32. THE COLLEGE OF AUCKLAND ST. ANDREW
It is not known who founded the Collegiate
Church of Auckland, but it was in existence as
early as 1226, when the king presented Alan
Poynnant to a prebend therein. (fn. 1) Having fallen
somewhat into decay, it was reconstituted and
endowed in 1292 by Bishop Bek, who erected a
new chapel and other buildings for the canons, (fn. 2)
and bestowed tithes to the amount of £10 per
annum for a new prebend. He provided for the
constant residence of the dean, and ordained that
the prebendaries should provide vicars; priests in
the case of the five senior canons, deacons for the
next four, and sub-deacons for the remaining two
or three. (fn. 3) Divine service was to be celebrated
after the use of York or of Sarum, with high
mass daily, and daily mattins for the benefit of
the parishioners. (fn. 4)
In 1314 the then dean obtained a licence of nonresidence on account of the disturbed state of the
country, owing to the war with Scotland. (fn. 5) In
1428 the values of the prebends having altered
considerably, and the vicars' stipends being insufficient, Bishop Langley re-arranged the prebends,
dividing some and uniting others in order to
equalize their values; provided for the necessary
increase in the salaries; and issued a fresh set of
rules for the conduct of the canons and their
vicars. (fn. 6) He also (1431-2) ordered that the
houses, cloisters, &c., of the college should be
repaired. (fn. 7)
There is in existence a curious inventory,
made in 1499, of the household goods belonging
to the deanery of Auckland, which were handed
on from one dean to another; the list includes a
considerable collection of books. (fn. 8) In 1500 or
1501 the dean had licence for himself and his
successors to acquire lands of the value of £20
per annum in augmentation of the sustenance of
the choristers. (fn. 9)
In the Taxation of 1291, the revenues of the
college were given as £249 13s. 4d.; in 1534
as £179 13s. 8d.; (fn. 10) and in 1548 as £171 10s. 4d. (fn. 11)
The chantry certificate (1548) states that the
establishment then consisted of a dean and ten
prebendaries, and that the dean had the cure of
souls in the parish as vicar. (fn. 12) When the college
was dissolved, the church was left as a more
curacy, very meanly provided for. The last dean
had a pension granted him of £50, which was
paid in 1553. (fn. 13)
Deans of Auckland
Robert de Alberwyk, occ. 5 March, 1293-4 (fn. 14)
Thomas de Clifford, occ. 1314, (fn. 15) 1316 (fn. 16)
John de Insula (fn. 17)
Hamon de Belers, occ. 1340 (fn. 18)
John de Houton, coll. 1340, p.r. H. de Belers (fn. 19)
John Mauduyt, coll. 1343, by exch. with
J. Houton (fn. 20)
William Westlee, occ. 1350 (fn. 21)
John Kingston, occ. 1362 (fn. 22)
Richard de Barnard Castle, occ. 1369 (fn. 23)
John de Newthorpe of Pontefract, occ. 1377 (fn. 24)
William de Walworth, coll. 3 September,
1377, p.r. J. Newthorpe (fn. 25)
Hugh de Westwick, occ. 1388 (fn. 26)
John Burgess, occ. 1395, (fn. 27) 1415 (fn. 28)
Thomas Lyes, coll. 17 May, 1415, p.m.
Burgess (fn. 29)
Thomas Hebbedon, coll. 29 December, 1431 (fn. 30)
William Doncaster, coll. 30 June, 1435, p.m.
T. Hebbedon (fn. 31)
Robert Thwaites (fn. 32)
Bartholomew Radcliffe, occ. 1466 (fn. 33)
John Kelyng, occ. 1476 (fn. 34)
John Newcourt (fn. 35)
William Sherwall, or Sherwood, occ. 1485, (fn. 36)
1498 (fn. 37)
William Thomeson, coll. 21 July, 1498,
p.m. Sherwall (fn. 38)
Thomas Patenson, coll. 1511, p. m. Thomeson (fn. 39)
William Strangeways, coll. December, 1520,
p. m. Patenson (fn. 40)
Robert Hyndmer, coll. 1541, p. m. Strangeways; (fn. 41) dean at the dissolution (fn. 42)