Prebendaries: Decem Librarum

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

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'Prebendaries: Decem Librarum', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese, (London, 1999) pp. 61-63. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol9/pp61-63 [accessed 19 March 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF DECEM LIBRARUM

Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £6 18s 7d (Valor IV 20).

Gilbert Wykes 1538 1542.

Coll. 7 March 1538 (Reg. XXVII f. 13). Instal. by proxy 31 March (CA 1536-47 p. 14). D. 9 x 22 March 1542 (P.R.O., PROB 1 1/29, PCC 4 Spert; London Guildhall Libr., MS. 9531/12 f. 139v; Reg. XXVII f. 15v).

John Westhouse B.D. 1542-1543.

Compounded for first-fruits 1 July 1542 (P.R.O., E 334/2 f. 109). Coll. 15 July (Reg. XXVII f. 15v). Instal. by proxy 3 Aug. (CA 1536-47 p. 65). Preb. of Gretton 1543.

William Wright B.D. 1543-?

Miles Wilson M.A. 1552 1554.

Coll. to Wright 29 Apr. 1543 (Reg. XXVII f. 16v); instal. by proxy 16 June (CA 1536-47 p. 77). However, Wilson compounded for first-fruits of this preb. 15 June 1552 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 162). He was pres. by king sede vacante 21 Sept. (C.P.R. 1550-3 p. 437; P.D. 1552/15) and instal. by proxy 26 Sept. (CA 1547-59 p. 76), when preb. said to be vac. by negligence of the last holder in not paying the king's subsidy (ibid.). (fn. 1) Wilson was probably depriv. by May 1554, (fn. 2) as he was of his York preb. (cf. Borthwick Institute, ADM. 1554; ibid., Dean and Chapter, Reg. 5A ff. 688v-689). Wright occ. Sept. 1554 and Sept. 1555 (Bj/3/6 ff. 14v, 28v).

William Dowle 1555-?

Instal. by proxy 11 Sept. 1555 (CA 1547-59 p. 120). Occ. Sept. 1565 (Bj/3/6 f, 142v).

John Aylmer M.A. 1567-1577. Archdcn. of Lincoln.

Occ. Sept. 1567 (Bj/3/6 f. 170v). Instal. in person 13 Nov. 1568 (A/3/7 f. 65). Bp. of London 1577.

Robert Norgate B.D.1577-1587.

Pres. by queen 6 Sept. 1577 (P.D. 1577/35). Instit. 4 Dec. (Reg. XXIX f. 4). Instal. by proxy 29 Jan. 1578 (A/3/7 f. 84). D. by 4 Nov. 1587 (burial, St. Benedict, Cambridge) (Cambs. R.O., PR St. Benedict, Cambridge; A/3/7 f. 105).

Edward Germyn D.D.1588-1593.

Coll. 19 May 1588 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 1). Instal. in person 3 June (A/3/7 f. 105). Preb. of Brampton 1593.

John Barefoot D.D.1593-1595. Archdcn. of Lincoln.

Coll. 30 Nov. 1593 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 1). Instal. in person 28 Jan. 1594 (A/3/7 f. 119). D. 26 July x 22 Aug. 1595 (P.R.O., PROB 11/87, PCC 1 Drake; Add. Reg. 1 f. 139v).

Richard Clayton D.D.1597-1606. Archdcn. of Lincoln.

Coll. 7 Sept. 1597 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 1). Instal. 30 Oct. (A/3/7 f. 126v). Res. 22 Jan. 1606 (Res. 1606/2; Reg. XXX f. 276v), on becoming preb. of Leicester St. Margaret.

Thomas Horsmanden M.A.1606-1633.

Coll. 8 Feb. 1606 (Reg. XXX f. 277v). Instal. by proxy 11 March 1609 (sic) (A/3/9 f. 66v). D. by 30 Jan. 1633 (burial, Throwley, Kent) (Canterbury Cath. Archives, PR Throwley).

Michael Hudson M.A.1633-?

Coll. 14 June 1633 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 8). Instal. in person 20 Jan. 1634 (A/3/9 f. 182). Occ. 8 Aug. 1634 (Add. Reg. 3 f. 185v).

