Prebendaries: Bedford Major

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1999.

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PREBENDARIES OF BEDFORD MAJOR

Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £7 15s 2d (Valor IV 190).

Anthony Draycot D.C.L. 1539-1560.

Coll. 11 Feb. 1539 (Reg. XXVII f. 13v). Instal. 16 Feb. (CA 1536-47 p. 19). Leased out preb. 26 Aug. 1553 for 99 years at £8 p.a. (CA 1547-59 p. 93). Occ. in list of prebs. Sept. 1559 (Bj/3/6 f. 73v). Depriv. of benefices by 28 Sept. 1560 (A/3/7 f. 9; Sanders, De Visibili Monarchia p. 226).

Thomas Godwyn D.D. 1560-1563.

Instal. by proxy 28 Sept. 1560 (A/3/7 f. 9). Preb. of Milton Ecclesia 1563.

Gregory Garth M.A. 1564-?

Instal. by proxy 27 May 1564 (A/3/7 f. 36). Leased out preb. 22 Apr. 1566 for 40 years at £1 6s 8d p.a. (ibid. ff. 52v-53). Occ. Sept. 1573 (Bj/3/6 f. 238v).

William Cole D.D. 1574-1600.

Instal. by proxy 4 Dec. 1574; in person 26 June 1577 (A/3/7 ff. 77v, 82). D. 31 Aug. x 14 Sept. 1600 (P.R.O., PROB 11/97, PCC 30 Woodhall; Wilts. R.O., Salisbury Diocesan Records, D1/2/19 f. 6v; A/3/9 f. 12v).

William Mason M.A. 1600-1610.

Coll. 1 Dec. 1600 (Reg. XXX f. 142v). Instal. in person 7 May 1601 (A/3/9 ff. 11v, 14). D. by 23 Apr. 1610 (burial, Kelsey St. Mary) (PR Kelsey St. Mary).

John Barnes B.D. 1610-1612.

Coll. 29 Aug. 1610 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4). Instal. in person 8 Oct. (A/3/9 f. 79v). D. by 6 Aug. 1612 (burial, Bassingham) (PR Bassingham).

William Hickes M.A. 1612-1646.

Instit. 20 Aug. 1612 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4). Instal. in person 23 Aug. (A/3/9 f. 87v). D. as rector of Stoke Hammond, Bucks., by 29 Aug. 1646 (Bucks. Local Studies Libr., PR Stoke Hammond).

Baldwin Ackland B.D. ?-1667.

Coll. by Bp. Winniffe n.d. [1642-54], ineffective; official of Canterbury's mand. for instal. 29 Aug. 1660 (Dij/62/2/3). Instal. by proxy 12 Sept. (A/3/9 f. 209). Res. accepted 11 Oct. 1667 (Res. deed 1667/6), probably on his becoming preb. and treasurer of Exeter.

Stephen Norton M.A. 1667-1688.

Coll. 1 Nov. 1667 (Reg. XXXIII f. 91v). Chapter refused to instal. his proctor, but instal. in person 21 May 1668 (Dj/25/4 ff. 15v-16v). D. by 14 March 1688 (Reg. XXXIV f. 103v).

Robert Brabant M.A. 1688-1722.

Recommended to bp. for a preb. by earl of Sunderland 24 Sept. 1687 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1687-9 no. 372). Coll. 14 March 1688 (Reg. XXXIV f. 103v). Instal. in person 28 Apr. (A/3/11 f. 121). D. 21 Apr. 1722 (Hist. Reg. Chron. 1722, vii 23, 24; Reg. XXXVII p. 171).

Daniel Gabriel Gibern M.A. 1722-1749.

Coll. 12 Sept. 1722 (Reg. XXXVII p. 171). Instal. in person 22 Sept. (Bij/3/1). D. by 6 July 1749 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 489).

Robert Lamb B.A. 1749.

Coll. 6 July 1749 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 489). Instal. in person 12 Aug. (A/3/13 p. 412). D. by 25 Dec. (Reg. XXXVIII p. 492).

William Smith B.A. 1749-1782.

Coll. 25 Dec. 1749 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 492). Instal. in person 17 Feb. 1750 (A/3/13 p. 417). D. 6 May 1782 (m.i., St. Paul, Bedford) (Beds. Notes and Queries iii (1893) 113; Reg. XXXIX p. 380).

Thomas Bedford M.A. 1782-1793.

Coll. 5 June 1782 (Reg. XXXIX p. 380). Instal. in person 21 Sept. (A/3/15 p. 241). D. 30 May 1793 (Gent. Mag. 1793, lxiii (1) 576; Reg. XXXIX p. 577).

John Humfrey M.A. 1793-1847.

Coll. 27 June 1793 (Reg. XXXIX p. 577). Instal. in person 29 June (A/3/16 p. 45). D. 25 June 1847 (Gent. Mag. 1847, new ser. xxviii 548; Dj/28/3/5).

Preb. vac. until new coll. 28 May 1859 (Reg. XLI p. 14).