Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1979.
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'Prebendaries: Litton', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese, (London, 1979) pp. 72-74. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp72-74 [accessed 16 April 2024]
PREBENDARIES OF LITTON
William Wriothesley ?-1554.
On vacancy of preb., bp. sent Thomas Cromwell 13 Sept. 1537 a blank collation, for the king to nominate new holder (L. & P. xii ii no. 247). Gr. by bp. 23 Sept. to Thomas Wriothesley ('Wryotehesley'), esquire, and William Petre ('Peter') D.C.L. (both Cromwell's subordinates) of next pres. to Litton (Cal. Wells 11 247). William Wriothesley depriv. of this preb. by 22 May 1554 (Reg. Bps. p. 122). (fn. 1)
William Pye B.D. 1554-?
Coll. 22 May 1554 (Reg. Bps. p. 122). Possibly to d. 3 Sept. 1557 (West Sussex Record Office, Ep. I/1/7 f. 9, margin). (fn. 2)
Walter Cretyng D.C.L. ?-1557.
D. as preb. by 20 Nov. 1557 (Som. Med. Wills, 1531-58 pp. 167-71; Reg. Bps. p. 149).
Giles Capell B.D. 1558-?
Coll. 1 Jan. 1558 (D/D/B Reg. 14 f. 33). Depriv. early in Elizabeth's reign (Sanders p. 692).
Thomas Smithe M.A. 1560-1568.
William Stocke B.D. 1560.
Smithe pres. by queen sede vacante 2 Jan. 1560 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 267). Stocke compounded for first-fruits 6 Apr. (P.R.O., E 334/6 f. 58). Smithe instit. 31 Dec. (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 4v), and res. by 19 July 1568 (ibid. f. 25v).
Robert Earle 1568-1617.
Coll. 19 July 1568 (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 25v). D. by 22 Oct. 1617 (D/D/B Reg. 19 f. 4v).
Thomas Woodyeates M.A. 1617-1630.
Coll. 22 Oct. 1617 (D/D/B Reg. 19 f. 4v). Instal. 14 Nov. (Cal. Wells 11 373). D. by 23 March 1630 (burial, Corton Denham, Som.) (PR Corton Denham; Cal. Wells 11 392).
Thomas Walker B.D. 1630-1665.
Coll. 31 March 1630 (P.R.O., E 331 B & W/4). Instal. 13 Apr. (Cal. Wells 11 392). D. 5 Dec. 1665 (Wood's Life and Times, ed. A. Clark (Oxford, 1891-1900) 11 52; Cal. Wells 11 437).
Thomas Holt D.D. 1665-1689.
Coll. 11 Dec. 1665 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 117v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 437). D. 23 March 1689 (m.i., Wraxall, Som.) (Hist. Som. 111 159; D/D/B Reg. 23 f. 9v).
Thomas Cheyney M.A. 1689-1724.
Coll. 25 March 1689 (D/D/B Reg. 23 f. 9v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 464). D. 4 Oct. 1724 (m.i., Winchester college chap.) (Inscriptiones Wiccamicae (Oxford, 1885) pp. 2-3; D/D/B Reg. 25 f. 51).
Escott Richards M.A. 1724-1742.
Coll. 23 Oct. 1724 (D/D/B Reg. 25 f. 51). Instal. 24 Oct. (Cal. Wells 11 512). D. by 6 May 1742 (burial, Kentisbeare, Devon) (PR Kentisbeare, ex inf. Miss H. Barrett; D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 44).
Robert Wilson M.A. 1742-1758.
Coll. 3 July 1742 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 44). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 439). D. 30 Nov. 1758 (Gent. Mag. 1758, xxviii 611; D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 63).
Paul George Snow M.A. 1759-1766.
Coll. 4 May 1759 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 63). Instal. 12 May (CA 1744-60 p. 287). Preb. of Wiveliscombe 1766.
Thomas Camplin D.C.L. 1766-1767.
Coll. 25 July 1766 (D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 42). Instal. s.d. (CA 1761-77 p. 165). Archdcn. of Taunton 1767.
Cornelius Willes M.A. 1768-1776.
Coll. 12 Apr. 1768 (D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 62v). Instal. 16 Apr. (CA 1761-77 p. 210). D. 23 March 1776 (Gent. Mag. 1776, xlvi 142; D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 9).
Charles Moss M.A. 1776-1805.
Coll. 19 Apr. 1776 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 9). Instal. 27 Apr. (CA 1761-77 p. 365). D. 31 May 1805 (m.i., Wells cath.) (Wells Cath. p. 32; Gent. Mag. 1805, lxxv (1) 588; D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 22v).
John Watson Beadon M.A. 1805-1835.
Coll. 3 Aug. 1805 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 22v). Instal. 2 Aug. (sic) (CA 1792-1817 p. 325). D. by Oct. 1835 (Gent. Mag. 1835, new ser., iv 440; D/D/B Reg. 35 f. 124v).
John Hothersall Pinder M.A. 1840-1868.
Coll. 18 Aug. 1840 (D/D/B Reg. 35 f. 124v). Instal. 25 Aug. (CA 1832-40 p. 364). D. 16 Apr. 1868 (The Times, 22 Apr.; D/D/B Reg. 39 ff. 115v-116).