Archdeacons: Nottingham

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 4, York Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1975.

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'Archdeacons: Nottingham', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 4, York Diocese, (London, 1975) pp. 18-20. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol4/pp18-20 [accessed 24 April 2024]

ARCHDEACONS OF NOTTINGHAM

Cuthbert Marshall D.D. 1528-1550.

Instal. by proxy 11 Jan. 1528 (AC 1504-43 f. 146); in person 15 Aug. 1530 (ibid. f. 159v). D. by 25 Jan. 1550 (burial, York minster, from m.i.) (Eboracum p. 506; Reg. 29 f. 32).

Robert Pursglove or Silvester (fn. 1) 1550-1559. Suffragan bp. of Hull.

Coll. 29 Jan. 1550 (Reg. 29 f. 32; Inst. AB 1 f. 180v). Instal. 31 Jan. (AC 1543-58 ff. 54v-55). Refused to subscribe to Act of Supremacy at royal visitation Sept. 1559 and his offices sequestered (P.R.O., S.P. 12/10 ff. 16v-17). Depriv. by 23 Dec. (Adm. 1559; C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 257).

William Day M.A. 1560-1565.

Pres. by queen sede vacante 23 Dec. 1559 (Adm. 1559; C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 257). Instit. by abp. by proxy 22 Apr. 1560 (fn. 2) (Inst. AB 1 f. 64). Instal. 24 Apr. (Brit. Libr., Harley MS. 6971 f. 153v). Res. 27 June 1565 (Inst. AB 2 ii f. 45v; Res. 1565).

John Louth M.A. 1565-1590.

Coll. by proxy 30 June 1565 (Reg. 30 f. 11; Inst. AB 2 ii ff. 45v-46). Res. deed drawn up c. Nov. 1575 but revoked 15 Jan. 1577 (Reg. 31 f. 6; Inst. AB 3 ff. 102-3). (fn. 3) D. 5 Aug. 1590 (J. T. Godfrey, Reg. of St. Mary's, Nottingham (Nottingham, 1901) p. 7 & n.; Inst. AB 3 f. 228v).

John King M.A. 1590-1611.

Coll. 8 Aug. 1590 (Inst. AB 3 f. 228v). Instal. 14 Aug. (AC 1565-1634 ff. 265v-266). Bp. of London 1611.

Joseph Hall D.D. 1611-1627.

Warrant 26 Sept. 1611 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1611-18 p. 76); pres. issued 3 Oct. (P.R.O., C 66/1920; Adm. 1611). Instit. by abp. 30 Oct. (Inst. AB 3 f. 413). Chapter to arrange instal. 4 Jan. 1612, and instal. arranged for 6 Jan., but blank entry for that day (AC 1565-1634 f. 458r-v). Bp. of Exeter 1627.

Richard Bayley B.D. 1628-1635.

Pres. by king 7 Jan. 1628 (Adm. 1627). Instit. by abp. 7 Feb. (Inst. AB 4 f. 483; Inst. AB 5 p. 180). Instal. 11 Feb. (AC 1565-1634 f. 644r-v). Dean of Salisbury 1635, and res. archdcnry 8 May (Inst. AB 6 p. 94).

William Robinson D.D. 1635-1642.

Coll. 9 May 1635 (Inst. AB 6 p. 94). Instal. by proxy 25 May (AC 1634-41 f. 5r-v). D. by 9 May 1642 (burial, Long Whatton, Leics.) (Leicester County Record Office, PR Long Whatton 1, ex inf. Dr. L. A. Parker).

Vere Harcourt M.A. 1660-1683 (fn. 4).

Pres. by king 13 Aug. 1660 (Chapter File 1660) or 14 Aug. (P.R.O., C 66/2917). Instal. 6 Sept. (AC 1660-1700 ff. 3v-4). D. 4 July 1683 (m.i., Plumtree, Notts.) (J. T. Godfrey, Notes on the churches of Nottinghamshire: hundred of Rushcliffe (London, 1887) p. 173; Cal. S.P. Dom. July-Sept. 1683 p. 204).

Thomas White D.D. 1683-1685.

Warrant 25 July 1683 for pres. by king sede vacante (Cal. S.P. Dom. July-Sept. 1683 p. 204); pres. issued 30 July (P.R.O., C 66/3238). Subscribed to the Articles 11 Aug. (Sub. Bk. 12 f. 19v). Instal. 13 Aug. (AC 1660-1700 f. 164v). Bp. of Peterborough 1685.

