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: Gaia Major', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese, (London, 2003) pp. 41-43. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol10/pp41-43 [accessed 26 April 2024]
PREBENDARIES OF GAIA MAJOR
Preb. valued 1535 at £5 0s 0d (Valor III 131).
Robert Neville B.A. 1529-1550.
Coll. 20 Apr. 1529 (B/A/1/14 i f. 27). D. by 27 March 1550 (York, Borthwick Inst, Reg. 29 f. 33; B/A/1/15 f. 49).
William Pye B.D. 1550-1557.
Compounded for first-fruits 25 June 1550 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 54). Pres. by Thomas Wriothesley, earl of Southampton, patron hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made by Bp. Rowland [Lee]; instit. 3 July (B/A/1/15 f. 49). D. 3 Sept. 1557 (West Sussex R.O., Ep. 1/1/7 f. 9, margin; B/A/1/15 f. 15).
Thomas Glasyer 1557-?
Pres. by Sir Robert Broke, Henry Williams, clerk, and Richard Germyn, gentleman, patrons hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made by Bp. Richard [Sampson] 26 Sept. 1550; instit. by proxy 18 Dec. 1557 (B/A/1/15 f. 15). (fn. 1)
John Bagshaw B.A. 1569-1590.
Coll. 20 June 1569 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../3). Preb. of Colwich 1590.
Walter Marsh M.A. 1590.
Coll. 3 May 1590 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../7). Res. by 4 Nov., or may have been removed by royal writ, as was of archdcnry of Derby (Lamb., Reg Whitgift I f. 490).
William Eame 1590-?
Coll. 4 Nov. 1590 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../7).
Richard Browne 1605.
Instal. 5 (?) June 1605 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../1). Preb. of Colwich in July.
John Fulnetby B.D. 1605-?
Coll. 9 Aug. 1605 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../9). Instal. 10 Aug. (ibid., E 331 COV.../1).
Adrian Babington M.A. 1608-1625.
Coll. 31 Oct. 1608 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../10). Occ. 17 Apr. 1621, when he leased out preb. for three lives at £5 p.a. (D30/2/1/5 f. 25). D. by 10 Aug. 1625 (burial, Cossington, Leics.) (PR Cossington, cited in Nichols, Hist. Leics, III 228; B/A/l/16f. 44v).
William Jeffrey M.A. 1625-1627.
Coll. 10 Sept. 1625 (B/A/1/16 f. 44v). Preb. of Offley 1627.
William Bayly M.A. 1627-1632.
Coll. 2 Oct. 1627 (B/A/1/16 f. 61). D. by 21 July 1632 (burial, Saffron Walden, Essex) (Essex R.O., PR Saffron Walden)
William Jeffrey M.A. (again) 1633-1642.
Coll. 30 Sept. 1633 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../15). Instal. 4 Oct. (D30/2/1/6 f. 17). D. by 15 May 1642 (burial, Hamstall Ridware, Staffs.) (Lichfield R.O., PR Hamstall Ridware). (fn. 2)
Daniel Bayley M.A. 1660-1666.
Instal. 28 Sept. 1660 on mand. of Bp. Accepted [Frewen] (D30/2/1/7 f. 7v). Res. by 21 May 1666 (B/A/1/17 i p. 60).
Samuel Gardiner D.D. 1666-1669.
Coll. 21 May 1666 (B/A/1/17 i p. 60). Preb. of Offley 1669.
Roger Hayward M.A. 1669-1680.
Coll. 10 Aug. 1669 (B/A/1/17 i p. 77). D. 14 Nov. 1680 (ml, formerly Shrewsbury, St. Chad) (H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway, Hist. of Shrewsbury (London, 1825) II 240n); buried 17 Nov. (Salop R.O., PR Shrewsbury, St. Chad; D30/2/1/7 f. 58v).
Samuel Masters B.D. 1681-1693.
Coll. 18 March 1681 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../22). Instal. by proxy s.d. (D30/2/ 1/7 f. 58v). D. 12 Sept. 1693 (Wood, Athenae Oxon. IV 385; B/A/1/18 f. 6).
Walter Horton M.A. 1693-1728.
Coll. 30 Sept. 1693 (B/A/1/18 f. 6). Instal. s.d. (D30/2/1/7 f. 106). D. by 7 Aug. 1728 (burial, Lichfield cath.) (Lichfield R.O., Lichfield cath. reg.).
William Browne M.A. 1728-1747.
Coll. 14 Sept. 1728 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../31). Instal. by proxy 24 Jan. 1729 (D30/2/1/7 f. 189r-v). D. by 2 March 1747 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../35).
William Adams M.A. 1747-1789.
Coll. 2 March 1747 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../35). D. 14 Jan. 1789 (Gent. Mag. 1789, lix (1) 90; B/A/1/25 p. 93).
Sambrooke Higgins M.A. 1789-1823.
Coll. 29 Jan. 1789 (B/A/1/25 p. 93). Instal. 6 June (D30/2/1/8 f. 111r-v). D. by 25 July 1823(B/A/l/29p. 54).
Simeon Clayton M.A. 1823-1842.
Coll. 25 July 1823 (B/A/1/29 p. 54). Instal. s.d. (D30/2/1/10 pp. 32-3). D. 14 Dec. 1842 (Gent. Mag. 1843, new ser. xix 326; D30/2/1/11 p. 117).
Benjamin Hall Kennedy D.D. 1843-1868.
Instal. 25 March 1843 (D30/2/1/11 pp. 117-18). Res. by 28 March 1868 (D30/ 2/1/13 p. 70), on becoming Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge and canon of Ely.