Prebendaries: Buckden

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 3, Lincoln. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1977.

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'Prebendaries: Buckden', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 3, Lincoln, (London, 1977) pp. 56-57. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol3/pp56-57 [accessed 25 March 2024]

LIST 24 PREBENDARIES OF BUCKDEN

PREBEND

Church of Buckden (Hunts.) already in existence in 1086 in manor which belonged to bp. T.R.E. and 1086 (D.B. I 203d); 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). Vicarage ordained 16 March 1277 (Rot. Gravesend pp. 183-4).

Portion of tithes of Great Staughton (Hunts., bp.'s manor T.R.E. and 1086, D.B. I 203d); conf. as preb. by pope 6 Feb. 1146 and 5 June 1163 (as above).

Valuations

1254 £15; 1291 £40, including portion of Great Staughton £2 (Taxatio p. 36b)

PREBENDARIES

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Coll. by bp. to archdcnry. of Huntingdon and this preb. 1245 or 1246 (Epp Grosseteste no. 118). (fn. 1) Ceased to be archdcn. before 16 June 1247 (list 8).

John de Withington (fn. 2)

First occ. as can. 19 Feb. 1262 (Rot. Gravesend p. 8). Provost of the Common 1264 × 72 (R.A.L. × no. 2514). Occ. as this preb. 16 March 1277 (Rot. Gravesend pp. 183-4). Transf. to preb. Lafford by 7 March 1284 (list 40).

M. Jocelin de Kirmington

Not yet can. 13 Apr. 1283 (Reg. Sutton I 43). First certain occ. as can. 19 June 1286 (ibid. p. 85), but prob. to be identified with Jocelin can. who occ. 9 March 1284 (L.S. I 286-7). Transf. from this preb. to preb. Empingham, coll. 9 Jan. 1291 (Reg. I fo. 354r; list 35).

M. Stephen de Tawell

Transf. from preb. Bedford Major, coll. by bp. 10 Jan. 1291 (Reg. I fo. 354r-v; list 19). Bp.'s proctor at papal court from 23 Feb. 1291 (Reg. Sutton IV 21). Still alive 26 July 1295 (ibid. V 101). At Basle by end of 1296 (ibid. pp. 202-4). D. by 6 Feb. 1297 (Reg. I fo. 360v), at Basle (Reg. Bon. VIII no. 2987 = C.P.L. I 580-1).

M. Walter of Wootton

Archdcn. of Huntingdon, from 30 June 1295 (list 8). Transf. from preb. Welton Ryval, coll. by bp. 6 Feb. 1297 (Reg. I fo. 360v; cf. list 69). Occ. as this preb. shortly before 27 June 1299 (Reg. I fo. 303r). Depr. by papal judgement in favour of Richard de Feringes, 17 Feb. 1299 (Reg. Bon. VIII no. 2987 = C.P.L. I 580-1). Transf. to preb. Haydour before Sept. 1305 (list 38).

M. Richard de Feringes (fn. 3)

Archdcn. of Canterbury, 1280-99 (Fasti 1066-1300 II 15). Papal prov. of this preb. on d. of M. Stephen de Tawell, but M. Walter of Wootton already coll.; papal judgement in favour of Feringes 17 Feb. 1299 (Reg. Bon. VIII no. 2987 = C.P.L. I 580-1). Became abp. of Dublin, prov. c. June 1299, cons. 1 July (Reg. Bon. VIII no. 3151: not in C.P.L.).

M. John Lovel

Royal gr. of this preb. s.v., 26 Nov. 1299 (C.P.R. 1292-1301 p. 481). Reservation of his right to this preb. 7 March 1300, notwithstanding el. of bp. Dalderby (ibid. p. 492). Lovel's appeal to pope (on a matter connected with bp.'s el., ? this preb.) withdrawn 17 March 1300, so ? res. this preb. (Reg. Winchelsey II 702). Also preb. of Wells; royal clk. and envoy. Still alive 1 Apr. 1300 (C.P.R. 1292-1301 p. 506) and 1 May 1300 (ibid. p. 548). D. by 16 July 1300 (H.M.C. Wells I 164).

M. William de Brescia

Papal prov. of this preb. before 25 March 1301 (Reg. Bon. VIII no. 4022 = C.P.L. I 595). Occ. as can. and papal physician c. 9 Sept. 1301 (Reg. Winchelsey II 612; cf. Reg. Bon. VIII no. 4297 = C.P.L. I 597, of 5 Dec. 1301). Last occ. as this preb. in year Sept. 1313 - Sept. 1314 (Bj/2/4 fo. 98v). Canonically removed before 3 May 1315 (Reg. II fo. 291r-v).

Footnotes

  • 1. He had earlier refused preb. Gretton (list 37).
  • 2. Perhaps either Widdington, Essex, as in Reg. Sutton I index, or Whittington, par. Chesterfield, Derbys., as in R.A.L. VIII index. But there are places called Whittington in at least six other counties, and places called Withington in at least four counties.
  • 3. ? Ferring, E. or W. (Sussex). For his career, see also Biog. Ox. II 679.