Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1999.
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'Prebendaries: Bedford Minor', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese, (London, 1999) pp. 38-39. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol9/pp38-39 [accessed 9 May 2024]
PREBENDARIES OF BEDFORD MINOR
Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £2 16s 6d (Valor IV 21).
John Taylor D.D. 1539-1549.
Coll. 3 Feb. 1539 (Reg. XXVII f. 13v). Instal. by proxy 5 March (CA 1536-47 pp. 19-20). Preb. of Corringham 1549.
John Old 1549-1553.
Compounded for first-fruits 18 March 1549 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 24v). Instal. by proxy 24 March 1551 (CA 1547-59 p. 57). Res. by 23 Oct. 1553, and probably by 20 March (ibid. p. 99; P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 115).
John Vincent 1553-1554.
Compounded for first-fruits 20 March 1553 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 115). Instal. by proxy 23 Oct. (CA 1547-59 p. 99). Depriv. by 1 Sept. 1555, and presumably c. March 1554 (fn. 1) (ibid. p. 120).
Thomas Rayner LL.B. 1555-1574.
Instal. by proxy 1 Sept. 1555 (CA 1547-59 p. 120). Occ. Sept. 1572 (Bj/3/6 f. 227v). D. by 3 May 1574 (Bishop Cooper's Records p. 58, as rector of Meppeshall; cf. P.R.O., E 334/6 pt. ii f. 30; Reg. XXIX f. 3).
John Martin 'scholar' 1574-1626.
Coll. 10 Nov. 1574 (Reg. XXIX f. 3). Instal. by proxy 22 Feb. 1575 (A/3/7 f. 77v). D. by 5 July 1626 (A/3/9 f. 160v).
Richard Kilby B.D. 1626-1652.
Coll. 21 July 1626 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 7). Instal. in person 5 [sic] July (A/3/9 f. 160v). Occ. 8 Aug. 1634 (Add. Reg. 3 f. 185v). D. by 11 Oct. 1652 (Brit. Libr., Add. MS. 36792 f. 52v/51v).
Robert Townsend D.D. 1660-1706.
Pres. by king sede vacante 18 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2919; Dj/25/2/11). Instal. in person 9 Nov. (A/3/9 f. 214). D. by 6 Oct. 1706 (burial, Preston Bissett, Bucks.) (Society of Genealogists, 'Parish Registers of Preston Bissett, Bucks., 1576-1840', ed. J.S.W. Gibson (typescript, 1958); Reg. XXXVI p. 36).
Alexander Leith M.A. 1706-1732.
Coll. 4 Dec. 1706 (Reg. XXXVI p. 36). Instal. in person 14 Dec. (A/3/13 p. 6). D. 11 Oct. 1732 (m.i., St. Paul, Bedford) (Beds. Notes and Queries iii (1893) 113; Reg. XXXVII p. 270).
Thomas Fairfax M.A. 1732-1750.
Coll. 16 Nov. 1732 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 270). Instal. in person 20 Jan. 1733 (Bij/3/1). D. by 5 Dec. 1750 (burial, Eynesbury, Hunts.) (Cambs. R.O. (Huntingdon), PR Eynesbury; Reg. XXXVIII p. 503).
Moses Terry B.C.L. 1751-1757.
Coll. 30 Aug. 1751 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 503). Instal. in person 28 Sept. (A/3/13 p. 430). D. 23 Feb. 1757 (m.i., Lincoln cath.) (Monson's Church Notes pp. 238, 242; Reg. XXXVIII p. 552).
John Austen M.A. 1757-1758.
Coll. 7 June 1757 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 552). Instal. in person 11 June (Dj/27/3/53, endorsed). D. by 24 Dec. 1758 (burial, Lincoln St. Mary Magdalene) (PR Lincoln St. Mary Magdalene; Reg. XXXVIII p. 569).
Thomas Simpson M.A. 1759-1786.
Coll. 9 July 1759 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 569). Instal. in person 29 Sept. (A/3/14 f. 134). D. by 22 March 1786 (burial, Lincoln St. Peter in Eastgate) (PR Lincoln St. Peter in Eastgate; Reg. XXXIX p. 450).
William Hett M.A. 1786-1833.
Coll. 28 June 1786 (Reg. XXXIX p. 450). Instal. in person 5 Aug. (A/3/15 p. 296). D. 21 Nov. 1833 (m.i., Lincoln cath., N. wall of cloisters; Lincoln cath. burial reg.; Reg. XL p. 414).
Thomas Trevenen Penrose M.A. 1834-1862.
Coll. 19 May 1834 (Reg. XL p. 414). Instal. 26 May (A/3/17 pp. 285-6). D. 5 July 1862 (Gent. Mag. 1862, 3rd ser. xiii 233; Dj/28/3/12).