Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 4, Salisbury. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1991.
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'Succentors', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 4, Salisbury, (London, 1991) pp. 40-41. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol4/pp40-41 [accessed 26 April 2024]
Succentors
SUCCENTORY
From 1226 x 28 a farm in Stratford-sub-Castle (Old Sarum) belonged to the succentory (see VCH Wilts. VI 202).
SUCCENTORS
Roger ? preb. Wilsford, list 61
Occ. once only, before 1153 (IV/E.5/Prebend of Woodford & Wilsford/2, pd. HMC Var. Coll. I 370-1, also pd. RSO I 265 but assigned to 'c. 1229').
Walter preb. Axford, list 15
Occ. once only, c. 1155 x 1189 (Sar. Chs. p. 34). (fn. 1)
John preb. Ruscombe, list 51
Occ. several times temp. bp. Hubert Walter (1189-93), prob. Apr. or May 1193 (e.g. RSO I 223, 241, 243, 247-8, 358). Also occ. 8 March 1196 (cart. Christchurch part 1 fo. 145r) and 1197 x 1215 (Sar. Chs. p. 72). (fn. 2) Donor of a cope and ornaments (RSO II 129, 139, also pd. Ceremonies pp. 171, 180). Brother of Gregory, can. (list 15).
Anastasius (fn. 3) prebs. unident., Stratford, lists 65, 55
First occ. 1209 x Jan. 1215 (Sar. Chs. p. 75), (fn. 4) and, as A. succentor, 7 Jan. 1213/14 (Nova Const.). Occ. several times. Last occ. Oct. 1226 x Feb. 1227 (app. 1).
Roger preb. Durnford, list 29
First occ. 3 Oct. 1227 (Sar. Chs. p. 189). Occ. frequently. Last occ. 14 Oct. 1245 (ibid. p. 298, also pd. Cart. St Nich. p. 28).
Walter de la Wyle preb. unident., list 65
Can. (list 65). First occ. as W. succentor 7 March 1248 (Sar. Chs. p. 314). Occ. with full name and title several times (e.g. CPR 1247-58 p. 529). Last occ. 4 Oct. 1262 (Sar. Stats. p. 98, also pd. but with defective date RSO I 354). Bp. of Salisbury, el. 22 Jan. 1263, temps. 10 Apr., cons. 27 May (list 1).
John de Middleton (fn. 5) preb. Yatesbury, list 62
Not yet succentor, occ. as member of household of bp. Walter de la Wyle, 6 July 1266 (Reg. Malmes. I 420). Called rector of St Thomas, Salisbury, at foundation of St Edmund's college, 1268 (C. 556). First occ. as succentor 28 Dec. 1268 (CPR 1266-72 p. 308). Occ. infrequently (but see apps. 2 and 3). Last occ. 8 March 1290/1 (Sar. Chs. p. 366, also pd. Cart. Winch. no. 40). D. by 1291 (III/Sub-chanter).
Simon de Derham
Occ. as subtreasurer 15 Aug. 1294 (RSO II 116). Succentor by 26 Oct. 1319 (Sar. Stats. p. 164).