Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 3, Canterbury, Rochester and Winchester Dioceses. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1974.
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CANONS OF THE 2ND PREBEND, ROCHESTER
John Wildbore (fn. 1) 1541-1552.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 18 June 1541 (L. & P. XVI no. 947 (36)). D. by 26 Sept. 1552 (DRc/Elb 1A f. 64; C.P.R. 1550-3 p. 270).
George Burden B.A. 1552-1561.
Pres. by king 25 Nov. 1552 (C.P.R. 1550-3 p. 270). Depriv. by 7 Feb. 1561 (C.P.R. 1560-3 p. 4-'-Burnell'). (fn. 2)
Percival Wiborne M.A. 1561-1606.
Pres. by queen 7 Feb. 1561 (C.P.R. 1560-3 p. 4). In list of prebendaries' houses c. 1592-1606 he occ. as having the house formerly belonging to John Wildbore (DRc/As 3 p. 8). D. 23 Apr./16 May 1606 (P.R.O., Prob. 11/107, PCC 34 Stafford).
Henry Wayland B.D. 1606-1614.
Pres. by queen 24 May 1592 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/1388). Conf., and royal mand. instal. 16 June 1606 (ibid., C 66/1707). Instal. 2 July (ibid., E 331 Roch./20). (fn. 3) D. 18 June/4 Aug. 1614 (DRb/PWr 20 ff. 553v-554).
Richard Woodyere M.A. 1614-?
Pres. by king 11 June 1607 to next vac. preb. (or to 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th) (P.R.O., C 66/1730; DRc/Elb 1 f. 352). Instit. by bp. 27 July 1614 (P.R.O., E 331 Roch./21). (fn. 4)
John Balcanquall D.D. 1628-1647.
Instal. 19 Sept. 1628 (DRc/Elb 4 f. 232v). (fn. 5) D. by 15 Feb. 1647 (burial, Tattenhill, Staffs.) (Staffordshire Incumbents and Parochial Records, 1530-1680, ed. W. N. Landor (William Salt Archaeol. Soc., 1915) p. 276; DRc/R9 f. 102v).
John Codd M.A. 1660-1672.
Pres. by king; instit. by bp. 9 Aug. 1660 (DRc/R9 f. 102v). D. by 2 Oct. 1672 (buried 3 Oct., Rochester cath.) (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1672-3 p. 8; Reg. Roch. cath. p. 42). (fn. 6)
Miles Criche M.A. 1673-1675.
Pres. by king; instit. by bp. 7 Feb. 1673 (P.R.O., E 331 Roch./28). (fn. 7) D. by 20 Jan. 1675 (burial, Gussage St. Michael, Dors.) (Gussage St. Michael parish reg., ex inf. Rev. J. S. McDougall; DRc/Arb 2 ff. 64v-65).
Henry Ullock M.A. 1675-1689.
Pres. by king 8 Feb. 1675 (DRc/Arb 2 ff. 64v, 65). Instit. 11 Feb. (P.R.O., E 331 Roch./28). Instal. 13 Feb. (DRc/Arb 2 f. 64). Res. by 15 Apr. 1689 on becoming dean of Rochester (ibid. f. 106r-v).
John Gilman M.A. 1689-1710.
Pres. by king and queen 15 Apr. 1689 (DRc/Arb 2 f. 106r-v). Instit. by bp. 17 Apr. (DRb/Am 1 f. 11; P.R.O., E 331 Roch./31). Instal. 19 Apr. (DRc/Arb 2 f. 105v). D. 17 Nov. 1710 (m.i., Rochester cath.) (Reg. Roff. pp. 705-6; DRc/Arb 2 ff. 136v-137).
Richard Blechingdon D.C.L. 1710-1714.
Pres. by queen 20 Nov. 1710; instit. by bp. 22 Nov.; instal. 25 Nov. (DRc/Arb 2 ff. 136-137v). He took the oath under the Act of Settlement incorrectly, so had new pres. by queen 15 Dec. 1711; instit. by bp. s.d.; instal. 22 Dec. (ibid. ff. 140-2). Res. by 8 Jan. 1714 (ibid. ff. 159v-160).
John Robinson M.A. 1714-1754.
Pres. by queen 8 Jan. 1714; instit. by bp. s.d.; instal. 11 Jan. (DRc/Arb 2 ff. 159-61). D. 17 Apr. 1754 (m.i., Copford, Essex) (Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 11823 f. 20v; P.R.O., E 331 Roch./44).
Hon. James Yorke M.A. 1754-1756.
Pres. by king; instit. by bp. 28 Apr. 1754 (P.R.O., E 331 Roch./44). Res. by 22 June 1756 (ibid., E 331 Roch./45).
Erasmus Saunders D.D. 1756-1775.
Pres. by king; instit. by bp. 22 June 1756 (P.R.O., E 331 Roch./45). D. 30 Dec. 1775 (Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 11823 f. 21; DRc/Arb 3 p. 99).
Charles Tarrant D.D. 1776-1791.
Pres. by king; instit. by bp. 6 Jan. 1776 (DRc/Arb 3 p. 99). Instal. by proxy 13 Jan. (ibid.). D. 22 Feb. 1791 (ibid. p. 145; Gent. Mag. 1791, lxi (1) 191).
Thomas Willis LL.B. 1791-1827.
Pres. by king; instit. by bp. 16 March 1791 (P.R.O., E 331 Roch./52; DRc/Arb 3 p. 145). Instal. 19 March (DRc/Arb 3 pp. 146-8). D. 9 Nov. 1827 (Gent. Mag. 1827, xcvii (2) 474; DRc/Arb 3 pp. 345-6).
John Griffith D.D. 1827-1872.
Pres. by king; instit. by abp. sede vacante 26 Nov. 1827 (Lamb., Reg. Sutton 1 f. 499). Instal. 27 Nov. (DRc/Arb 3 pp. 345-8). House of suspended 1st preb. assigned to him, as canon of 2nd preb., at chapter meeting 30 Jan. 1841, conf. by bp. 4 Feb. (ibid. pp. 391-2; DRc/Ac 12 pp. 69-80). Permission granted by Order in Council 1 Apr. for house of 2nd preb. to be demolished (Lond. Gaz. no. 19968). Griffith res. July 1872, and successor apptd. (DRc/Ac 14 pp. 383, 384, 385).