Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1971.
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'Prebendaries: Hova Ecclesia', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese, (London, 1971) pp. 39-41. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol2/pp39-41 [accessed 23 April 2024]
PREBENDARIES OF HOVA ECCLESIA
Philip Mesewers 1541-?
Instal. 22 Feb. 1541 (WAB. p. 62). Preb. vac. 28 Apr. 1544 by d. of last incumbent (?Mesewers) (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 391v).
Thomas German 1544-1554.
Pres. by Robert Broke, patron hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made by bp. and conf. by chapter 31 May 1542; adm. by abp. 28 Apr. 1544 (Lamb., Reg. Cranmer f. 391v; WAB. p. 64). Instal. by proxy 12 May (WAB. p. 69). Depriv. by 20 May 1554 (Ep. 1/1/6 f. 99v).
Thomas Saull 1554-1555.
Coll. 20 May 1554 (Ep. 1/1/6 f. 99v). Instal. 26 May (AC. p. 23). D. by 14 March 1555 (PCC 22 More; Ep. 1/1/6 f. 106).
Thomas German (again?) 1558.
Possibly restored, as occ. 19 Apr. 1558 when summoned to el. of dean (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 9v-'Thomas Jermyn').
Lambert Pechey 1559-1563.
Pres. by queen sede vacante 16 Oct. 1559 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 125). Instal. 14 Dec. (AC. p. 34). D. by 4 Jan. 1563 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 20AV).
John Stevenson 1563-1566.
Coll. 4 Jan. 1563 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 20AV). Instal. 21 May (AC. p. 43). D. by 8 Nov. 1566 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 25v).
Henry Fisher B.A. 1566-?
Coll. 25 Nov. 1566 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 25v). Instal. by proxy 9 Jan. 1567 (AC. p. 55). Occ. 14 Apr. 1570 (ibid. p. 70). Preb. vac. 18 June 1571 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 36v).
Michael Ward M.A. 1571-1579.
Coll. 18 June 1571 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 36v). Instal. by proxy 13 July (AC. p. 78). Res. by 18 Dec. 1579 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 40v).
James Allen 1579-1580.
Pres. by John Beacon D.C.L., patron hac vice, by virtue of gr. of next pres. made by bp.; adm. 18 Dec. 1579 (Cap. 1/8/19; Ep. 1/1/7 f. 40v). Instal. s.d. (AC. p. 102). Res. by 28 May 1580 (Cap. 1/8/19).
John Hudson M.A. 1580-1589.
Pres. by John Wheatley, patron hac vice; bp.'s mand. for instal. 28 May 1580 (Cap. 1/8/19). Instal. 3 June (AC. p. 104). D. by 25 Sept. 1589 (burial, Chichester cath.) (Par. 44/1/1/1 f. 48).
Laurence Alcocke M.A. 1589-1592.
Coll. 4 Oct. 1589 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 48). Instal. s.d. (AC. p. 124). Preb. of Bargham 1592.
William Shortred M.A. 1593-1638.
Coll. 26 Jan. 1593 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 52v). Instal. s.d. (AC. p. 135). Occ. 29 May 1638 (ibid. p. 261), but d. by 18 Aug. (PCC 94 Lee; Cap. 1/8/19).
William Cartwright M.A. 1638-1640.
Coll. 29 Dec. 1638 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./9). Instal. 16 Jan. 1639 (Cap. 1/8/19). Preb. of Sutton 1640.
Stephen Goffe D.D. 1641-1660.
Instal. 20 Jan. 1641 (AC. p. 266). Entered Roman Ch., and joined Oratorians in Paris 1652 (Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion, ed. W. D. Macray (Oxford, 1888) v 233). Depriv. by 21 Sept. 1660 (Cap. 1/8/19).
Robert Leeves M.A. 1660-1693.
Coll. 21 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11). Instal. 11 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 7). D. 18 March 1693 (Par. 215/1/1/1; Cap. 1/3/2 f. 138).
Henry Alleyn M.A. 1693-1720.
Coll. 7 July 1693 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 40). Instal. 12 Aug. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 138). D. by 9 May 1720 (burial, Piddlehinton, Dors.) (Dorset County Record Office, Dorchester, Piddlehinton parish reg., ex inf. Miss M. Holmes; Reg. of Magdalen College, Oxford, comp. J. R. Bloxam (Oxford, 1853-81) v 310; Ep. 1/1/10 f. 82).
John Backshell LL.B. 1720-1750.
Coll. 7 Nov. 1720 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 82). Instal. 18 Nov. (Cap 1/3/3 f. 44). D. 20 Nov. 1750 (m.i., Chichester cath.) (Dallaway, Hist. W. Suss. 1 i 139; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 55v).
John King M.A. 1751-1772.
Coll. 4 Jan. 1751 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 55v). Instal. 5 Jan. (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 127). D. 10 May 1772 (Par. 27/1/1/1 p. 203; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 82v). (fn. 1)
Edward Clarke M.A. 1772-1786.
Coll. 5 Nov. 1772 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 82v). Instal. 7 Nov. (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 334). D. by 29 Nov. 1786 (burial, Buxted) (Ep. V/10/1A; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 104v).
Joseph Francis Fearon 1787-1811.
Coll. 2 Feb. 1787 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 104v). Instal. 3 Feb. (Cap. 1/3/5 f. 92v). Preb. of Ferring 1811.
James Dallaway B.M. 1811-1817.
Coll. 16 Oct. 1811 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./41). Instal. bond 19 Oct. (Cap. 1/9/18). Preb. of Ferring 1817.
Henry Plimley M.A. 1817-1841.
Coll. 18 Jan. 1817 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./42). Instal. bond s.d. (Cap. 1/9/18). D. 10 March 1841 (Gent. Mag. 1841, cxi (1) 551; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./47).
Edward Houghton Johnson M.A. 1841-1880.
Coll. 17 June 1841 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./47). Instal. 19 June (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 334). D. 29 Feb. 1880 (Reg. Durnford p. 75; The Times, 2 March).