Prebendaries: Timberscombe

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

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'Prebendaries: Timberscombe', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese, (London, 1979) pp. 81-83. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp81-83 [accessed 24 March 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF TIMBERSCOMBE

Anthony Belassis D.C.L. 1545.

Compounded for first-fruits 19 Dec. 1545 (P.R.O., E 334/3 f. 76). Possibly to d., by 20 Aug. 1552 (C.P.R. 1550-3 p. 310).

John Faber ?-1554.

Compounded for first-fruits 11 Feb. 1553 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 113). (fn. 1) Depriv. by 18 May 1554 (D/D/B Reg. 14 f. 3).

John Cottrell D.C.L. 1554-1556.

Compounded for first-fruits 6 May 1554 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 143v). Coll. 18 May (D/D/B Reg. 14 f. 3). Res. by 20 Nov. 1556 (Reg. Bps. p. 146).

Thomas Baylie B.D. 1556-?

Coll. 20 Nov. 1556 (Reg. Bps. p. 146). Preb. of Ashill by 1560, possibly by exch. with Polydore Heliar or Hillacre.

Polydore Heliar or Hillacre ?-1573.

Occ. 31 March 1561 (D/D/Ca 30 p. 9). Depriv. by 14 Feb. 1573 (D/D/B Reg. 15 ff. 36v-37). (fn. 2)

Henry Hill 'scholar' 1573-?

Coll. 14 Feb. 1573 (D/D/B Reg. 15 ff. 36v-37). Instal. 15 Feb. (CA 1571-99 f. 2v). Occ. 25 Nov. 1591 (Wells charter).

William Huish 1592-1611.

Pres. by queen sede vacante; abp's commission 23 Aug. 1592 to archdcn. of Taunton to install him (Lamb., Reg. Whitgift 11 f. 217v). Instal. 31 Aug. (CA 1571-99 f. 82v). D. 2 Apr. 1611 (PR Kilkhampton, Cornw., ex inf. Rev. R. Watts; Cal. Wells 11 323).

Richard Montagu B.D. 1611-?

Instal. 31 Aug. 1611 (Cal. Wells 11 361). Preb. vac. by 3 Sept. 1614 (ibid. p. 368).

Humphrey Lewis M.A. 1614-?

Instal. 3 Sept. 1614 (Cal. Wells 11 368). Preb. vac. 29 Aug. 1616 by res. of last incumbent (presumably Lewis) (Cal. Wells 11 371).

John Morley B.D. 1616-1662.

Coll. 29 Aug. 1616 (D/D/Vc Box 9/16). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 371). D. by 27 Feb. 1662 (burial, North Petherton, Som.) (North Petherton Registers, ed. E. Dwelly (Fleet, Hants, 1923) p. 337; cf. D/D/B Reg. 20 ff. 100, 101).

Robert Creyghton II M.A. 1662-1667.

Coll. 23 Aug. 1662 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 101). Preb. of Yatton 1667.

Christopher Sadbury M.A. 1667-1668.

Coll. 13 Apr. 1667 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 121v). Instal. 15 Apr. (CA 1666-83 p. 6). D. by 6 March 1668 (ibid. p. 9).

James Douch B.A. 1668-1698.

Coll. 6 March 1668 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 124). Instal. s.d. (CA 1666-83 p. 9). D. by 30 Dec. 1698 (D/D/B Reg. 24 f. 16 - 'James Dowth'; Cal. Wells 11 478-'James Donch').

John Pope M.A. 1698-1728.

Coll. 30 Dec. 1698 (D/D/B Reg. 24 f. 16). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 478). Preb. of St. Decuman 1728.

Robert Creyghton III M.A. 1728-1732.

Coll. 27 Aug. 1728 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 3v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 518). D. by 22 Dec. 1732 (burial, Wells cath.) (Wells Cath. Reg.).

Robert Creyghton IV M.A. 1733-1755.

Coll. 8 Jan. 1733 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 13v). Instal. 10 Jan. (Cal. Wells 11 523). D. by 30 May 1755 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 45).

Henry Bowles Downing M.A. 1755-1765.

Coll. 30 May 1755 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 45). Instal. 31 May (CA 1744-60 p. 209). D. 8 Apr. 1765 (PR Enville, Staffs., ex inf. Rev. A. A. Collins; D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 31).

Robert Wilson M.A. 1765-1790.

Coll. 26 Aug. 1765 (D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 31). Instal. s.d. (CA 1761-77 p. 129). D. 25 Dec. 1790 (European Magazine, Jan.-June 1791, xix 80; CA 1777-92 p. 304).

John Hayes M.A. 1791-1806.

Coll. 14 Jan. 1791 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 113). Instal. 5 March (CA 1777-92 p. 304). D. 29 Sept. 1806 (Gent. Mag. 1806, lxxvi (2) 1076; D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 36v).

Caleb Rockett M.A. 1807-1819.

Coll. 19 Jan. 1807 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 36v). Instal. 7 March (CA 1792-1817 p. 366). Res. by 31 March 1819 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 151).

Warre Squire Bradley M.A. 1819-1825.

Coll. 31 March 1819 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 151). Instal. 1 Apr. (CA 1817-32 p. 36). D. 5 May 1825 (Gent. Mag. 1825, xcv (1) 475-'Warre Square Bradley'; D/D/B Reg. 34 f. 19).

George Vanbrugh LL.B. 1825-1847.

Coll. 24 Sept. 1825 (D/D/B Reg. 34 f. 19). Instal. s.d. (CA 1817-32 p. 186). D. 16 Oct. 1847 (Gent. Mag. 1847, new ser., xxviii 664; D/D/B Reg. 36 f. 170v).

James Stratton Coles B.A. 1848-1872.

Coll. 19 Feb. 1848 (D/D/B Reg. 36 f. 170v). Instal. s.d. (CA 1841-55 p. 137). D. by 10 Jan. 1872 (burial, Shepton Beauchamp, Som.) (PR Shepton Beauchamp; D/D/B Reg. 39 f. 188).

Footnotes

  • 1. No evidence has been found for Richard Lyell, said by Le Neve-Hardy to have held this preb. in 1553.
  • 2. Pres. by queen, patron hac vice by lapse, to Henry Bedell, M.A., 9 June 1570 (C.P.R 1569-72p. 59), presumably ineffective.