Prebendaries: St. Martin in Dernestall

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1999.

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'Prebendaries: St. Martin in Dernestall', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese, (London, 1999) pp. 104-105. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol9/pp104-105 [accessed 25 April 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF ST. MARTIN IN DERNESTALL (or ST. MARTIN IN LINCOLN)

Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £0 3s 4d (Valor IV 20).

Christopher Tamworth M.A. 1538-1544. Precentor of Lincoln.

Coll. 23 Oct. 1538 (Reg. XXVII f. 13). Instal. 31 Oct. (CA 1536-47 p. 18). Preb. of Dunham and Newport 1544.

Walter Ireland 1545-?

Compounded for first-fruits 28 Oct. 1544 (P.R.O., E 334/3 f. 32v). Coll. 12 May 1545 (Reg. XXVII f. 18v). Instal. by proxy 30 May; in person 22 Sept. 1546 (CA 1536-47 pp. 99, 128). Occ. in accounts Sept. 1555 (Bj/3/6 f. 28v).

Francis Mallet D.D. 1556-1557.

Coll. to Mallet, dean of Lincoln, 31 March 1556 (Reg. XXVIII ff. 161, 179). Instal. by proxy 18 Dec. (CA 1547-59 p. 138). Prebendary of Corringham 1557.

Richard Fawcet D.D. 1558-1560.

Coll. 1 Dec. 1558 (Reg. XXVIII f. 147 - preb. said to be vac. by d. of last holder). Instal. by proxy 22 Feb. 1559 (CA 1547-59 pp. 162-3). Depriv. of benefices c.1560 (Sanders, De Visibili Monarchia p. 688; cf. C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 429).

John Aylmer M.A. 1562-1567.

Bp's mand. 12 Dec. 1562 for instit. (Reg. XXVIII f. 217 - 'John Elmer'). Instal. in person 6 Sept. 1564 (A/3/7 f. 38v). Preb. of Decem Librarum by 1567. (fn. 1)

Edward Edgeworth 1575-1593.

Instal. by proxy 2 June 1575 (A/3/7 f. 78). Bp. of Down and Connor 1593.

Arthur Wright 1594-1614.

Coll. (sic) 19 Apr. 1594 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 1). Instal. in person 27 Apr. (A/3/7 f. 119). D. 13 May x 30 Dec. 1614 (L.C.C. Wills 1614 ii ff. 85-86v).

Thomas Robinson M.A. 1615-?

Instit. 10 July 1615 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4). Instal. in person 20 July (A/3/9 f. 108v). Occ. 8 Aug. 1634 (Add. Reg. 3 f. 185).

John Clarke B.D. 1635 1658.

Instal. in person 9 Oct. 1635 (A/3/9 f. 191). D. 28 Feb. 1658; buried 2 March (PR Fiskerton).

John Adamson 1660-?

Pres. by king 11 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2919; Dj/25/2/13). Instal. in person 1 Nov. (AC A/3/9 f. 213v).

At a visitation in 1718, the dean and chapter reported that as the preb. was of such small value, there had been no collation to it since 1660 (Lincoln Cath. Statutes III 656).

Leonard Howard D.D. 1747-?

Coll. 9 Feb. 1747 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 472).

Cecil Willis M.A. 1749-1786.

Pres. by Lord Chancellor by lapse; royal mand. for instal. 3 May 1749; instal. 10 May (A/3/14 f. 84v; Dj/25/3/7). D. 22 Oct. 1786 (Gent. Mag. 1786, lvi (2) 999; A/3/15 p. 302).

John Whitcombe M.A. 1786-1803.

Coll. 19 Dec. 1786 (Reg. XXXIX pp. 456). Instal. in person 23 Dec. (A/3/15 p. 302). D. 27 June 1803 (Gent. Mag. 1803, lxxiii (2) 695; Reg. XL p. 71).

George Davies Kent M.A. 1803-1849.

Coll. 9 July 1803 (Reg. XL p. 71). Instal. in person 30 July (A/3/16 p. 177). D. 31 Oct. 1849 (Gent. Mag. 1850, new ser. xxxiii 103; Reg. XLI p. 111; Dj/28/3/18).

Preb. vac. until new coll. 16 Apr. 1864 (Reg. XLI p. 111).

Footnotes

  • 1. No prebendary of St. Martin in Dernestall named in the accounts Sept. 1568 - Sept. 1577 (Bj/3/6 ff. 182v, 282v)