CANONS OF THE 8TH PREBEND
John Towton
(fn. 1) B.D. 1541–1560.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 12 May 1541 (L. & P. XVI no. 878 (25,
33); DCM/B/BA/1 f. 2). Refused to subscribe to royal supremacy and Articles;
preb. sequestrated 25 Sept. 1559 (Royal Visitation of 1559 pp. 24–5 – 'John
Tuttyn'). Depriv. by 8 May 1560 (C.P.R. 1558–60 p. 252 – 'John Tutting'; Reg.
Tunstall & Pilkington no. 384; cf. Cal. S.P. Dom. Addenda 1547–65 p. 522).
Adam Shepherd B.D. 1560–1564.
Pres. by queen sede vacante 8 May 1560 (C.P.R. 1558–60 p. 252). Instit. 18
July (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 384; DCM/B/BA/2 f. 123). D. by 21 Feb.
1564 (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 428).
Thomas Lever B.D. 1564–1567.
Coll. 21 Feb. 1564 (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 428). Instal. s.d. (DCM/B/
BA/2 f. 190r–v). Depriv. (for refusing to comply with ecclesiastical orders) by 9
Nov. 1567 (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 451).
Richard Langworth D.D. 1567–1572.
Coll. 9 Nov. 1567 (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 461). Instal. 3 Jan. 1568
(DCM/B/BA/2 f. 237 – incomplete entry). Res. by 9 May 1572 (Reg. Tunstall &
Pilkington no. 497).
Francis Bunney M.A. 1572–1617.
Coll. 9 May 1572 (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 496). Instal. 12 May (DCM/
B/BA/3 f. 52). D. 16 Apr. 1617 (m.i., Ryton) (Hutchinson, Hist. & Ant. Durham
II 437).
Francis Burgoyne M.A. 1617–?
Instal. 6 May 1617 (DCM/B/BA/9 f. 805).
Anthony Maxton M.A. ?–1646/7.
Received king's letters for a preb. of Durham in the future by 20 Oct. 1630
(Cal. S.P. Dom. 1629–31 p. 363). Occ. as preb. 14 May 1633 (DCM/B/AA 14
May 1633) and 12 Dec. 1643 (DCM/B/BA/13 f. 176a). D. 1646/7 (Records of
Committee for Compounding with Royalists in Durham & Northumberland, ed.
R. Welford (Surtees Soc., cxi, 1905) p. 63).
[John Barwick B.D. 1647–?
Said to be coll. to a Durham preb. c. 21 Feb. 1647 (Wood, Athenae Oxon. II
86); possibly this one, on d. of Anthony Maxton, though he also seems to have
had a claim to the 4th preb. Not instal.]
Robert Grey M.A. 1652–1704.
Coll. 1 Apr. 1652 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 118). Instal. 2 Nov. 1660 (DCM/C/A/
1 f. 4). D. by 13 July 1704 (burial, Bishop Wearmouth) (Durham Co. R.O., PR
Bishop Wearmouth).
Robert Offley M.A. 1704–1743.
Instit. 22 July 1704 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/25). Instal. 28 July (DCM/C/A/
2 p. 7). D. 10 May 1743 (m.i., Abinger, Surr.) (O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. &
Ant. of Surrey II 143).
James Leslie M.A. 1743–1755.
Coll. 6 June 1743; instal. 20 June (DCM/C/A/2 pp. 96–7). Bp. of Limerick
1755.
Robert Lowth D.D. 1755–1777.
Coll. 22 Oct. 1755; instal. 29 Oct. (DCM/C/A/2 pp. 133–4). Bp. of St.
Davids June 1766, but held this preb. in commendam; trans. to Oxford Sept.
1766; trans. to London 1777, and res. this preb. by 23 June (DCM/C/A/3 f.
45v).
Richard Kaye D.C.L. 1777–1784.
Pres. by king; instit. 23 June 1777; instal. 10 July (DCM/C/A/3 f.
45r–v). Res. 12 Jan. 1784 (AUC/1/3 p. 139), on becoming dean of
Lincoln.
Charles Poyntz D.D. 1784–1809.
Coll. 12 Jan. 1784; instal. 24 Jan. (DCM/C/A/3 ff. 54v–55). D. 10 May 1809
(Gent. Mag. 1809, lxxix (1) 485).
David Durell M.A. 1809–1852.
Coll. 21 July 1809; instal. 22 July (DCM/C/A/4 pp. 90–1). D. 15 Jan. 1852
(The Times, 23 Jan.; cf. Lond. Gaz. no. 21764).
As this was the third preb. to fall vacant after the passing of stat. 3 & 4 Vic. c.
113 s. 8, it was filled in accordance with that Act.
Henry Joseph Maltby M.A. 1852–1863.
Coll. 23 Jan. 1852 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/53). Instal. 27 March
(DCM/C/A/4 p. 202). D. 24 Nov. 1863 (Gent. Mag. 1864, 3rd ser. xvi
127).
As this was the eighth preb. to fall vacant after the passing of stat. 3 & 4 Vic. c.
113 s. 8, it was suspended in accordance with that Act.