Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 8, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1996.
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'Canons: Sixth prebend', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 8, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses, (London, 1996) pp. 134-136. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol8/pp134-136 [accessed 19 April 2024]
CANONS OF THE 6TH PREBEND, PETERBOROUGH
Richard White or Grantham (fn. 1) 1541-?
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 4 Sept. 1541 (L. & P. XVI no. 1226 (6)). Occ. 29 Sept. 1549 (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 50 p. 7).
Robert Isham M.A. ?-1559.
Succeeded Richard White (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 12 f. 5). Res. 30 Sept. 1559 (Inst. AB 1 f. 84r-v).
William Binsley D.C.L. 1559-?
Succeeded Robert Isham (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 12 f. 5). Occ. n.d. 1563 (Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS. 122 f. 195). D. 15 Oct. 1569 x 4 July 1571 (P.R.O., PROB 11/53, PCC 31 Holney).
Robert Johnson M.A. 1573.
Succeeded William Binsley (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 12 f. 5). Occ. by 29 Sept. 1573 (ibid., MS. 55, accounts of 1573-4). (fn. 2)
Richard Smith B.D. ?-1615.
Succeeded Robert Johnson (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 12 f. 5). (fn. 3) Occ. as canon of the 6th preb. by 29 Sept. 1582 (ibid., MS. 50, accounts of 1582-3). D. 25 May 1615 (PR Bulwick; Inst. AB 4 f. 41v).
John Aungier M.A. 1615-1630.
Coll. 8 June 1615 (Inst. AB 4 f. 41 v). D. by 15 Aug. 1630 (ibid. f. 90v; Survey of Cath. II 524).
Robert Sumner M.A. 1630-1659.
John Weston M.A. 1631-1632.
Coll. to Sumner 15 Aug. 1630 (Inst. AB 4 f. 90v). Pres. to Weston (fn. 4) by king, patron hac vice by lapse, 21 Jan. 1631 (P.R.O., C 66/2549). Further coll. to Sumner 29 Jan. (Inst. AB 4 f. 91 v). Pres. by king sede vacante to Sumner 21 Dec. 1632 (P.R.O., C 66/2612). Instit. by abp. 24 Dec. (Lamb., Reg. Abbot III f. 177r-v; cf. P.R.O., E 331 Cant./204). D. 27 July x 5 Oct. 1659 (P.R.O., PROB 11/295, PCC 508 Pell).
John Wildbore M.A. 1660-1662.
John Howorth B.D. 1660.
Pres. by king 13 July 1660 to Wildbore (P.R.O., C 66/2934). Pres. by king 24 July to Howorth (ibid., C 66/2934), ineffective. (fn. 5) Wildbore instal. 1 Aug. (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 12 f. 43v). Occ. 15 March 1662 (ibid., MS. 14 f. 32). Preb. vac. by 19 Nov. (Inst. AB 4, insert f. 7).
Thomas Lany B.D. 1662-1669.
Coll. 19 Nov. 1662 (Inst. AB 4, insert f. 7). Instal. 24 Nov. (P.C.L., Peterborough MS. 54, list at beginning). D. 2 Oct. 1669 (m.i., Lincoln cath.) (Lincs. Church Notes by W.J. Monson, 1828-40, ed. A.D.J. Monson (Lincoln Record Soc., xxxi, 1936) p. 248; Inst. AB 4 f. 156v).
John Whitehall M.A. 1669-1686.
Coll. 7 Oct. 1669 (Inst. AB 4 f. 156v). Instal. 11 Oct. (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 14 f. 83v). D. by 16 Jan. 1686 (burial, Stoke Doyle, Northants.) (PR Stoke Doyle; Inst. AB 8 f. 2).
Richard Blechingdon B.D. 1686-1697.
Coll. 11 Feb. 1686 (Inst. AB 8 f. 2). Instal. s.d. (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 14 f. 174v). D. by 30 Oct. 1697 (burial, Crick, Northants.) (PR Crick; Inst. AB 8 f. 32v).
Thomas Ball M.A. 1697-1699.
Coll. 10 Nov. 1697 (Inst. AB 8 f. 32v). Instal. 16 Nov. (PDC.ML/893 pp. 55- 6). Canon of the 2nd preb. 1699.
Richard Cumberland B.A. 1699-1737.
Coll. 4 Nov. 1699 (Inst. AB 8 f. 35v). Instal. s.d. (PDC.ML/893 p. 90). D. 24 Dec. 1737 (m.i., Peakirk, Northants.) (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 31 p. 90; Inst. AB 9 f. 59v).
Frederick Williams M.A. 1737-1746.
Coll. 31 Dec. 1737 (Inst. AB 9 f. 59v). Instal. s.d. (PDC.ML/863 p. 160) or 1 Jan. 1738 (P.C.L., Peterborough MS. 54, list at beginning). D. 12 Sept. 1746 (m.i., Peterborough cath.) (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 31 p. 152) or 14 Sept. (Gent. Mag. 1746, xvi 497; Inst. AB 9 f. 83).
Coote Leicester M.A. 1746-1770.
Coll. 8 Nov. 1746 (Inst. AB 9 f. 83). Instal. 9 Nov. (PDC.ML/863 p. 298). D. by 3 May 1770 (Inst. AB 10 p. 27).
Spencer Madan D.D. 1770-1794.
Pres. by abp., patron hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made 16 Dec. 1769 by Bp. Hinchliffe; instit. 3 May 1770 (Lamb., Reg. Cornwallis f. 83v; Inst. AB 10 p. 27). Instal. 5 May (PDC.ML/864p. 65). Bp. of Bristol 1792, but held this preb. in commendam; trans. to Peterborough 1794 and res. it.
Walker King D.D. 1794-1827.
Pres. by king; instit. 10 March 1794 (Inst. AB 10 p. 148). Instal. 26 Apr. (PDC.ML/864 p. 288). Bp. of Rochester 1809, but held this preb. in commendam. D. 22 Feb. 1827 (Gent. Mag. 1827, xcvii (1) 269-70; Inst. AB 10 p. 293).
Thomas Smart Hughes B.D. 1827-1847.
Coll. 26 Feb. 1827 (Inst. AB 10 p. 293). Instal. 3 March (PDC.ML/865 p. 238). D. 11 Aug. 1847 (Gent. Mag. 1848, new ser. xxix (1) 310-11). Stall suspended in accordance with Stat. 3 & 4 Vic. c. 113 s. 13.