Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1964.
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'Prebendaries: Whittington and Berkswick', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese, (London, 1964) pp. 66-68. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol10/pp66-68 [accessed 19 April 2024]
PREBENDARIES OF WHITTINGTON AND BERKSWICK
M. Thomas de Adderbury 1298-1303.
Peter de Comite 1300.
Adderbury coll. 17 Dec. 1298 (Reg. 1 (Langeton) f. 1b). Comite claimed preb. 17 Jan. 1300 by virtue of prov. (CPL. 1 591), but does not appear to have gained possession, since Adderbury res. 1303 when precentor.
John de Drokensford 1304-1309.
Coll. 21 Jan. 1304 (Reg. 1 (Langeton) f. 21b). Bp. of Bath and Wells 1309. (fn. 1)
M. Tydo de Waresio 1309-1331.
Coll. 23 Nov. 1309 (Reg. 1 (Langeton) f. 43). D. before 15 Sept. 1331 (Reg. 11 (Northburgh) f. 148).
John de Amelio 1331-1348.
Robert de Kildesby 1340-1351.
William Mugge 1348.
John de Bryane 1348-1389.
William Clavile 1353-1357.
De Amelio had been prov. to canonry with reservn. of preb. 28 Dec. 1317 (CPL. 11 168). Mand. adm. to preb. of Whittington and Berkswick 2 July 1331 (Reg. 11 (Northburgh) f. 147). Adm. 15 Sept. (ibid. f. 148). Royal gr. to Kildesby 16 Feb. 1340 (CPR. 1338-1340 p. 451). Adm. 13 July (Bodl. Libr., MS. Ashmole 794 f. 81). Mand. to chapt. to install 24 July (CPR. 1340-1343 p. 13). Stated in royal mand. that although bp. had accepted Kildesby as preb., chapt. still unwilling to install (ibid.). Adm. by chapt. Aug. (Bodl. Libr., MS. Ashmole 794 f. 81). Royal prohibns. 19 Oct. 1342 against persons supporting claims of de Amelio, papal provisor, to preb. (CPR. 1340-1343 pp. 561-2). Mand. to arrest supporters of de Amelio, 10 Nov. (ibid. p. 584). Second similar mand. against claims of de Amelio 16 May 1343 (CPR. 1343- 1345 p. 87). De Amelio d. before 12 Oct. 1348 (CPP. 1139). Mugge prov. s.d. to preb. of de Amelio, notwithstanding that preb. had been occupied by Kildesby for three years (ibid.). Bryane prov. to preb. void by d. of de Amelio, and occupied by Kildesby, 29 Oct. (ibid. p. 141). Kildesby d. before 17 Jan. 1351 and Bryane appears to have gained possession but displaced by prov. of Clavile 25 Apr. 1353 (ibid. p. 244). Bryane regained preb. Jan. 1357 when Clavile prov. to precentorship. Clavile did not gain possession of precentorship, but does not appear to have contested preb., since Bryane occ. Oct. 1366 (Reg. Langham p. 55). D. before 22 Feb. 1389 (A.C. 1 ff. 17b-18).
M. Richard de Drayton B.Cn.L. 1389-1406.
Adm. 22/26 Feb. 1389 (A.C. 1 ff. 17b-18; Bodl. Libr., MS. Ashmole 794 f. 195b). Estate ratif. 11 Aug. (CPR. 1388-1392 p. 98). Exch. preb. with Thomas Benet for ch. of Lydeard St Lawrence, Som., 16 Jan. 1406 (Reg. VII (Burghill) ff. 61b-62).
M. Thomas Benet 1406.
By exch. Jan. 1406. Mand. adm. 13 Feb. (Reg. VII (Burghill) f. 62). Adm. 14 Feb. (A.C. 1 f. 70b). Exch. preb. with Ralph Canon for ch. of High Ham, Som., 2 March (Reg. W. Giffard and H. Bowet, ed. T. S. Holmes (Somerset Record Soc., xiii, 1899) p. 58).
M. Ralph Canon 1406-1420.
By exch. March 1406. Adm. 13 March (A.C. 1 f. 70b). Exch. preb. with John Cole for ch. of Over Wallop, Hants, 15 Dec. 1420 (Reg. IX (Heyworth) f. 1b).
John Cole 1420-1433.
By exch. Dec. 1420. D. before 6 May 1433 (Reg. IX (Heyworth) f. 62).
M. John Bride B.C.L. 1433-1478.
Coll. 6 May 1433 (Reg. IX (Heyworth) f. 62). D. before 22 May 1478 (Reg. XII (Hals) f. 50b).
M. Edmund Hals B.Cn.L. 1478-1480.
Coll. 22 May 1478 (Reg. XII (Hals) f. 50b). Preb. of Offley 1480.
Christopher Talbot 1481-1485.
Adm. 11 Apr. 1481 (A.C. 11 f. 2). Archdcn. of Chester 1485.
M. Humphrey Harwardyn D.C.L. 1485-1488.
Coll. 6 June 1485 (Reg. XII (Hals) f. 53b). Adm. 8 June (A.C. 11 f. 12b). Preb. of Eccleshall 1488.
M. Hugh Lehee M.A. 1488-1503.
Adm. 18 Dec. 1488 (A.C. 11 f. 26). Coll. 20 Jan. 1489 (Reg. XII (Hals) f. 58b). Adm. again s.d. (A.C. 11 f. 30). D. before 7 Feb. 1503 (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 317; A.C. 111 f. 66b).
James Hall 1503-1506.
Royal gr. 7 Feb. 1503 (CPR. 1494-1509 p. 317). Adm. 18 Feb. (A.C. 111 f. 66b). D. before 25 Oct. 1506 (ibid. f. 90b).
M. Richard Egerton M.A. 1506-1538.
Adm. 25 Oct. 1506 (A.C. 111 f. 90b). D. before 8 Apr. 1538 (Reg. XIV (Lee) f. 22).
John Stapulton 1538-1551.
Coll. 8 Apr. 1538 (Reg. XIV (Lee) f. 22). D. before 1 Jan. 1551 (Reg. XV (Sampson) f. 49).