Prebendaries: Wedmore II

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: Wedmore II', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese, (London, 1979) pp. 87-89. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp87-89 [accessed 23 April 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF WEDMORE II

Robert Talbot M.A. 1541-?

Coll. 23 June 1541 (Reg. Bps. p. 90). Possibly to d., 20 Aug. 1558/12 Feb. 1561 (P.R.O., PROB 11/44, PCC 6 Loftes). (fn. 1)

William Nedes 1560-?

Coll. 14 Dec. 1560 to preb. vac. by d. of last incumbent (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 4v). Compounded for first-fruits 11 May 1562 (P.R.O., E 334/7 f. 158v).

Adrian Hawthorne B.D. ?-1577.

Compounded for first-fruits 15 Dec. 1566 (P.R.O., E 334/8 f. 96). D. by 6 March 1577 (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 48v).

Roger Goade D.D. 1577-1589.

Coll. 7 March 1577 (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 48v). Instal. by proxy s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 299). Preb. of St. Decuman 1589.

Thomas Manton M.A. 1589-1592.

Instal. 23 Dec. 1589 (Cal. Wells 11 316). D. by 15 July 1592 (Lamb., Reg. Whitgift 11 f. 217).

Anthony Watson B.D. 1592-1596.

Pres. by queen sede vacante; instit. by abp. 15 July 1592 (Lamb., Reg. Whitgift 11 f. 217). Instal. 25 July (CA 1571-99 f. 82v). (fn. 2) Bp. of Chichester 1596.

Edward Rilston M.A. 1596-1603.

Instal. 11 Nov. 1596 (Cal. Wells 11 333). Res. by 14 Apr. 1603 (D/D/B Reg. 31 f. 11).

Elisha Snooke M.A. 1603-?

Coll. 14 Apr. 1603 (D/D/B Reg. 31 f. 11). Occ. n.d. 1617 (D/D/Vc Box 9/7). Probably to d., by 9 Aug. 1619 (D/D/B Reg. 19 f. 11v).

William Sclater D.D. 1619-1627.

Coll. 28 Sept. 1619 (D/D/B Reg. 19 f. 12). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 375). D. by 26 Oct. 1627 (P.R.O., E 331 B & W/3; Cal. Wells 11 387).

Alexander Huish B.D. 1627-1660.

Coll. 26 Oct. 1627 (P.R.O., E 331 B & W/3). Instal. 21 Nov. (Cal. Wells 11 387). Preb. of Whitelackington 1660.

Roger Nicholls M.A. 1660-1667.

Coll. 27 Sept. 1660 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 85v). D. by 10 Apr. 1667 (CA 1666-83 p. 5).

Walter Hungerford (fn. 3) D.D. 1667-1681.

Coll. 10 Apr. 1667 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 121v). Instal. s.d. (CA 1666-83 p. 5). D. 10 Nov. 1681 (m.i., Buscot, Berks.) (Reg. Wadham 1 40; CA 1666-83 p. 94).

Thomas Davis M.A. 1682-1687.

Coll. 20 Feb. 1682 (D/D/B Reg. 22 f. 44v). Instal. s.d. (CA 1666-83 p. 94). D. Dec. 1687 (m.i., Wedmore, Som.) (Hist. Som. 1 192; D/D/B Reg. 23 f. 7).

Matthew Hole B.D. 1688-1730.

Coll. 1 March 1688 (D/D/B Reg. 23 f. 7). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 463). D. 19 July 1730 (Registrum Collegii Exoniensis, ed. C. W. Boase (Oxford, 1893-4) 1 77; P.R.O., E 331 B & W/21).

Edmund Lovell M.A. 1730-1736.

Coll. 30 July 1730 (P.R.O., E 331 B & W/21). Instal. 31 July (Cal. Wells 11 521). Preb. of Dinder 1736.

Robert Wheeler M.A. 1737-1739.

Coll. 31 Oct. 1737 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 28v). Instal. 2 Nov. (Cal. Wells 11 534). Preb. of Haselbury 1739.

Henry Fitch B.C.L. 1739-1768.

Coll. 13 June 1739 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 34v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 535). D. Apr. 1768 (Gent. Mag. 1768, xxxviii 199; D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 64).

Arthur Annesley M.A. 1768-1792.

Coll. 26 Aug. 1768 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 64). Instal. 27 Aug. (CA 1761-77 p. 215). D. by 12 July 1792 (burial, Chewton Mendip, Som.) (PR Chewton Mendip; D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 124).

Harry Farr Yeatman B.D. 1792-1796.

Coll. 12 Oct. 1792 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 124). Instal. s.d. (CA 1777-92 p. 356). D. 5 Dec. 1796 (Gent. Mag. 1796, lxvi (2) 1061; D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 149).

William Chase B.D. 1797-1815.

Coll. 11 May 1797 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 149). Instal. 13 May (CA 1792-1817 p. 91). D. 6 Jan. 1815 (Gent. Mag. 1815, lxxxv (1) 180; D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 109v).

William Lucas M.A. 1815-1859.

Coll. 28 Apr. 1815 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 109v). Instal. 29 Apr. (CA 1792-1817 p. 533). D. 28 Feb. 1859 (Gent. Mag. 1859, 3rd ser., vi 437; D/D/B Reg. 37 f. 269v).

Footnotes

  • 1. Gr. by bp. 15 Aug. 1559 to Humphrey Coles of next pres.; conf. by dean and chapter 30 Oct. (Cal. Wells 11 281).
  • 2. William Huish is given in Cal. Wells 11 323 as instal. 31 Aug. 1592. This is an error in the printed edition for the preb. of Timberscombe.
  • 3. Given by Le Neve-Hardy as preb. of Wedmore III.