Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 2003.
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'Prebendaries: Eccleshall', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese, (London, 2003) pp. 34-36. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol10/pp34-36 [accessed 24 April 2024]
PREBENDARIES OF ECCLESHALL
Preb. valued 1535 at £20 0s 0d (Valor III 131).
Thomas Westbye B.Cn.L. 1533-1543.
Pres. by king 12 March 1533 (L. & P. VI no. 300 (10)). D. by 30 Dec. 1543 (B/ A/1/14 iv f. 45v; P.R.O., E 334/2 f. 173v; ibid., E 334/3 f. 1).
William Clerke 1544-1552.
Compounded for first-fruits 1 Jan. 1544 (P.R.O., E 334/3 f. 1). Coll. 7 Jan. (B/ A/1/14 iv f. 45v). D. by 4 May 1552 (ibid. f. 50).
John White B.D. 1552-1554.
Coll. 4 May 1552 (B/A/1/14 iv f. 50). Bp. of Lincoln 1554.
Ellis Heywood B.C.L. 1554-?
Pres. by queen 3 Apr. 1554 (C.P.R. 1553-4 p. 357). Instit. 19 June (B/A/1/15 f. 145v). By 1566 had entered Society of Jesus at Dillingen, Bavaria (Wood, Athenae Oxon. I 406).
Arthur Bedell (fn. 1) M.A. (1556), B.C.L. (1565) ?-1579.
D. as preb. by 11 Apr. 1579 (C.P.R. 1578-80 nos. 754, 824; cf. B/A/1/15 f. 69).
William Wickham B.D. 1579-1584.
Pres. by queen sede vacante 11 Apr. 1579 (C.P.R. 1578-80 nos. 754, 824). Instit. by abp. of Canterbury 28 Sept. (Lamb., Reg. Grindal f. 432; B/A/1/15 f. 69). Instal. 20 Nov. (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../1). Bp. of Lincoln 1584.
Anthony Corano D.D. 1584-1591.
Pres. by queen 8 Dec. 1584 (P.R.O., C 66/1269). Instit. 5 March 1585 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../5). D. 29 × 30 March 1591 (ibid., PROB 11/77, PCC 26 Sainberbe; London Guildhall Libr., MS. 9531/13 f. 204).
Edward Playsteed B.C.L. 1591-?
Coll. 20 June 1591 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../7).
Lawrence Hockenhull 1599-?
Coll. 19 Jan. 1599 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../8).
John Hassall B.C.L. 1604-?
Pres. by king, patron hac vice by lapse, 27 June 1604 (P.R.O., E 331 CANTERBURY/74). Instal. 24 July (P.R.O., E331 COV.../1). Occ. 6 Dec. 1613, when leased out preb. for 3 lives at £20 p.a. (D30/2/1/5 ff. 42-3). May have res. this on becoming canon of Norwich Dec. 1615.
John Bridgeman D.D. 1616-1623.
Coll. 28 May 1616 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../12). Bp. of Chester 1619; res. this preb. by 30 Sept. 1623 (B/A/1/16 ff. 35v-36).
George Murray B.D. 1623-1633.
Coll. 30 Sept. 1623 (B/A/1/16 f. 35v). D. by 12 March 1633 (burial, Bury, St. Mary, Lanes.) (Manchester Archives, Central Libr., PR Bury, St. Mary, ex inf. Archives staff; cf. P.R.O., E 331 COV.../15).
William Higgins M.A. 1633-1636.
Coll. 13 May 1633 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../15). Instal. n.d. May (D30/2/1/6 f. 16v). Precentor of Lichfield 1636.
James Fleetwood M.A. 1636-1666.
Coll. 9 Sept. 1636 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../16). Instal. s.d. (D30/2/1/6 f. 24). Res. by 15 June 1666 (B/A/1/17 i p. 60).
Edward Webster B.D. 1666-1689.
Coll. 15 June 1666 (B/A/1/17 i p. 60). D. by 28 Sept. 1689 (D30/2/1/7 f. 88v).
Timothy Turner M.A. 1689-1721.
Coll. 28 Sept. 1689 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../23). Instal. 1 Oct. (D30/2/1/7 f. 88r- v). D. by 2 March 1721 (burial, Tooting Graveney, Surr.) (London Metropolitan Archives, PR Tooting Graveney).
Preb. united to bishopric in accordance with 4 & 5 Anne c. 33 (private Act), until separated again 10 Oct. 1873 (B/A/1/33 pp. 275-7), under Act of 36 & 37 Vic. c. 64.