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: Fourth prebend', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 8, Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough Dioceses, (London, 1996) pp. 26-28. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol8/pp26-28 [accessed 20 April 2024]
CANONS OF THE 4TH PREBEND, BRISTOL
Roger Hughes B.Cn.L. 1542-1545.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 4 June 1542 (L. & P. XVII no. 443 (9)). D. 24 Dec. 1545 x 2 March 1546 (P.R.O., PROB 11/31, PCC 5 Alen).
John Cottrell D.C.L. 1545-1572.
[Instal. 31 Dec. 1545 (Lib. Cap. II (fn. 1) f. 120).] Occ. in accounts 29 Sept. 1549 x 29 Sept. 1550 (DC/A/9/1/1 f. 2). D. 21 Feb. x 1 March 1572 (P.R.O., PROB 11/54, PCC 13 Daper; C.P.R. 1572-5 no. 1186).
Thomas Wethered M.A. 1574-1576.
Pres. by queen 29 March 1574 (C.P.R. 1572-5 no. 1186). Instit. by abp. sede vacante 17 Apr. (Reg. Parker III 981). Res. by 15 Nov. 1576 (C.P.R. 1575-8 no. 578).
John Saunders M.A. 1576-1596.
Pres. by queen 15 Nov. 1576 (C.P.R. 1575-8 no. 578). Instit. by abp. sede vacante 13 March 1577 (Lamb., Reg. Grindal II f. 297). D. by 19 May 1596 (Lamb., Reg. Whitgift II ff. 153v, 209v-210v).
John Dixe B.D. 1596-1614.
Pres. by queen 12 Nov. 1593 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/1402). Instit. 19 May 1596 by abp. sede vacante (Lamb., Reg. Whitgift II ff. 153v, 209v-210v). D. by 14 Feb. 1614 (burial, St. Andrew Undershaft, London)(London Guildhall, Corporation of London R.O., PR St. Olave, Old Jewry (sic)).
John Wilkinson M.A. 1614-1629.
Pres. by king 8 Apr. 1607 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/1747). [Pres. exhibited to chapter 1 June (Lib. Cap. V f. 79). Instal. 19 Feb. 1614 (ibid. f. 174).] Occ. in accounts 29 Sept. 1613 x 29 Sept. 1614 (DC/A/9/1/5 f. 100v). Last occ. in accounts 29 Sept. 1628 x 29 Sept. 1629 (ibid. f. 174v).
George Cuthbert M.A. 1629-?
[Instal. 22 Oct. 1629 (Lib. Cap. V ff. 64, 110).] Occ. in accounts 29 Sept. 1629 x 29 Sept. 1630 (DC/A/9/1/5 f. 179v). D. at latest by 13 Nov. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2919).
William Kemp M.A. 1660-1664.
Pres. by king 1 Oct. 1660, on petition (P.R.O., C 66/2919; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1 p. 200). Instal. 17 Nov. (P.R.O., E 331 Bristol/6). D. by 22 June 1664 (P.R.O., C 66/3070).
Samuel Wood M.A. 1664-1668.
Pres. by king 22 June 1664 (P.R.O., C 66/3070). Instit. 29 June 1664 (ibid., E 331 Bristol/6). Occ. in accounts for the year 29 Sept. 1667 x 29 Sept. 1668 (DC/A/9/1/7 f. 114).
John Chetwynd M.A. 1668-1692.
Occ. in accounts from the year 29 Sept. 1668 x 29 Sept. 1669 onwards (DC/A/9/1/7 f. 122).D. 30 Dec. 1692 (m.i., Temple Ch., Bristol) (Survey of Cath. I 844).
Charles Livesay M.A. 1693-1739.
Instit. 2 March 1693 (P.R.O., E 331 Bristol/12). [Instal. 10 March (Lib. Cap. X f. 214).] D. by 10 Apr. 1739 (burial, Sutton Bonnington, Notts.) (Notts Archives, PR Sutton Bonnington; Ep./A/5/1/1 ff. 1v-2).
John Castleman (fn. 2) M.A. 1739-1761.
Pres. by king 10 May 1739 (Ep./A/42/2). Instit. 12 May (Ep./A/5/1/1 ff. 1v-2). D. 12 Jan. 1761 (Gent. Mag. 1761, xxxi 44; Ep./A/5/1/2 p. 45).
Charles Tarrant D.D. 1761-1776.
Pres. by king issued 21 Jan. 1761: instit. 24 Jan. (Ep./A/42/2) or 26 Jan. (Ep./A/5/1/2 p. 45). Instal. by proxy 9 Feb. (DC/A/8/2 f. 438). Warrant 4 Jan. 1766 for dispensation for 5 years from residence at Bristol, as dean of Peterborough (Cal. Home Office Papers 1766-9 no. 372 - 'Charles Farrant'). Warrant 6 May 1774 for similar dispensation for 7 years (Cal. Home Office Papers 1773-5 no. 826). Res. preb. of Bristol 6 Jan. 1776 (Ep./A/1/1 f. 65), on becoming canon of Rochester.
William Speke B.D. 1776-1791.
Pres. by king; instit. 6 Feb. 1776 (Ep./A/1/1 f. 65v). Instal. 1 March (DC/A/8/2 f. 540). D. 15 Nov. 1791 (Gent. Mag. 1791, lxi (2) 1069; Ep./A/1/2 f. 44).
Francis Randolph M.A. 1791-1831.
Pres. by king; instit. 24 Dec. 1791 (Ep./A/1/2 f. 44). Instal. 26 Dec. (DC/A/8/2 f. 634v). D. 14 June 1831 (Gent. Mag. 1831, ci (1) 649; Ep./A/1/3 f. 107r-v).
Samuel Lee B.D. 1831-1852.
Pres. by king; instit. 5 July 1831 (Ep./A/1/3 f. 107r-v). Instal. 13 Aug. (DC/A/8/4 f. 173). D. 16 Dec. 1852 (Gent. Mag. 1853, new ser. xxxix 203-7). Preb. suspended in accordance with Stat. 3 & 4 Vic. c. 113 s. 13.