Prebendaries: Biggleswade

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 3, Lincoln. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1977.

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'Prebendaries: Biggleswade', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 3, Lincoln, (London, 1977) pp. 54. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol3/p54 [accessed 24 April 2024]

LIST 21 PREBENDARIES OF BIGGLESWADE

PREBEND

Church of Biggleswade (Beds.): manor rest. to bp. by king Henry I 1132 (Regesta II no. 1746 = R.A.L. I no. 53), and conf. to bp. by pope 28 Apr. 1139 (R.A.L. I no. 249), 9 Feb. 1146 (ibid. no. 251), 13 Apr. 1149 (ibid. no. 250), and 6 June 1163 (ibid. no. 254); church not included in papal confs. of prebs. 6 Feb. 1146 (ibid. no. 252) and 5 June 1163 (ibid. no. 255). First mentioned as preb. when held by John de Dyham (below) and 1254 (Val. Norwich p. 278). Vicarage ordained 17 Feb. 1277 (Rot. Gravesend pp. 209-11).

Valuations

1254 £15; 1291 £46 13s. 4d. (Taxatio p. 35b)

PREBENDARIES

John de Dyham

Bp.'s chapl. Still chapl. 10 Jan. 1239 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 267). First occ. as can. 28 July 1240 (ibid. p. 58). Archdcn. of Bedford from between 17 June 1245 and 16 June 1246; last occ. 1253 (list 13). Occ. as this preb. n.d. (Dij/67/3/23).

M. Thomas de Northflete (fn. 1)

Not yet can. 6 Aug. 1272 (Rot. Gravesend p. 48). First occ. as can. 30 June 1275 (ibid. p. 65); first occ. as this preb. 26 Jan. 1277 (ibid. pp. 210-11). Also preb. of London. Last occ. in year Sept. 1316 - Sept. 1317 (Bj/2/4 fo. 125v). D. as this preb. by 11 Jan. 1318 (Reg. II fo. 299v), prob. c. 14 Dec. 1317 (Fasti 1066-1300 I 40).

Footnotes

  • 1. ? Northfleet, Kent.