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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1979.

'Subdeans', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese, (London, 1979) pp. 20-22. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol5/pp20-22 [accessed 23 April 2024]

SUBDEANS OF WELLS

William Boureman B.C.L. ?-1571.

Occ. 11 Oct. 1533 (Cal. Wells 11 701). D. by 25 June 1571 (Som. Wills 1 68).

Philip Bisse B.D. ?-1584.

Occ. 24 Apr. 1572 (Cal. Wells 11 292). Archdcn. of Taunton 1584.

James Bisse M.A. 1585-1607.

Coll. 31 March 1585 (D/D/B Reg. 31 f. 2). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 307). D. 26/28 Nov. 1607 (Som. Wills 1 94; Cal. Wells 11 354).

Robert Scott B.D. 1608-1620.

Pres. by king sede vacante 22 March 1608 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1603-10 p. 417). Instit. by abp. 26 March (Lamb., Reg. Bancroft f. 241v). Instal. 1 Apr. (Cal. Wells 11 356). D. by 23 Dec. 1620 (burial, Barnston, Essex) (Essex Record Office, PR Barnston, ex inf. Mr. K. C. Newton; Cal. Wells 11 377).

Thomas James D.D. 1621-1629.

Instal. 16 June 1621 (Cal. Wells 11 377). D. 20 July/19 Sept. 1629 (D/D/Vc Box 9/14; Lamb., Reg. Abbot 111 f. 147r-v; P.R.O., C 66/2509).

William Roberts D.D. 1629-1637.

Warrant 19 Sept. 1629 for pres. by king sede vacante (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1629-31 p. 60); issued 23 Sept. (P.R.O., C 66/2509). Instit. by abp. 25 Sept. (Lamb., Reg. Abbot 111 f. 147r-v). Instal. 6 Oct. (Cal. Wells 11 391). Bp. of Bangor 1637.

Thomas Bayly M.A. 1638-?

Warrant 19 March 1638 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1637-8 p. 315); issued 28 Apr. (P.R.O., C 66/2796). Instit. by bp. 29 May (D/D/B Reg. 20 p. 37). Instal. 30 May (Cal. Wells 11 419). Imprisoned in Newgate 1650 for literary activities, escaped to Holland, entered Roman Ch. 1651, d. by 1659 (Athenae Oxonienses, comp. A. Wood, ed. P. Bliss (London, 1813-20) 11 526-30).

James Dugdale D.D. 1660-1661.

Coll. 12 Sept. 1660 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 84(2)). D. 5/11 March 1661 (burial, Evercreech, Som., 14 March) (Som. Wills iv 48; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1 p. 529; PR Evercreech, ex inf. Rev. G. H. Ridler).

James Masters (fn. 1) B.D. 1661-1665.

Coll. 23 March 1661 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 92). D. by 21 Aug. 1665 (burial, Bath abbey) (Reg. Bath Abbey 11 376; Cal. Wells 11 437).

Francis Munday D.D. 1665-1678.

Coll. 28 Sept. 1665 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 117). Instal. 29 Sept. (Cal. Wells 11 437). D. 22 Nov. 1678 (m.i., Welford, Berks.-'Francis Mundy') (J. Le Neve, Monumenta Anglicana, 1650-79 (London, 1718) p. 190).

William Levinz D.M. 1679-1698.

Coll. 25 March 1679 (P.R.O., E 331 B & W/10) or 3 Apr. (D/D/B Reg. 22 f. 33). D. 3 March 1698 (m.i., St. John's college chap., Oxford) (J. Le Neve, Monumenta Anglicana, 1680-99 (London, 1718) pp. 186-7; D/D/B Reg. 24 f. 14v).

Henry Layng M.A. 1698-1716.

Coll. 31 March 1698 (D/D/B Reg. 24 f. 14v). Instal. 1 Apr. (Cal. Wells 11 477). Archdcn. of Wells 1716.

John Whitehand M.A. 1716-1721.

Coll. 23 May 1716 (D/D/B Reg. 25 f. 29). Instal. 26 May (Cal. Wells 11 498). D. June 1721 (burial, Shepton Mallet) (PR Shepton Mallet, ex inf. Mrs. J. Martin; Cal. Wells 11 498).

John Rogers D.D. 1721-1729.

Coll. 26 July 1721 (D/D/B Reg. 25 f. 43). Instal. 27 July (Cal. Wells 11 505). D. 1 May 1729 (Hist. Reg. Chron. 1729, xiv 29; D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 5).

Timothy Collins M.A. 1729-1766.

Coll. 18 June 1729 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 5). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 519). D. 7 May 1766 (Gent. Mag. 1766, xxxvi 247; D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 41v).

Sir Thomas Bankes J'anson Bart. B.C.L. 1766-1773.

Coll. 11 July 1766 (D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 41v). Instal. 12 July (CA 1761-77 p. 163). Precentor of Wells 1773.

John Paine M.A. 1773-1774.

Coll. 18 May 1773 (D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 91). Instal. 19 May (CA 1761-77 p. 295). D. 15 Aug. 1774 (m.i., Wells cath.) (Wells Cath. p. 7; D/D/B Reg. 32 f. iv).

Charles Moss M.A. 1774-1799.

Coll. 21 Sept. 1774 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. iv). Instal. [no day or month] 1774 (CA 1761-77 p. 330). Precentor of Wells 1799.

Charles Thomas Barker B.D. 1799-1812.

Coll. 18 March 1799 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 169). Instal. 11 May (CA 1792-1817 p. 140). D. by 17 June 1812 (Cal. Wells 11 546).

Houstonne Radcliffe D.D. 1812-1822.

Coll. 21 Sept. 1812 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 95). Instal. 22 Sept. (CA 1792-1817 p. 473). D. 8 Apr. 1822 (Gent. Mag. 1822, xcii (1) 380; D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 186v).

Charles Edmund Keene M.A. 1822-1849.

Coll. 26 Apr. 1822 (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 186v). Instal. 27 Apr. (CA 1817-32 p. 102). Changed his name to Ruck Keene 19 July 1841 (Lond. Gaz. no. 20000). Res. by 14 Apr. 1849 (D/D/B Reg. 36 f. 220).

Edgar Huxtable B.A. 1849-1861.

Coll. 14 Apr. 1849 (D/D/B Reg. 36 f. 220). Instal. 21 Apr. (CA 1841-55 p. 156). Res. by 4 Oct. 1861 (D/D/B Reg. 38 f. 146v).