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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1979.

'Prebendaries: Combe VIII', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese, (London, 1979) pp. 39-41. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp39-41 [accessed 25 April 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF COMBE VIII

M. Adam Howes ?-1541.

Compounded for first-fruits 10 March 1537 (P.R.O., E 334/1 - 'Adam Houghes'). Res. by 18 June 1541 (D/D/B Reg. 13 f. 2).

M. Martin Tyndall 1541-?

Coll. 18 June 1541 (D/D/B Reg. 13 f. 2). Preb. vac. 25 Nov. 1556 by depriv. of last incumbent (Reg. Bps. pp. 146-7).

William Good M.A. 1556-1560.

Coll. 25 Nov. 1556 (Reg. Bps. pp. 146-7). Depriv. by 22 March 1560 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 268; D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 2).

Griffith Williams B.C.L. 1560-1568.

Pres. by queen sede vacante 22 March 1560 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 268). Instit. by bp. 2 May (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 2). Res. by 6 Apr. 1568 (ibid. f. 25).

William Austen 1568-?

Coll. 6 Apr. 1568 (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 25). Occ. 2 Apr. 1574 (D/D/Ca 48). Occ. as a canon of Wells, possibly this preb., 30 Sept. 1585 (Cal. Wells 11 308).

Robert Godwyn 1586-?

Coll. 23 May 1586 (D/D/B Reg. 31 f. 2v). Instal. 2 Jan. 1587 (Cal. Wells 11 310).

Francis Godwyn M.A. 1589-1617.

Coll. 19 Dec. 1589 (D/D/B Reg. 17 f. 22v). Instal. 20 Dec. (Cal. Wells 11 315). Bp. of Llandaff 1601, but held this preb. in commendam; trans. to Hereford 1617, and res. this preb. by 16 Dec. (P.R.O., C 66/2147).

Edward Abbot M.A. 1617-1635.

Pres. by king 16 Dec. 1617 (P.R.O., C 66/2147). (fn. 1) Instit. 16 March 1618 (D/D/B Reg. 19 f. 5v). Instal. 3 Apr. (Cal. Wells 11 374). D. by 4 March 1635 (burial, All Hallows, Barking by the Tower, London) (PR All Hallows, cited in J. Maskell, Hist. and Ant. . . . Allhallows, Barking (London, 1864) p. 79; D/D/B Reg. 20 pp. 14, 15).

Sebastian Smith M.A. 1635-1643.

Coll. 9 March 1635 (D/D/B Reg. 20 p. 14). Instal. 12 March (Cal. Wells 11 411). Preb. of Worminster 1643.

Charles Gibbs M.A. 1643-?

Coll. 20 March 1643 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 71). Instal. 9 Sept. (Cal. Wells 11 427).

Roger Ley M.A. 1665-1667/8.

Coll. 9 Sept. 1665 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 116v). (fn. 2) Instal. 11 Sept. (Cal. Wells 11 437). D. by 9 Jan. 1668 (CA 1666-83 p. 8).

John Randall B.A. 1668-?

Coll. 9 Jan. 1668 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 123). Instal. s.d. (CA 1666-83 p. 8).

Thomas Kerswell M.A. 1679-1688.

Coll. 30 July 1679 (D/D/B Reg. 22 f. 34v). D. by 17 Feb. 1688 (D/D/B Reg. 23 f. 7).

Francis Cradock B.A. 1688-1689.

Coll. 17 Feb. 1688 (D/D/B Reg. 23 f. 7). Instal. 20 Feb. (Cal. Wells 11 463). D. by 27 Nov. 1689 (burial, St. Cuthbert, Wells) (PR Axbridge (sic), Som., ex inf. Rev. A. Martin; Cal. Wells 11 465, 466).

Eldridge Aris M.A. 1690-1729.

Instit. 29 Jan. 1690 by bp's commissary during suspension of bp. Ken (D/D/B Reg. 23 f. 12v-'Eldrigius Aris'). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 466). D. by 31 Dec. 1729 (burial, Cheddar, Som.) (PR Cheddar, ex inf. Rev. R. Denman; Cal. Wells 11 520, 521).

John Wicksted B.A. 1730-1735.

Coll. 16 June 1730 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 8v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 521). Preb. of Dulcote 1735.

John Boswell M.A. 1736-1757.

Coll. 10 Apr. 1736 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 24v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 531). D. by 2 Feb. 1757 (D/D/B Reg. 27 ff. 51, 52v).

Barnabas Smith B.D. 1757-1760.

Coll. 3 June 1757 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 52v). Instal. 12 June (CA 1744-60 p. 249). D. by 9 Feb. 1760 (burial, Trent, Som., from m.i.) (Hist. Som. 11 388; D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 71).

Sir Thomas Bankes J'anson Bart. B.C.L. 1760-1765.

Coll. 6 June 1760 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 71). Instal. 7 June (CA 1744-60 p. 301). Preb. of St. Decuman 1765.

Thomas Eyre D.C.L. 1765-1797.

Coll. 18 Oct. 1765 (D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 32). Instal. 19 Oct. (CA 1761-77 p. 134). Preb. of Yatton 1797.

Aaron Abraham Baker D.C.L. 1798-1814.

Coll. 3 Feb. 1798 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 157v). Instal. 10 Feb. (CA 1792-1817 p. 104). D. 18 Dec. 1814 (Gent. Mag. 1814, lxxxiv (2) 677; D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 108v).

Charles Henry Pulsford B.A. 1815-1841.

Coll. 5 Jan. 1815 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 108v). Instal. 6 Jan. (CA 1792-1817 p. 530). D. 15 March 1841 (Gent. Mag. 1841, new ser., xv 551; D/D/B Reg. 35 f. 159v).

Edward Tottenham M.A. 1841-1853.

Coll. 27 March 1841 (D/D/B Reg. 35 f. 159v). Instal. s.d. (CA 1841-55 p. 4). D. 7 June 1853 (Gent. Mag. 1853, new ser., xl 207; D/D/B Reg. 37 f. 21).

Edgar Huxtable M.A. 1853-1897.

Coll. 21 Sept. 1853 (D/D/B Reg. 37 f. 21). Instal. 26 Sept. (CA 1841-55 p. 230). D. 10 July 1897 (The Guardian, 14 July; D/D/B Reg. 41 f. 215v).