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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 7, Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1992.
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CANONS OF THE 5TH PREBEND, WORCESTER
Gilbert Bourne B.D. 1542-1554.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 24 Jan. 1542 (L. & P. XVII no. 71 (28)). Bp. of Bath and Wells 1554.
Edmund Daniel M.A. 1554-1559.
Pres. by queen 27 Apr. 1554 (C.P.R. 1553-4 p. 385). Depriv. 23 Nov. / 11 Dec. 1559 (Reg. Parker I 73; C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 258).
Robert Avys M.A. 1559-1581.
Pres. by queen 11 Dec. 1559 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 258). D. by 12 Aug. 1581 (BA.2648/10 (i) p. 43).
Gilbert Backhouse B.D. 1581-?
Coll. 12 Aug. 1581 by new right of pres. given by queen to bp. 4 Aug. (BA.2648/10 (i) pp. 42-3). Instit. on queen's pres. 25 Aug. (ibid. p. 43). (fn. 1) Occ. 24 June 1597 (B 1784, endorsement).
Thomas Ferryman M.A. ?-1619.
Occ. in treasurer's account for year 1597-8 (A 234). D. by 10 July 1619; buried 12 July (A 65 f. 6; PR Harvington), although also said to d. 12 July (m.i., Harvington, Worcs.) (Nash, Hist. Worcs. I 577).
Henry Bright M.A. 1619-1627.
Pres. by king to next vac. preb.; mand. for instal. 7 Jan. 1604 (B 1748). Instal. 10 July 1619 (A 65 f. 6). D. 4 March 1627 (m.i., Worcester cath.) (Survey of Cath. I 673).
Nathaniel Giles D.D. 1627-1654/5.
Pres. by king 9 Jan. 1618 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/2147; B 1767a). Instal. 10 March 1627 (A 65 f. 9). D. 22 Dec. 1654 / 23 Jan. 1655 (P.R.O., PROB 11/243, PCC 49 Aylett; ibid. C 66/2919).
Edward Reynolds M.A. 1660-1698.
Pres. by king 3 Aug. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2919). Subscribed to Articles before instal. 20 Sept. (A 116 f. 8v). D. 28 June 1698 (m.i., Kingsthorpe, Northants) (J. Le Neve, Monumenta Anglicana, 1680-99 (London, 1718) p. 189; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1698 p. 361).
Sir William Dawes Bart. D.D. 1698-1708.
Warrant 18 July 1698 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1698 p. 361); issued 25 July (A 70 f. 37r-v). Instit. 25 Aug. (BA.2648/10 (iii) p. 131). Instal. 26 Aug. (A 70 f. 39). Bp. of Chester 1708.
Robert Brabant D.D. 1708-1722.
Pres. by queen 28 Apr. 1708 (A 70 ff. 54v-55). Instit. 11 May (BA.2648/10 (iii) p. 186). Instal. 15 May (A 70 f. 56v). D. 21 Apr. 1722 (Hist. Keg. Chron. 1722, vii 23, 24; BA.2648/10 (iii) p. 239).
Benjamin Woodroffe M.A. 1722-1726.
Pres. by king 30 Apr. 1722 (A 70 ff. 76v-77; P.R.O., C 66/3550). Instit. 19 May (BA.2648/10 (iii) p. 239). Instal. s.d. (A 70 f. 78v), Res. by 24 Sept. 1726, on becoming canon of Winchester (A 70 ff. 82v, 84; BA.2648/11 (i) f. 6v).
Thomas Inett M.A. 1726-1748.
Pres. by king 24 Sept. 1726 (A 70 ff. 82v, 84). Instit. 1 Oct. (BA.2648/11 (i) f. 6v). Instal. s.d. (A 70 f. 84v). D. by 29 Dec. 1748 (burial, Worcester cath.) (Worcester Cath. Reg. p. 68; Lond. Gaz. no. 8816).
John Dalton M.A. 1749-1763.
Pres. by king pubd. 21 Jan. 1749 (Lond. Gaz. no. 8816); issued 24 Jan. (P.R.O., C 66/3626; A 70 f. 122v). Instit. 28 Jan. (BA.2648/11 (i) f. 76v). Instal. by proxy 7 Feb. (A 70 f. 123v). D. 21 July 1763 (Gent. Mag. 1763, xxxiii 363).
William Jennings B.D. 1763-1788.
Pres. by king pubd. 2 Aug. 1763 (Lond. Gaz. no. 10335); issued 6 Aug. (A 70 f. 138). Instit. 27 Aug. (BA.2648/11 (ii) f. 12v). Instal. s.d. (A 70 f. 139). D. 17 March 1788 (State of the Bishoprick of Worcester p. 222).
Thomas Hughes M.A. 1788-1793.
Pres. by king pubd. 15 Apr. 1788 (Lond. Gaz. no. 12981); issued 21 Apr. (A 71 p. 70). Instit. 23 Apr. (BA.2648/12 (i) f. 2v). Instal. 24 May (A 71 pp. 72-4). Res. by 17 Aug. 1793, on becoming canon of Westminster (Lond. Gaz. no. 13558).
Charles Peter Layard D.D. 1793-1800.
Pres. by king pubd. 17 Aug. 1793 (Lond. Gaz. no. 13558); issued 13 Sept. (A 71 p. 75). Instit. 16 Sept. (BA.2648/12 (i) f. 33). Instal. s.d. (A 71 pp. 77-8). Res. by 7 Jan. 1800, on becoming dean of Bristol (Lond. Gaz. no. 15219).
Charles Talbot M.A. 1800-1802.
Pres. by king pubd. 7 Jan. 1800 (Lond. Gaz. no. 15219); issued 25 Jan. (A 71 p. 92). Instil. 31 Jan. (BA.2648/12 (i) f. 56e). Instal. 1 Feb. (A 71 pp. 95-7). Res. by 25 Dec. 1802, on becoming dean of Exeter (Lond. Gaz. no. 15543, cf. no. 15535).
John Wingfield D.D. 1802-1825.
Pres. by king pubd. 25 Dec. 1802 (Lond. Gaz. no. 15543); issued 13 Jan. 1803 (A 71 p. 98). Instit. 27 Jan. (BA.2648/12 (i) f. 59). Subscribed to Articles before instal. 28 Jan. (A 116 f. 57). D. 9 Dec. 1825; buried Worcester cath. 16 Dec. (m.i., S. aisle, Worcester cath.; PR Worcester cath.)
John Davison B.D. 1825-1834.
Pres. by king pubd. 19 Dec. 1825 (Lond. Gaz. no. 18204). Instit. 13 Jan. 1826 (BA.2648/12 (i) f. 105). Subscribed to Articles before instal. 14 Jan. (A 116 f. 75). D. 6 May 1834 (Gent. Mag. 1834, new ser. i 666).
Hon. John Fortescue M.A. 1834-1869.
Pres. by king pubd. 17 May 1834 (Lond. Gaz. no. 19156). Instit. 7 June (BA.2648/12 (ii) f. 22v). Subscribed to Articles before instal. s.d. (A 116 f. 80v). D. 3 Jan. 1869 (The Times, 6 Jan.; Lond. Gaz. no. 23461).