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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 10, Coventry and Lichfield Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 2003.
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PREBENDARIES OF WOLVEY
Preb. valued 1535 at £2 3s 4d (Valor III 131).
Edmund Stretchay M.A. 1530-1547.
Instal. 21 June 1530 (D30/2/1/4 f. 65v). D. by 23 Aug. 1547 (B/A/1/14 iv f. 47v).
George Palmer (fn. 1) 1547-1563.
Pres. by Richard Walker, canon resid., patron hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made to him and others by Bp. Richard [Sampson]; instit. by proxy 23 Aug. 1547 (B/A/1/14 iv f. 47v). Res. by n.d. Dec. 1563 (B/A/1/15 f. 35).
William Martin 1563-?
Coll. 10 Dec. 1563 (B/A/1/15 f. 35; P.R.O., E 331 COV.../2).
Christopher Hodgson B.A. 1575-?
Coll. 19 May 1575 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../4). Instal. 20 May (ibid., E 331 COV.../1). Occ. 18 Jan. 1584 (D30/2/1/5 f. 59v).
Simon Cox M.A. 1587-?
Coll. 17 May 1587 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../6).
Ralph Kynnaston M.A 1595-?
Coll. 29 July 1595, although case pending between him and Simon Cox (P.R.O., E 331COV.../7).
William Langham 1598-1603.
Coll. 29 June 1598 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../8). D. 16 Sept. 1603 (m.i., Islington, St. Mary, Mdx.) (Survey of Cath. I 476).
John Wilcockson 1603-?
Instal. 2 Oct. 1603 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../1). Occ. 12 Oct. 1610 (D30/2/1/5 f. 36v). Preb. vac. 21 Nov. 1619 by d. of last (? Wilcockson) (B/A/1/16 f. 8).
Stephen Haxby B.D. 1619-?
Henry Jackson M.A. 1621-?
Haxby coll. 21 Nov. 1619 (B/A/1/16 f. 8). Jackson coll. 18 Apr. 1621 (B/A/1/ 16 f. 24v) or 3 May (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../13), and bp. wrote 12 Aug. to dean and chapter for his instal. (B/A/1/16 f. 8.). Jackson compounded for first-fruits 3 Dec. 1622 (P.R.O., E 334/16 f. 133v), but Haxby (who may have had a claim to preb. of Wellington which he had res. by 9 Dec. 1623), compounded for firstfruits 29 Aug. 1623 (ibid. f. 155). Preb. vac. 12 June 1626 by d. of last (unknown which man) (B/A/1/16 f. 48v).
William Primrose M.A. 1626-1633.
Coll. 12 June 1626 (B/A/1/16 f. 48v). D. 24 March 1633; buried 25 March (Lichfield R.O., PR Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffs.).
John Arnway M.A. 1633-?
Coll. 13 May 1633 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../15). Instal. n.d. May (D30/2/1/6 f. 16v). D. at latest by 19 Sept. 1660 (D30/2/1/7 f. 7; cf. P.R.O., C 66/2919).
Thomas Mallory M.A. 1660-1671.
Instal. 19 Sept. 1660 on mand. of Bp. Accepted [Frewen] (D30/2/1/7 f. 7). D. by 12 Oct. 1671 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../20; B/A/1/17 ii p. 3).
John Waldron M.A. 1671-1688.
Coll. 12 Oct. 1671, on king's recommendation (B/A/1/17 ii p. 3; Cal S.P. Dom. 1671 p. 524). D. by 1 June 1688 (D30/2/1/7 f. 83r-v).
Timothy Turner M.A. 1688-1689.
Coll. 1 June 1688; instal. 15 June (D30/2/1/7 f. 83r-v). Preb. of Eccleshall 1689.
Richard Wood M.A. 1689-1690.
Coll. 28 Sept. 1689 (D30/2/1/7 f. 89r-v) or 11 Oct. (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../23). Instal. 12 Oct. (D30/2/1/7 f. 89r-v). Preb. of Stotfold 1690.
William Baker M.A. 1690-?
Coll. 5 Feb. 1690 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../23). Instal. 7 Feb. (D30/2/1/7 f. 91).
Edward Welchman M.A. 1732-1739.
Coll. 28 Sept. 1732 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../32). D. by 21 May 1739 (burial, Solihull, Warwicks.) (Warwicks. R.O., PR Solihull; P.R.O., E 331 COV.../ 33).
Thomas Smallbrook M.A. 1739-1740.
Coll. 23 May 1739 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../33). Precentor of Lichfield 1740.
Thomas Noble M.A. 1740-1784.
Coll. 3 May 1740 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../33). D. 13 March 1784; buried 16 March (Warwicks. R.O., PR Wolvey).
William Brereton M.A. 1784-1794.
Coll. 22 June 1784 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../42). Instal. 26 June (D30/2/1/8 f. 102). Preb. of Ryton 1794.
Francis Meeke M.A. 1794-1797.
Coll. 28 Feb. 1794 (B7A/1726 p. 78). Instal. 22 March (D30/2/1/8 f. 122). Res. 2 Aug. 1797 (B/A/1727 pp. 1-2) to become preb. of Whittington and Berkswick.
George Andrew Thomas M.A. 1797-1803.
Coll. 3 Aug. 1797 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../45). Instal. 4 Aug. (D30/2/1/9 f. 11). D. 20 Oct. 1804 (Gent. Mag. 1804, lxxiv (2) 1074; B/A/1/28 p. 55).
Charles Buckeridge B.D. 1804-1807.
Coll. 15 Nov. 1804 (B/A/1/28 p. 55). Instal. 16 Nov. (D30/2/1/9 pp. 69-70). Precentor of Lichfield 1807.
Samuel Butler M.A. 1807-1836.
Coll. 15 May 1807 (B/A/1/28 p. 93). Instal. 16 May (D30/2/1/9 pp. 99-100). Bp. of Lichfield 1836.
William Gresley M.A. 1840-1876.
Coll. 27 Nov. 1840 (B/A/l/30p. 171). Instal s.d. (D30/2/1/11 pp. 52-3). D. 20 Nov. 1876 (The Times, 22 Nov.; D30/2/1/14 p. 61).