Samuel Crobrow D.D. 1685-1690.

Warrant 1 Sept. 1685 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. Feb.-Dec. 1685 p. 317); pres. issued 24 Oct. (P.R.O., C 66/3270; Adm. 1685). Subscribed to the Articles 20 Nov. (Sub. Bk. 12 f. 53v). Instal. 23 Nov. (AC 1660-1700 f. 180). Depriv. as nonJuror 1 Feb. 1690 (fn. 5) (Sub. Bk. 13 f. 15; AC 1660-1700 f. 217v; Autobiographies of Thomas Comber 1 21).

William Pearson M.A. 1690-1716.

Coll. 26 July 1690 (P.R.O., E 331 York/25). Instal. by proxy 1 Aug. (AC 1660-1700 f. 217v). D. 6 Feb. 1716 (m.i., York minster) (Y.A.J. i 279-80; Eboracum plate facing p. 504; Inst. AB 10 ii p. 25).

Robert Marsden B.D. 1716-1748.

Coll. 18 Feb. 1716 (Inst. AB 10 ii p. 25). Instal 22 (fn. 6) Feb. (AC 1701-28 f. 68). D. 24 Aug. 1748 (m.i., Rempstone, Notts.) (J. T. Godfrey, Notes on the churches of Nottinghamshire: hundred of Rushcliffe (London, 1887) p. 227; Inst. AB 13 p. 215).

Hugh Thomas M.A. 1748-1780.

Coll. 30 Sept. 1748 (Inst. AB 13 p. 215). Instal. 3 Oct. (AC 1747-56 ff. 28-9). D. 11 July 1780 (Gent. Mag. 1780, l 347; Inst. AB 15 pp. 282-3).

Richard Kaye D.C.L. 1780-1809.

Coll. 2 Aug. 1780 (Inst. AB 15 pp. 282-3). Instal. 5 Aug. (Chapter File 1780). Became 6th baronet 1789 (Complete Baronetage 11 157-8). D. 25 Dec. 1809 (m.i., Lincoln cath.) (Lincs. Church Notes by W. J. Monson, 1828-40, ed. A. D. J. Monson, 9th Baron Monson (Lincoln Record Soc., xxxi, 1936) p. 245; Inst. AB 17 p. 340).

John Eyre M.A. 1810-1830.

Coll. 4 Jan. 1810 (Inst. AB 17 p. 340). Instal. 6 Jan. (AC 1807-30 pp. 48-9). D. 23 March 1830 (Gent. Mag. 1830, c (1) 648; Inst. AB 19 pp. 345-6).

William Barrow D.C.L. 1830-1832.

Coll. 15 Apr. 1830 (Inst. AB 19 pp. 345-6). Instal. 17 Apr. (AC 1807-30 pp. 364-5). Res. 21 Apr. 1832 (Res. 1832; Inst. AB 20 p. 40).

George Wilkins D.D. 1832-1865.

Coll. 24 Apr. 1832 (Inst. AB 20 p. 41). Instal. 12 May (AC 1830-42 pp. 31-2). Archdcnry transferred from diocese of York to diocese of Lincoln and province of Canterbury by Order in Council 21 Aug. 1837 in accordance with Stat. 6 & 7 Will. IV c. 77 (Lond. Gaz. no. 19538; Reg. 40B ff. 547-549v). Wilkins d. 13 Aug. 1865 (Gent. Mag. 1865, clvii (2) 391).

Footnotes

  • 1. Le Neve-Hardy gives William Silvester, 1549-1553, and Robert Pursglove, 1553-1559.
  • 2. 1556 in MS. but recte 1560 from surrounding entries.
  • 3. Louth probably contemplated resigning, because of his quarrel with abp. Grindal (R.A. Marchant, The Church under the Law 1560-1640 (Cambridge, 1969) pp. 152-5), but changed his mind on Grindal's trans. to Canterbury in 1576.
  • 4. Humphrey Lloyd petitioned ineffectively for the archdcnry ? Aug. 1660 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1 p. 219). He was pres. by king to preb. of Ampleforth 30 July.
  • 5. In accordance with Stat. 1 Will. & Mary c. 8 s. 7.
  • 6. 2 Feb. in MS. but recte 22 Feb. from surrounding entries.