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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 9, Lincoln Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1999.
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PREBENDARIES OF LEICESTER ST. MARGARET
Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £27 5s 11d (Valor IV 172).
Henry Morgan D.C.L.1536-1559.
Coll. 6 June 1536 (Reg. XXVII f. 11v). Instal. by proxy 10 June (CA 1520-36 p. 198). Bp. of St. Davids 1554, but held this preb. in commendam and occ. 10 Dec. 1558 (Reg. XXVIII f. 128v). Depriv. by 6 Dec. 1559 (Reg. Parker I 83) and d. 23 Dec. (Brit. Libr., Lansdowne MS. 980 f. 289/270).
John Louth LL.B.1560-?
Pres. by queen sede vacante 28 Feb. 1560 (fn. 1) (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 254 - 'John Londe'; preb. said to be vac. by d.). Instit. 12 March (Reg. XIX f. 92v). Instal. in person 20 Apr. (A/3/7 f. 5). Occ. Sept. 1577 (Bj/3/6 f. 282v).
Thomas Todd M.A.1578-1581.
Pres. 31 July 1578 by Anne Todd, widow of William Todd, canon resid. of Lincoln, to whom Bp. Bullingham gr. next pres. 18 June 1566 (P.D. 1578/41- 42a; A/3/7 f. 51r-v). Instal. 17 Dec. (ibid. f. 86). D. by 23 March 1581 (Reg. XXIX f. 4v).
Henry Ince 1581-?
Coll. 23 March 1581 (Reg. XXIX f. 4v). Instal. 9 July 1581 (A/3/7 f. 90). Occ. 26 Sept. 1603 (Reg. XXX f. 197v).
George Eland B.D.1604-1606.
Coll. 8 March 1604 (Reg. XXX f. 204v). Instal. in person 25 Aug. (A/3/9 f. 31v). Leased out preb. 28 Nov. 1605 for 3 lives at £31 p.a. (Reg. XXX ff. 272A- 273v). Res. 17 Jan. 1606 (Res. 1606/1; Reg. XXX f. 276v), on becoming chancellor and preb. of Stoke.
Richard Clayton D.D.1606-1612. Archdcn. of Lincoln.
Coll. 22 Jan. 1606 (Reg. XXX f. 276v). Instal. by proxy 13 Aug. (fn. 2) (A/3/9 f. 45v). Leased out preb. for 3 lives; conf. by chapter 4 Oct. 1610 (ibid. f. 79). D. by 25 May 1612 (P.R.O., C 66/1953; Add. Reg. 3 ff. 16v, 17; P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4).
Thomas Turner B.D.1612-1617.
Instit. 27 June 1612 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4). Instal. in person 23 Aug. (A/3/9 f. 87). D. by 18 Oct. 1617 (burial, St. Mary the Less, Cambridge) (Cambs. R.O., PR Cambridge St. Mary the Less; P.R.O., C 66/2147).
John Walcott M.A.1618-?
Pres. by king sede vacante 9 Jan. 1618 (P.R.O., C 66/2147), Instit. 24 Jan. (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 5). Instal. by proxy 16 July (A/3/9 f. 132). Occ. 8 Aug. 1634 (Add. Reg. 3 f. 85v). D. by ? Aug. 1660 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1 p. 223).
Nathaniel Ward M.A.1660-1668.
Petitioned king n.d. (?Aug.) 1660 for this preb. (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1 p. 223). Pres. by king by lapse or other reason 27 Sept. (P.R.O., C 66/2919; Dj/25/1/9). Instal. in person 20 Oct. (A/3/9 f. 212v). D. 3 Dec. 1667 x 11 Feb. 1668 (P.R.O., PROB 11/326, PCC 26 Hone; Reg. XXXIII f. 111v).
Edward Butler M.A.1668-1670.
Coll. 10 Oct. 1668 (Reg. XXXIII f. 111v). Instal. in person 12 Oct. (Dj/25/4 f. 17). D. by 16 March 1670 (Reg. XXXIII f. 128).
Nicholas Stratford B.D.1670-1689.
Coll. 26 March 1670 (Reg. XXXIII f. 128). Instal. 7 Apr. (Dj/25/4 f. 20). Bp. of Chester 1689.
John Gostling M.A.1689-1733.
John Newton M.A. 1689.
Warrant 1 July 1689 for pres. to Gostling by king and queen; similar warrant 7 July for pres. to Newton; further warrants 17 Sept. and 25 Oct. on behalf of Gostling (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1689-90, pp. 172, 180, 259, 281, 302); pres. for Gostling issued 22 Oct. (P.D. 1689/63). Instit. 25 Oct. (Reg. XXXIV f. 112; Dj/26/2/44). Instal. in person 26 Oct. (A/3/11 f. 126). D. 17 July 1733 (Gent. Mag. 1733, iii 380; Reg. XXXVIII p. 279).
Thomas Gery M.A.1733-1737.
Coll. 28 July 1733 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 279). Instal. in person 7 Sept. (Bij/3/1). D. by 9 Sept. 1737 (burial, Buckden, Hunts.) (Cambs. R.O. (Huntingdon), PR Buckden; Reg. XXXVIII p. 337).
Andrew Burnaby LL.B.1737-1767.
Coll. 16 Sept. 1737 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 337). Instal. in person 21 Jan. 1738 (Bij/3/1). Res. deed dated 12 Oct. 1767; accepted 14 Oct. (Res. 238/122).
Robert Burnaby LL.B.x1767-1807.
Coll. 14 Oct. 1767 (Reg. XXXIX p. 83). Instal. in person 7 Nov. (A/3/15 p. 63). D. 2 Apr. 1807 (Gent. Mag. 1807, lxxvii (1) 386; Reg. XL p. 119).
John Palmer B.A.1807-1827.
Coll. 1 June 1807 (Reg. XL p. 119). Instal. in person 6 June (A/3/16 p. 218). D. by 23 Feb. 1827 (burial, Great Torrington, Devon) (Devon R.O., PR Great Torrington, ex inf. R.O. staff; P.D. 1827/4).
Sir John Hobart Seymour M.A.1827-1880.
Pres. by king sede vacante 21 June 1827 (P.D. 1827/4). Instit. 2 Aug. (Reg. XL p. 353). Became 2nd Bart. 1834. Assumed surname of Culme-Seymour by royal letters of 9 May 1842 (Lond. Gaz. no. 20098). D. 17 Sept. 1880 (The Times, 18 Sept. p. 9; Reg. XLII p. 110).