Prebendaries: Louth

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 3, Lincoln. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1977.

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Prebendaries

PREBEND

Church of Louth (Lincs., bp.'s manor T.R.E. and 1086, D.B. I 345a) conf. as preb. by pope 6 Feb. 1146 (R.A.L. I no. 252 p. 199) and 5 June 1163 (ibid. no. 255 p. 205). Vicarage ordained before 26 Aug. 1247 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 99, and see Rot. Gravesend p. 70, of 23 Sept. 1276), augmented 7 March 1298 (Reg. Sutton I 224-5); pres. by preb. 1276, 1278, 1294 (Rot. Gravesend pp. 70, 81, Reg. Sutton I 189). See also R.A.L. V no. 1745.

Valuations

1254 £30; 1291 £46 13s. 4d., vicar £13 6s. 8d.

PREBENDARIES

M. Walter Blund senior

First occ. as can. ? late 1183 or early 1184 (Danelaw Chs. no. 291, see app. 31). Occ. in L.P. II of c. 1187 (app. 33 no. 35). Last occ. c. 1200 (H.M.C. Middleton pp. 43-4, R.A.L. III nos. 674, 752, IX nos. 2495-6, X no. 2764, see app. 47), and c. 1200 × 1205 (R.A.L. V no. 1581). D. or res. unnamed preb. before Feb. 1208 (Rot. Litt. Claus. I 103b). In 1212 called Walter, predecessor (temp. king Henry II) of Thomas de Neville in this preb. (C.R.R. VI 309). Brother of M. Robert Blund, can. (below p. 139), as they were both uncles of M. John Blund (Giraldus Cambrensis Speculum Duorum, ed. Y. Lefèvre et al. (Cardiff, 1974) pp. 56-7).

Thomas de Neville (fn. 1)

Royal gr. of unnamed preb. to succeed M. Walter Blund, s.v., Feb. 1208 (Rot. Litt. Claus. I 103b). Occ. as this preb., 'Lauda', Lincs., 1212 (C.R.R. VI 309). (fn. 2) Also archdcn. of Salop (Lichfield dioc.) 1212-14; chanc. of Lichfield, in which office he d. before 26 Sept. 1223 (Pat. R. 1216-25 p. 386).

M. Robert of Hailes

Transf. from preb. Brampton before d. in 1238 (Epp. Grosseteste no. 51, p. 147; list 23), possibly on transferring from archdcnry. of Huntingdon to that of Lincoln between 12 and 23 March 1223 (lists 8, 7).

M. Thomas Wallensis

First occ. as can. (unident. preb.) 21 Oct. 1235 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 392). Succeeded M. Robert of Hailes in archdcnry. of Lincoln and preb. between 25 March and 27 May 1238 (Epp. Grosseteste no. 51, p. 147; list 7). Last occ. as this preb. after 17 June 1247 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 99). Bp. of St. Davids, el. 1247, temps. 26 Sept. 1247, cons. 26 July 1248.

M. John de Lindsey (fn. 3)

Bp.'s official, 1263-8. First occ. as can. 6 Oct. 1265 (cart. Crowland fo. 110v). Occ. as preb. S. Scarle 13 June 1272 (list 58), but prob. held this preb. Occ. as this preb. 28 May 1273 (R.A.L. V no. 1745). D. by 26 June 1276 (Rot. Gravesend p. 182).

M. Richard de Horton

First occ. as can. (unident. preb.) 17 Oct. 1269 (Rot. Gravesend p. 37). Provost of the Common in early 1270s (R.A.L. X p. lviii). First occ. as this preb. 23 Sept. 1276 (Rot. Gravesend p. 70). Treas. from Nov. 1278; still alive 26 Nov. 1298 (list 5). D. as this preb. and treas. by 5 Jan. 1300 (C.P.R. 1292-1301 p. 484).

M. William de Cheseio or Chosey

Royal gr. of treasurership and preb., s.v., 5 Jan. 1300 (C.P.R. 1292-1301 p. 484; list 5). Declined treasurership, but accepted preb.; occ. as preb. of Lincoln 13 June 1300 (C.P.R. 1292-1301 p. 515). Presum. the unnamed treas. of the queen who occ. as this preb. in years Sept. 1304 - Sept. 1305 and Sept. 1305 - Sept. 1306 (Edwards, Sec. Caths. pp. 328, 330). Occ. with full name as this preb. in years Sept. 1306 - Sept. 1307, Sept. 1307 - Sept. 1308, Sept. 1308 - Sept. 1309 (ibid. p. 328 n. 10). D. as this preb. by 5 Aug. 1309 (Reg. II fo. 286v).

Footnotes

  • 1. Prob. a kinsman of Ralph de Neville, king's chanc., who was dean of Lichfield 1214-22.
  • 2. For a grant on 25 March 1203 of preb. 'de Luwe', evidently not Louth, see below pp. 121, 129.
  • 3. ? Lindsey, district, Lincs. For his career, see Biog. Camb. p. 370.