Prebendaries: Finsbury

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 5, St Paul's, London. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1963.

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'Prebendaries: Finsbury', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: Volume 5, St Paul's, London, (London, 1963) pp. 36-38. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol5/pp36-38 [accessed 25 April 2024]

PREBENDARIES OF FINSBURY

M. William de Ewell 1288, 1301.

Occ. in catalogue (WD 2 f. 112/119) between Walter de Merton (bp. of Rochester 1274) and Robert de Baldock. Occ. as a can. of St Paul's from 1279 (Brit. Mus., Harley MS. 6956 f. 38b). Occ. 14 July 1288 (A/8/1055), and 1 June 1301 (WD 1 f. 50). D., probably as preb., by 1312 (cf. Registrum Palatinum Dunelmense (R.S. 62) 1 117).

M. Robert de Baldock senior B.C.L. ?-1326.

Occ. in catalogue (WD 2 f. 112/119) between William de Ewell and Thomas de Astley. Occ. 9 Aug. 1312 (A/8/1053). Depriv. by 2 Dec. 1326 (Reg. Baldock p. 278). D. 28 May 1327 (Chron. of Ed. I and II 1 334; CPL. 11 263).

M. Rhys ap Howel 1326-?

Coll. 2 Dec. 1326 (Reg. Baldock p. 278).

M. Thomas de Astley 1327-1349.

Prov. 14 July 1327 on d. of Robert de Baldock (CPL. 11 263, 269). Estate ratif. 15 Feb. 1330, 30 March 1334, 21 Jan. 1346, 1 July 1347, and 1 Feb. 1348 (CPR. 1327-1330 p. 495; CPR. 1330-1334 p. 531; CPR. 1345-1348 pp. 28, 343; CPR. 1348- 1350 p. 3). D. by 7 May 1349 (CPL. 111 274).

John Cok 1349-1358.

Prov. 7 May 1349 (CPL. 111 274). D. by 13 May 1358 (ibid. pp. 591, 596).

Richard de Aston 1358-?

Papal conf. 23 Dec. 1358 (CPL. 111 596). Estate ratif. 20 Sept. 1359 (CPR. 1358- 1361 p. 291). Occ. Oct. 1366 (Reg. Sudbury 11 151).

William Fullborne ?-1391.

D. as preb. by 2 Aug. 1391 (Reg. Braybroke f. 88).

Roger Albryghton 1391-1393.

Coll. 2 Aug. 1391 (Reg. Braybroke f. 88). Estate ratif. 9 Aug. (CPR. 1388-1392 p. 468). Res. by 24 May 1393 (Reg. Braybroke f. 111).

John de Burton 1393-1394.

Coll. 24 May 1393 (Reg. Braybroke f. 111). Estate ratif. 26 May (CPR. 1391-1396 p. 285). D. by 23 July 1394 (Reg. Braybroke f. 122b).

Reginald Braybroke 1394-1405.

Coll. 23 July 1394 (Reg. Braybroke f. 122b). Estate ratif. 29 Aug. (CPR. 1391-1396 p. 494). Exch. c. 11 Feb. 1405 with Robert Clerk for ch. of Stanford-le-Hope, Essex (CPR. 1401-1405 p. 486; cf. CPR. 1405-1408 p. 183, 12 June 1406, where it is said to be for ch. of Walsoken, Norf.). (fn. 1)

Robert Clerk 1405-?

By exch. Feb. 1405 or 1406. Preb. of Cantlers by 1421, probably by exch. with Nicholas Herbury.

M. Nicholas Herbury B.Cn.L. ?-1425.

Probably by exch. Occ. 7 May 1418 (CPL. vii 78). Exch. 2 Jan. 1425 with Richard Caudray for preb. of Fontmell in Shaftesbury conventual ch., Dors. (Salis., Reg. Chaundeler pt. i f. 76b).

Richard Caudray 1425-1458.

By exch. Jan. 1425. Instal. 9 Jan. (WD 13 f. 100b/98b). D. by 26 Aug. 1458 (Reg. T. Kempe pt. i f. 58b).

James Stanley 1458-1481.

Coll. 26 Aug. 1458 (Reg. T. Kempe pt. i f. 58b). Exch. 12 Aug. 1481 with Ralph Langley for wardenship of Manchester colleg. ch. (ibid. f. 185b).

Ralph Langley 1481-?

By exch. Aug. 1481. Preb. said to be vac., 15 Apr. 1493, by d. of M. - (name left blank) (Reg. Hill f. 9b).

M. John Hill B.Cn.L. 1493.

Coll. 15 Apr. 1493 (Reg. Hill f. 9b). Exch. 2 Nov. with Robert Sherborne for preb. of Weldland (ibid. ff. 11-11b).

M. Robert Sherborne B.M. 1493-1494.

By exch. Nov. 1493. Res. by 19 Aug. 1494 (Reg. Hill f. 14b).

M. Geoffrey Simeon B.Th. 1494-?

Coll. 19 Aug. 1494 (Reg. Hill f. 14b). D. (as preb.?) 15/31 Aug. 1508 (PCC 4 Bennett).

M. William Horsey D.Cn.L. ?-1513.

Res. this preb. by 6 July 1513 to become preb. of Totenhall (Reg. FitzJames f. 41b).

M. James FitzJames 1513-1519.

Coll. 6 July 1513 (Reg. FitzJames f. 41b). Res. by 22 Oct. 1519 (ibid. f. 79b).

M. Richard Pace 1519-1527.

Coll. 22 Oct. 1519 (Reg. FitzJames f. 79b). Res. by 25 June 1527 (Reg. Tunstal f. 20b).

M. Richard Wolman D.Cn.L. 1527-1537.

Coll. 25 June 1527 (Reg. Tunstal f. 20b). D. by 19 Sept. 1537 (Reg. Stokesley f. 34; L. & P. xii ii No. 720).

John Spendlove 1537-1554.

Coll. 19 Sept. 1537 (Reg. Stokesley f. 34). Depriv. by 26 May 1554 (Reg. Bonner f. 452).

Footnotes

  • 1. No evidence has been found for John Malverne, given by Le Neve-Hardy, without references, between Reginald Braybroke and Robert Clerk.