PREBENDARIES OF WISBOROUGH
M. Thomas Powell 1538-1551.
Pres. by Thomas Gwent and Richard Hide, patrons hac vice, by virtue of gr. of next
pres. made by bp.; instal. by proxy 3 March 1538 (WAB. p. 54). D. 1 May/1 July 1551
(PCC 16 Bucke; Ep. 1/1/6 f. 81).
Robert Taylor LL.B. 1551-1559.
Pres. by Richard Bellingham, patron hac vice, by virtue of gr. of next pres. made by
bp. and conf. by chapter 6 Apr. 1538; adm. 19 July 1551 (WAB. p. 54; Ep. 1/1/6 f. 81).
Instal. by proxy 27 Sept. (AC. p. 18). Vacated it by 11 Nov. 1559, probably by depriv.
(Cant. Inst. sede vac. p. 32-preb. of Thorney in error; cf. C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 4).
John Lawe 1559-1562.
Pres. by queen sede vacante 4 Oct. 1559 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 125). Adm. by chapter
of Canterbury 11 Nov. (the archbishopric being also vac.) (Cant. Inst. sede vac. p. 32-
preb. of Thorney in error). Instal. by proxy 16 Dec. (AC. p. 34). D. by 24 Sept. 1562
(burial, Ferring) (Par. 83/1/1/1 f. 3v; Ep. 1/1/7 f. 20AV).
William Mawdesley 1563-1566.
Coll. 13 Jan. 1563 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 20AV). Instal. by proxy 21 May (AC. p. 43). D. by
28 Sept. 1566 (burial, Twineham) (Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 5698 f. 159/p. 317; Ep. 1/1/7
ff. 25v, 26).
John Bright 1567-1590.
Coll. 1 March 1567 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 26). Instal. 7 March (AC. p. 55). D. by 21 Oct. 1590
(Ep. 1/1/7 f. 50r-v).
Thomas Bickley
junior 1591-1595.
Coll. 27 March 1591 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 50v). Instal. by proxy s.d. (AC. p. 131). Res. by
3 June 1595 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 55v).
Robert Brizenden M.A. 1595-1609.
Coll. 3 June 1595 (Ep. 1/1/7 f. 55v). Instal. by proxy s.d. (AC. p. 140). D. by 12
Sept. 1609 (Ep. 1/1/8 f. 43v; G. C. Brodrick, Memorials of Merton (Oxford Hist. Soc.,
iv, 1885) p. 273).
William Hutchinson M.A. 1609-1644.
Coll. 12 Sept. 1609 (Ep. 1/1/8 f. 43v). Instal. 17 Sept. (AC. p. 177). D. 21 Feb. 1644
(Walker Revised p. 115; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11; R. Polwhele, Hist. of Devonshire
(London, 1793-1806) 11 183).
George Benson D.D. 1660-1681.
Coll. 27 Nov. 1660 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./11). Benson appointed proxies for instal.
29 Nov. (Cap. 1/8/31). Instal. by proxy 27 Dec. (Cap. 1/3/2 f. 11). Res. by 12 Feb. 1681
(Cap. 1/10/17). (fn. 1)
John Benson M.A. 1681-1713.
Coll. 11 Feb. 1681 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./15). Instal. 12 Feb. (Cap. 1/10/17). (fn. 1) D.
28 May 1713 (m.i., Cradley, Herefs.) (Survey of Cath. 1 562-3; Ep. 1/1/10 f. 73).
Daniel Walter
senior M.A. 1713-1746.
Coll. 3 Aug. 1713 (Ep. 1/1/10 f. 73). Instal. 22 Aug. (Cap. 1/3/3 f. 12). Res. by 24 June
1746 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 49v).
Daniel Walter
junior M.A. 1746-1781.
Coll. 24 June 1746 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 49v). Instal. 25 June (Cap. 1/3/4 p. 86). D. 16 Jan.
1781 (m.i., Oving) (Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxiv 191; Ep. 1/1/11 f. 94v).
Francis Atkins M.A. 1781-1796.
Coll. 23 May 1781 (Ep. 1/1/11 f. 94v). Instal. 26 May (Cap. 1/3/5 f. 53). D. by 14 May
1796 (burial, Midhurst) (Par. 138/1/1/6 f. 23v; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./38).
Richard Constable M.A. 1796-1839.
Coll. 7 Oct. 1796 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./38). Instal. 8 Oct. (Cap. 1/3/5 f. 145). D.
5 Oct. 1839 (The Times, 10 Oct.; P.R.O., E 331 Chich./47).
Thomas Pitman M.A. 1841-1891.
Coll. 27 Aug. 1841 (P.R.O., E 331 Chich./47). Instal. 11 Sept. (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 337).
D. 13 May 1891 (Ep. 11/16/58C; Reg. Durnford p. 229).