received a cardinal's hat from the warrior-
Pope Julius H. In 15 14 he came to an untimely
end by poison, the vengeful act, as it was said, of
an Italian priest in his household who had been
grievously offended by the Archbishops ungovernable
temper. But there is another version of the story.
The Bishop of Worcester, who was an Italian, was
associated with Bainbrigg in the business he had to
transact at Rome. The latter discovered some mal-