Prebendaries: Middleton

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1971.

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'Prebendaries: Middleton', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 2, Chichester Diocese, (London, 1971) pp. 45-47. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol2/pp45-47 [accessed 19 April 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF MIDDLETON

William Tresham D.D. 1539-1560.

Instal. by proxy 6 March 1539 (WAB. p. 56). Depriv. by 11 Dec. 1560 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 17v).

Richard Wright 1560-1568.

Coll. 11 Dec. 1560 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 17v). Instal. 21 Dec. (AC. p. 36). D. 18 Feb./29 May 1568 (STC 1/10 f. 355r-v; AC. p. 58).

Preb. vac. 26 Oct. 1569 (AC. p. 66).

William Clarke B.D. 1570-?

Pres. by queen sede vacante 31 March 1570 (C.P.R. 1569-72 p. 60). Adm. by abp. 2 Apr. (Reg. Parker 1 285). Instal. 11 Apr. (AC. p. 69).

Dennis Hurst 1572-?

Instal. 30 Sept. 1572 (AC. p. 80).

William Beale M.A. 1573-?

Bp.'s mand. for instal. 18 Oct. 1573 (Cap. 1/8/23). Instal. 20 Oct. (AC. p. 84). Occ. 25 May 1582 (Ep. 1/18/17).

John Cox M.A. 1584-1588.

Pres. by queen sede vacante; abp.'s mand. for instal. 25 Nov. 1584 (Cap. 1/8/23; Lamb., Reg. Whitgift 1 f. 356). Instal. 23 Jan. 1585 (AC. p. 111). Preb. of Waltham 1588. (fn. 1)

John Large 1589-?

Coll. 4 Oct. 1589 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 48).

Robert Wheeler 1592-1622.

Coll. 5 Oct. 1592 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 52v). D. by 20 Jan. 1622 (burial, Jevington) (Ep. 11/16/122A).

Preb. vac. at bp.'s visitation 17 Oct. 1625 (Ep. 1/18/35 f. 33v).

Michael Glyd 1625-1640.

Coll. 24 Oct. 1625 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./7). Instal. 25 Oct. (AC. p. 231). Preb. of Eartham 1640.

Thomas Hook M.A. 1640-1664.

Coll. 8 Feb. 1640 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./9). Instal. 4 Apr. (AC. p. 264). Depriv. by 6 June 1664 (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 25v; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11).

James Herring 1664-1666.

Coll. 6 June 1664 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11). Instal. 18 July (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 25v). Preb. of Wightring 1666.

John Wood D.D. 1666-1669.

Coll. 13 Sept. 1666 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12). Instal. 17 Sept. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 35v). D. by 12 Jan. 1669 (ibid. f. 45v).

Malachi Conant B.D. 1669-?

Coll. 12 Jan. 1669 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./12). Instal. 13 Jan. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 45v). Occ. 9 March 1675 when summoned to el. of bp. (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 3).

George May M.A. 1678-1681.

Coll. 22 May 1678 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 14v). Preb. of Heathfield 1681.

Isaac Woodruff M.A. 1682-1698.

Instal. 29 March 1682 (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 94). D. by 9 Oct. 1698 (burial, Pulborough) (Ep. 1/24/93A; Ep. 1/1/10 f. 50).

John Wright M.A. 1699-1703.

Coll. 19 Oct. 1699 (sic) (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 50; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./18). Instal. 21 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 158v). Preb. of Ferring 1703.

Henry Cheynell D.D. 1704.

Coll. 2 Feb. 1704 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 58). D. 6 Apr. (m.i., Cranley, Surr.) (O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. and Ant. of Surrey (London, 1804-14) 1 542; Ep. 1/1/10 f. 59v).

Matthew Woodford M.A. 1705-1719.

Coll. 11 Oct. 1705 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 59v). Instal. 6 Dec. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 188). D. by 4 Nov. 1719 (burial, Chichester cath.) (Par. 44/2/2 f. 128; Ep. 1/1/10 f. 81v).

John Parke 1720-1753.

Coll. 8 Apr. 1720 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 81v). Instal. 13 Apr. (Cap. 1/3/3 f. 41v). D. 20 Dec. 1753 (Hampshire Record Office, Amport parish reg., ex inf. Miss M. E. Cash; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 60).

Thomas Hurdis M.A. 1754-1784.

Coll. 19 Feb. 1754 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 60). Instal. 23 Feb. (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 169). D. 29 March 1784 (Gent. Mag. 1784, liv (1) 316; Cap. 1/3/5 f. 77v).

Thomas Durnford D.D. 1784-1790.

Coll. 23 Aug. 1784 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 100). Instal. 4 Sept. (Cap. 1/3/5 f. 71v). Res. by 28 Oct. 1790 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./37). (fn. 2)

George Pelham M.A. 1790-1827.

Coll. 28 Oct. 1790 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 109). Instal. 30 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/5 f. 113). Bp. of Bristol 1802; of Exeter 1807; of Lincoln 1820, but continued to hold this preb. until d. 7 Feb. 1827 (Gent. Mag. 1827, xcvii (1) 269; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./44).

Hugh James Rose M.A. 1827-1833.

Coll. 23 Feb. 1827 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./44). Instal. 24 Feb. (Cap. 1/3/6, loose page attached to p. 176). Res. by 29 Nov. 1833 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./45).

Arthur Atherley M.A. 1833-1857.

Coll. 29 Nov. 1833 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./45). Instal. 30 Nov. (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 234). D. 14 Feb. 1857 (Gent. Mag. 1857, cxl (1) 368), but preb. not filled until 2 Jan. 1860 (Reg. Gilbert and Durnford p. 103).

Footnotes

  • 1. It is possible that the preb. of Waltham was a different man, as Middleton was said to be vac. 4 Oct. 1589 by the d. of John Cox, not his res. However, John Cox of Waltham had d. by 28 Sept. 1588, so the evidence is not conclusive.
  • 2. The bp.'s reg. states, in error, that he had d. (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 109). He did not d. until 4 Feb. 1792 (Gent. Mag. 1792, lxii (1) 187).