John Peachell B.D.1636-1648.

Coll. n.d.; instal. in person 5 Dec. 1636 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 9; A/3/9 f. 196). D. by 24 June 1648 (burial, Carlton Scroop) (PR Carlton Scroop).

Raphael Throckmorton D.D.1661-1667. Archdcn. of Lincoln.

Coll. 8 June 1661 and again 22 Dec. (Reg. XXXII ff. 10, 14v). Further coll. 2 Apr. 1664 (Dj/26/1/26). Instal. in person 12 Apr. (Dj/25/4 f. 8v). D. 2 Feb. 1667; buried London St. Andrew Holborn 3 Feb. (Brit. Libr., Lansdowne MS. 986 f. 92/60; London Guildhall Libr., PR St. Andrew Holborn; Reg. XXXIII pp. 76, 84).

Walter Bromesgrove M.A.1667-1673.

Coll. 23 May 1667 (Reg. XXXIII p. 84). Instal. in person 3 June (Dj/25/4 f. 14). Preb. of Aylesbury 1673.

Thomas Elford M.A.1673-1694.

Coll. and bp's mand. for instal. 22 Sept. 1673 (Dj/26/1/74). Instal. in person 7 Feb. 1674 (A/3/11 f. 26). D. by 6 Nov. 1694 (Reg. XXXV f. 23).

Richard Cantrell B.A.1694-1713.

Coll. 6 Nov. 1694 (Reg. XXXV f. 23). Instal. in person 21 Nov. (A/3/11 f. 163). D. by 19 March 1713 (Reg. XXXVI p. 193; A/3/13 p. 65), although m.i. gives d. as 10 Kal. Apr. = 23 March (m.i., Lincoln cath.) (Survey of Cath. II 178).

Anthony Barnes M.A.1713-1728.

Coll. 19 March 1713 (Reg. XXXVI p. 193). Instal. by proxy 21 March; in person 2 May (A/3/13 pp. 65, 68). D. by 7 Nov. 1728 (burial, Edenham) (PR Edenham; Reg. XXXVIII p. 196).

Richard Tonge M.A.1728-1738.

Coll. 3 Dec. 1728 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 196). Instal. in person 12 Dec. (A/3/13 p. 199). D. by 27 Feb. 1738 (burial, Morton by Bourne) (PR Morton by Bourne; Reg. XXXVIII p. 344).

Richard Waring senior M.A. 1738-1762.

Coll. 13 Apr. 1738 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 344). Instal. in person 22 Apr. (Bij/3/1). Res. by 4 May 1762 (Reg. XXXIX p. 4).

Richard Waring junior 1762-1788.

Coll. 4 May 1762 (Reg. XXXIX p. 4). Instal. in person 1 July (A/3/15 p. 7). D. by 24 March 1788 (Reg. XXXIX p. 474).

Charles Gordon LL.B.1788-1802.

Coll. 24 March 1788 (Reg. XXXIX p. 474). Instal. in person 29 March (A/3/15 p. 326). D. 30 June 1802 (Gent. Mag. 1802, lxxii (2) 691; Reg. XL p. 41).

Cayley Illingworth D.D.1802-1808.

Coll. 30 July 1802 (Reg. XL p. 41). Instal. in person 21 Aug. (A/3/16 p. 166). Archdcn. of Stow (with preb. of Liddington) 1808.

George Gordon B.D.1808-1845.

Coll. 9 June 1808 (Reg. XL p. 132). Instal. 18 June (A/3/16 p. 233). D. 2 Aug. 1845 (Gent. Mag. 1847, new ser. xxiv 317-18; Reg. XLI p. 64).

Preb. vac. until new coll. 14 Dec. 1860 (Reg. XLI p. 64).

Footnotes

  • 1. It appears that the gr. of next pres. made by Bp. Holbeche 26 Oct. 1549 to Walter Strickland of Kendal, Westmld., gentleman, Roland Wilson, Thomas Wilson of Kendal, or their assigns, was ineffective (CA 1547-59 p. 41).
  • 2. See note to Matthew Parker, under Deans of Lincoln.