LIST 18 PREBENDARIES OF BANBURY
PREBEND
Church of Banbury (Oxon., bp.'s manor T.R.E. and 1086, D.B. I 155b); portion
of tithes gr. to Eynsham abbey prob. 1094 (see V.C.H. Oxon. X 96); church. conf.
as preb. by pope 6 Feb. 1146 (R.A.L. I no. 252 p. 199) and 5 June 1163 (ibid. no. 255
p. 207). Pres. by preb. Feb. 1278 (Rot. Gravesend p. 233). See also Rot. Grosseteste
pp. 447-8.
Valuations
1254 £25; 1291 £30, vicar £6 13s. 4d., Eynsham £4 (Taxatio p. 32a)
PREBENDARIES
Preb. evidently vacant year Sept. 1185 - Sept. 1186 (P.R. 32 Hen. II (P.R.S. xxxvi)
p. 83).
John de Sancto Egidio
First occ. as can. and this preb. 20 Dec. 1231 × 19 Dec. 1232 (Rot. Welles II
40). Last occ. as this preb. 28 Jan. 1237 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 394). Transf. to preb.
Leighton Buzzard by 10 Dec. 1238 (list 44). Perhaps to be identified with John of
Banbury, can. (below p. 130).
M. Serlo
First occ. as can. 17 May 1237 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 254). Occ. as this preb. before
and on 13 Dec. 1238 (Cart. Eynsham I no. 227). Last certain occ. 3 Feb. 1251 (R.A.L.
V no. 1461), but may occ. later, 1248 × 54 (ibid. VI no. 1784, cf. × no. 2915).
[Peter Chaceporc
Royal gr. of this preb., s.v., 15 Nov. 1253, and request for inst. 20 Nov. (C.P.R.
1247-58 pp. 251, 252). But preb. said not to be vacant at this time, so Chaceporc
to have next vacant preb., 28 Dec. 1253 (ibid. p. 259). Became treas. and unident.
preb. 22 March 1254 (list 5, and below p. 114).]
M. Robert de Esthall
(fn. 2)
Presum. can. by 22 May 1261, when occ. with other cans. (M.R.A. Lichfield
no. 400). Occ. as this preb. 4 and 23 Dec. 1273 (R.A.L. III no. 930). Also preb. of
London; archdcn. of Worcester, from 1256 or 1257, to 1271 or later (Fasti 1066-1300
I 46, II 106). D. by 6 Feb. 1275 (Rot. Gravesend p. 226).
M. Nicholas de Waltham
First occ. as can. (unident. preb.) 15 Sept. 1269 (Rot. Gravesend p. 37). Occ. as
this preb. 17 Feb. 1278 (ibid. p. 233) and 17 March 1291 (Reg. Sutton VII 13). Still
alive 9 Nov. 1293 (ibid. IV 131). D. by 1 Nov. 1295 (Reg. I fo. 360r).
Theobald of Bar-le-Duc
(fn. 1)
Recommended by king; gr. annual pension of £20 by bp., until he could receive
a preb. worth 60 marks, 13 Apr. 1294 (Reg. Sutton IV 183). Coll. by bp. to this preb.
1 Nov. 1295 (Reg. I fo. 360r). Also preb. and treas. of York. Last occ. as can. of
Lincoln 17 Jan. 1301 (Reg. Bon. VIII nos. 3852, 3856: not in C.P.L.). Became bp.
of Liège 1303, res. this preb. by 14 Apr. (Reg. II fo. 277v).