Canons of Durham: Tenth prebend

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 11, Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 2004.

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'Canons of Durham: Tenth prebend', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 11, Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses, (London, 2004) pp. 106-108. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol11/pp106-108 [accessed 19 April 2024]

CANONS OF THE 10TH PREBEND

Ralph Blakiston 1541–1550.

Apptd. by king in foundation charter 12 May 1541 (L. & P. XVI no. 878 (25, 33); DCM/B/BA/1 f. 2). D. by 7 Jan. 1550 (Wills & Inventories I 130–1; C.P.R. 1549–51 p. 293).

John Rudd B.D. 1550–1554.

Pres. by king 20 June 1550 (C.P.R. 1549–51 p. 293). Instit. 22 July (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 278). Depriv. by 1 May 1554 for being married (C.P.R. 1553–4 p. 384; cf. Diary of Henry Machyn p. 69).

George Bullock B.D. 1554–1559.

Pres. by queen 1 May 1554 (C.P.R. 1553–4 p. 384). Instit. by proxy 9 May (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 296). Refused to subscribe to royal supremacy and Articles; depriv. 25 Sept. 1559 (Royal Visitation of 1559 pp. 25, 49, 109; cf. Cal. S.P. Dom. Addenda 1547–65 p. 524).

John Rudd B.D. (again) 1559–1578.

Restored by royal commissioners 25 Sept. 1559 (Royal Visitation of 1559 p. 49). D. 19 Oct. 1578 (DCM/B/AA 16 Dec. 1578).

Hugh Broughton M.A. 1578–1580.

Coll. 13 Nov. 1578 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/3 f. 5); instal. 14 Nov. (DCM/B/AA 16 Dec. 1578). Res. by 8 Nov. 1580 (DCM/B/BA/4 f. 23).

Ralph Tunstall B.D. 1580–1619.

Instit. 8 Nov. 1580 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/4). Instal. 9 Nov. (DCM/B/BA/ 4 ff. 22v–23). D. 1 March 1619 (PR Croft, N.R. Yorks., ex inf. Canon T.A. Littleton).

Augustine Lindsell M.A. 1619–1620.

Coll. 5 March 1619 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 8). Instal. 8 Apr. (DCM/B/BA/9 f. 805v). Canon of 2nd preb. 1620.

Daniel Birckhead D.D. 1620–1624.

Coll. 3 Aug. 1620 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 28). Instal. 5 Aug. (DCM/B/BA/9 f. 806v). D. by 27 Nov. 1624 (burial, Durham cath.) (Reg. Durham Cath.p. 86).

John Cosin B.D. 1624–1660.

Coll. 4 Dec. 1624 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 72). House of Commons resolved 22 Jan. 1641 that Cosin was unfit to hold any preferment (Hist. Collections, ed. J. Rushworth (London, 1721–2) IV 152), but occ. as preb. 1642 and 16 Aug. 1643 (Durham Cath. Libr., MS. C. IV. 33 p. 509; DCM/B/AA 16 Aug. 1643). Bp. of Durham 1660.

Daniel Brevint M.A. 1660–1695.

Pres. by king 3 Dec. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2919). Instit. 17 Dec. (ibid., E 331 DURHAM/17). Instal. by proxy 15 March 1661 (DCM/C/A/1 f. 22v). D. 5 May 1695 (m.i., Lincoln cath.) (Hutchinson, Hist. & Ant. Durham II 210).

Fitzherbert Adams D.D. 1695–1711.

Coll. 7 June 1695; instal. 8 June (DCM/C/A/1 f.84r–v). Canon of 11th preb. 1711.

William Hartwell D.D. 1711–1725

Coll. 14 June 1711; instal. s.d. (DCM/C/A/2 pp. 14–15). D. 1 June 1725 (m.i., Durham cath.) (Hutchinson, Hist. & Ant. Durham II 207).

George Sayer M. A. 1725–1732.

Coll. 10 June 1725 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/29). Instal. by proxy 30 June (DCM/C/A/2 p. 63). Res. by 18 Oct. 1732 (ibid pp. 86–7).

Thomas Sharp D.D. 1732–1758.

Coll. 18 Oct. 1732; instal. 1 Dec. (DCM/C/A/2 pp. 86–7). D. 15 March 1758 (Gent. Mag. 1758, xxviii 146) or 16 March (Six North Country Diaries p. 203).

Henry Vane M.A. 1758–1794.

Coll. 25 March 1758 (AUC/1/1 p. 37). Instal. by proxy 5 Apr. (DCM/C/A/3 f. 3v). Created baronet 13 July 1782. D. 7 June 1794 (Gent Mag. 1794, lxiv (1) 580).

Francis Haggitt M.A. 1794–1825.

Coll. 23 June 1794; instal. 19 July (DCM/C/A/4 pp. 37–9). D. 29 July 1825 (Gent. Mag. 1825, xcv (2) 283).

George Townsend M.A. 1825–1857.

Coll. 2 Aug. 1825; instal. 20 Aug. (DCM/C/A/4 f. 125r–v). D. 23 Nov. 1857 (Gent. Mag. 1858, 3rd ser. iv 101).

As this was the sixth preb. to fall vacant after the passing of stat. 3 & 4 Vic. c. 113 s. 8, it was filled in accordance with that Act.