Prebendaries: Welton Westhall

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

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'Prebendaries: Welton Westhall', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese, (London, 1999) pp. 130-132. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol9/pp130-132 [accessed 24 March 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF WELTON WESTHALL

Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £9 10s 0d (Valor IV 19).

William Bourbank or Smithson D.D. 1527-1547.

Coll. 13 June 1527 (Reg. XXVII f. 5v). Instal. by proxy 15 June (CA 1520-36 p. 77). D. by 31 July 1547 (CA 1547-59 p. 7; Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 406). (fn. 1)

Gilbert Monson B.A. 1547.

Pres. by king sede vacante; instit, by abp. 31 July 1547 (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 406). Instal. by proxy 5 Aug. (CA 1536-47 p. 150).

Nicholas Bullingham B.C.L. 1547-1548.

Compounded for first-fruits 2 Dec. 1547 (P.R.O., E 334/3 f. 133v). Instal. by proxy 17 Dec. (CA 1547-59 p. 7). Preb. of Empingham 1548.

Gilbert Monson B.A. (again) 1548-?

Compounded for first-fruits 10 Aug. 1548 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 13). Instal. by proxy 25 Sept. (CA 1547-59 p. 27). Preb. vac. 28 Oct. 1555 by d. of last holder (? Monson) (ibid. p. 123).

John Warner D.M. 1555-1565.

Instal. by proxy 27 Oct. 1555 (CA 1547-59 p. 123). D. 15 × 26 March 1565 (P.R.O., PROB 11/48, PCC 11 Morrison; A/3/7 f. 44v).

Ethelbert Burdett M.A. 1565-?

Nicholas Shephard B.D. 1572-?

Burdett pres. by Sir John Mason, patron hac vice by reason of gr. of next pres. made to him and Thomas Mason, esquire, his son, by Bp. Watson 26 March 1559; conf. by chapter 17 June; instit. 2 Apr. 1565 (Reg. XIX f. 164v; cf. P.D. 1559/3). Instal. by proxy 9 May (A/3/7 f. 44v). Compounded for first-fruits 19 Apr. (P.R.O., E 334/8 f. 48v). Coll. to Shephard 15 Dec. 1572 (Reg. XXIX f. 2; cf. Lincoln Episcopal Records 1571-84, ed. C.W. Foster (Lincoln, 1912) p. 1). Instal. by proxy 2 March 1573 (A/3/7 f. 73). Compounded for first-fruits 10 March (P.R.O., E 334/8 f. 325). Shephard was preb. of Stow St. Mary 1577, and Burdett occ. 10 July 1600 (Add. Reg. 1 f. 153v). Preb. vac. 12 Feb. 1607 by d. of last holder (? Burdett) (Reg. XXX f. 301 v).

Amos Bedford M.A. 1607-1616.

Coll. 12 Feb. 1607 (Reg. XXX f. 301v). Instal. in person 19 March (A/3/9 f. 51v). D. by 22 Sept. 1616 (burial, Potterhanworth) (PRT Potterhanworth).

William Bayley B.D. 1616-1632.

Made subscription to bp. 18 Oct. 1616 (Borthwick Institute, MCD 538 f. 55v). Instal. by proxy 22 Oct. (A/3/9 f. 122v). D. by 21 July 1632 (burial, Saffron Walden, Essex) (Essex R.O., PR Saffron Walden, ex inf. R.O. staff).

Nicholas Walker D.D. 1632-1641.

Coll. 28 Sept. 1632 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 8). Occ. 8 Aug. 1634 (Add. Reg. 3 f. 185v). D. by 13 Apr. 1641 (burial, Colsterworth) (PR Colsterworth; P.D. 1641/25).

Aylmer Lynch M.A. 1641-1692.

Coll. 22 May 1641 (Reg. XXXI p. 7). D. 24 Jan. 1692 (m.i., Langley Burrell, Wilts.) (Monumental Inscriptions in the County of Wilton, comp. Sir T. Phillipps (privately printed, 1822) II 9; Dj/25/1/1/18).

Walter Leightonhouse M.A. 1694-1701.

Pres. by king and queen, patrons sede vacante or by lapse; royal mand. for instal. 2 March 1694 (Dj/25/1/18). Instal. in person 9 Apr. (A/3/11 f. 159v). D. 26 May 1701 (Brit. Libr., Add. MS. 5875 f. 144v/154v; Reg. XXXV f. 78).

Joshua Clarke M.A. 1701-1711.

Coll. 11 July 1701 (Reg. XXXV f. 78). Instal. in person 25 July (A/3/11 f. 240). Preb. of Caistor 1711.

Anthony Read M.A. 1711-1714.

Coll. 18 Aug. 1711 (Reg. XXXVI p. 157). Instal. in person 24 Aug. (A/3/13 p. 49). D. 1 Apr. 1714 (m.i., St. Margaret, Lincoln) (Survey of Cath. II 265; Reg. XXXVI p. 239).

Thomas Cunington M.A. 1714-1734.

Coll. 14 Aug. 1714 (Reg. XXXVI p. 239). Instal. in person 24 Aug. (A/3/13 p. 77). D. by 20 May 1734 (burial, Glentham) (PR Glentham; Reg. XXXVIII p. 290).

John Ball M.A. 1734-1737.

Coll. 19 Sept. 1734 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 290). Instal. in person 23 Nov. (A/3/14 f. 21v; Bij/3/1). Preb. of Nassington 1737.

Henry Gibert M.A. 1737.

Coll. 1 Apr. 1737 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 329). Preb. of Lafford in May.

Rowland Johnston M.A. 1737-1773.

Coll. 6 Oct. 1737 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 338). Instal. in person 8 Oct. (Bij/3/1). D. 4 Feb. 1773 (Gent. Mag. 1773, xliii 103; Reg. XXXIX p. 196).

Robert Hodson M.A. 1773-1803.

Coll. 16 Feb. 1773 (Reg. XXXIX p. 196). Instal. in person 24 Apr. (A/3/15 p. 118). D. 17 Jan. 1803 (m.i., Huntingdon St. Mary, ex inf. Alan Richardson; Gent. Mag. 1803, lxxiii (1) 93; Reg. XL p. 67).

Robert Pointer M.A. 1803-1838.

Coll. 31 March 1803 (Reg. XL p. 67). Instal. in person 16 Apr. (A/3/16 p. 175). D. 5 July 1838 (Gent. Mag. 1838, new ser. x 223; Reg. XL p. 499).

Henry Foulis M.A. 1844-1876.

Coll. 19 Oct. 1844 (Reg. XL p. 499). Instal. s.d. (A/3/17/17 p. 420). Became 9th baronet 1845 (Complete Baronetage I 136). D. 7 Oct. 1876 (The Times, 10 Oct.; ibid. 11 Oct. p. 9; Reg. XLI p. 544).

Footnotes

  • 1. Coll. to Thomas Robertson 8 Jan. 1532, on alleged d. of Bourbank (Reg. XXVII f. 9), However, Bourbank was not dead, and Robertson became preb. of Welton Beckhall in Apr. (ibid.).