Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 4, York Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1975.
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'Prebendaries: Weighton', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 4, York Diocese, (London, 1975) pp. 63-65. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol4/pp63-65 [accessed 23 April 2024]
PREBENDARIES OF WEIGHTON
M. William Constable 1532-1556.
Instal. by proxy 16 Sept. 1532 (AC 1504-43 ff. 173v-174); in person 2 Apr. 1534 (ibid. f. 193r-v). D. 26 March 1555/8 Feb. 1556 (Lincolnshire Archives Office, Lincoln consistory court wills 1554-6 f. 278, ex inf. Dr. R. J. Olney; Brit. Libr., Harley MS. 6971 f. 151v).
Thomas Ardern B.D. 1556-1562.
Instal. by proxy 25 May 1556 (Brit. Libr., Harley MS. 6971 f. 151v); in person 3 Feb. 1560 (ibid.). Had vacated preb. by 24 May 1562, possibly by depriv. (Inst. AB 2 ii f. 12v).
M. Nicholas Wilson 1562-1586.
Instit. 24 May 1562 (Inst. AB 2 ii f. 12v). Instal. 26 May 1563 (sic) (Brit. Libr., Harley MS. 6971 f. 154v). D. 30 or 31 Jan. 1586 (fn. 1) (CP G 2316; Inst. AB 3 f. 183).
Miles Sandys M.A. 1586-1602.
Coll. 11 Feb. 1586 (Inst. AB 3 f. 183). Instal. 13 Feb. (AC 1565-1634 f. 223v). Res. 24 Jan. 1602 (Inst. AB 3 f. 339).
William Robinson B.D. 1602-1633.
Coll. 24 Jan. 1602 (Inst. AB 3 f. 339). Instal. 27 Jan. (AC 1565-1634 f. 363r-v). Res. 31 July 1633 (Inst. AB 6 p. 36).
John Swinnock M.A. 1633-1658.
Coll. 1 Aug. 1633 (Inst. AB 6 p. 37). Instal. 5 Aug. (AC 1565-1634 ff. 736-7). Occ. as preb. 11 July 1648 (Weighton prebendal peculiar court probate records 1648- bond (Margery Hyde)). Occ. as rector of Mersham, Kent, 23 Apr. 1656 (Cal S.P. Dom. 1655-6 p. 289). Probably d. by 29 Oct. 1658 when new rector instit. (Lamb., COMM. 111/7 p. 126).
William Davison B.D. 1660-1680.
Pres. by king 29 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2917). Instal. 22 Oct. (AC 1660-1700 f. 7). D. by 5 June 1680 (burial, Topcliffe, Yorks.) (North Yorkshire County Record Office, PR Topcliffe 1/3, ex inf. Mr. M. Y. Ashcroft; Inst. AB 8 p. 82).
Samuel Crobrow M.A. 1680-1690.
Coll. 14 June 1680 (Inst. AB 8 p. 82). Instal. 17 June (AC 1660-1700 ff. 138v-139). Depriv. as non-Juror 1 Feb. 1690 (fn. 2) (Sub. Bk. 13 f. 15v; AC 1660-1700 f. 217v; Autobiographies of Thomas Comber 1 21).
Thomas Sandys M.A. 1690-1717.
Coll. 26 July 1690 (P.R.O., E 331 York/25). Instal. 1 Aug. (AC 1660-1700 f. 217v). D. 29 Nov. 1717 (Hist. Reg. Chron. 1717, ii 47; cf. Diary of John Evelyn, ed. E. S. de Beer (Oxford, 1955) v 375-6; Inst. AB 10 ii p. 53).
John King D.D. 1718-1732.
Coll. 1 May 1718 (Inst. AB 10 ii p. 53). Instal. 5 May (AC 1701-28 ff. 82v-83). D. 30 May 1732 (Hist. Reg. Chron. 1732, xvii 25; Reg. 35 f. 123).
Nicholas Woolfe LL.B. 1732-1750.
Coll. 10 June 1732 (Reg. 35 f. 123; Inst. AB 11 pp. 285-6). Instal. 14 June (AC 1728-47 ff. 83v-84). D. by 26 Aug. 1750 (burial, Bridlington, Yorks.) (PRT Bridlington 1750; Inst. AB 13 p. 281).
Francis Wanley D.D. 1750-1791.
Coll. 29 Aug. 1750 (Inst. AB 13 p. 281). Instal. 1 Sept. (AC 1747-56 ff. 65-6). D. 9 July 1791 (Gent. Mag. 1791, lxi (2) 684; Inst. AB 16 p. 209).
Humphrey Shuttleworth M.A. 1791-1812.
Coll. 16 July 1791 (Inst. AB 16 p. 209). Instal. s.d. (AC 1784-1807 pp. 116-17). D. 14 Aug. 1812 (Gent. Mag. 1812, lxxxii (2) 297; Inst. AB 18 p. 56).
John Wingfield D.D. 1812-1825.
Coll. 24 Sept. 1812 (Inst. AB 18 p. 56). Instal. 26 Sept. (AC 1807-30 pp. 75-7). D. by 16 Dec. 1825 (burial, Worcester cath.) (County of Hereford and Worcester Record Office, PRT Worcester cath. 1825; Inst. AB 19 p. 175).
William Henry Dixon M.A. 1825-1854.
Coll. 19 Dec. 1825 (Inst. AB 19 p. 175). Instal. 31 Dec. (AC 1807-30 pp. 268-9). D. 17 Feb. 1854 (The Times, 21 Feb.; Inst. AB 22 pp. 16-17).
William Hey M.A. 1854-1882.
Coll. 13 Apr. 1854 (Inst. AB 22 pp. 16-17). Instal. 3 May (AC 1842-73 pp. 372-3). D. 22 Nov. 1882 (The Times, 23 Nov.).