Precentors

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 4, York Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1975.

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PRECENTORS OF YORK

(with the prebend of Driffield annexed) (fn. 1)

Nicholas Everard D.Cn.L. 1539-1545.

Instal. 19 Sept. 1539 (AC 1504-43 ff. 227v-228v). D. by 16 Dec. 1545 (Inst. AB 1 f. 150; AC 1543-58 ff. 23v-24).

John Rokeby D.C.L. (Cantab.) 1545-1573.

Coll. 16 Dec. 1545 (Inst. AB 1 f. 150). Instal. 19 Dec. (AC 1543-58 ff. 23v-24). D. 29 Nov./3 Dec. 1573 (D/C Prob. Reg. 5 ff. 67v-68; AC 1565-1634 f. 114).

John Gibson LL.D. 1574-1613.

Coll. 15 May 1574 (Reg. 30 f. 84; Inst. AB 3 f. 45). Instal. 4 June (AC 1565-1634 f. 121r-v). Knighted 1603 (Shaw, Knights of England 11 114; Rymer, Foedera vii ii 84). D. by 15 Feb. 1613 (burial, Kirkdale, Yorks.) (PRT Kirkdale 1612; AC 1565- 1634 ff. 468, 471r-v).

Henry Banks D.D. 1613-1615.

Pres. to precentorship only by Edward Banks M.A., patron hac vice by reason of gr. from Henry Banks D.D., his father, patron by reason of gr. from the executors of Robert [Cecil], earl of Salisbury, patron in turn by reason of gr. of next pres. made by abp. Matthew; instit. by abp. 12 Apr. 1613 and coll. to preb. of Driffield s.d. (Inst. AB 3 ff. 419v-420; Inst. AB 4 ff. 62v-63). Instal. 15 Apr. (AC 1565-1634 f. 471r-v). Exch. 22/25 Apr. 1615 with John Brooke for preb. of Bugthorpe (Inst. AB 3 f. 437r-v; Inst. AB 4 ff. 96v-97v).

John Brooke D.D. 1615-1617.

By exch. Apr. 1615. Instal. 28 Apr. (AC 1565-1634 ff. 496-7). D. 23 March 1617 (m.i., York minster) (Eboracum p. 509; Inst. AB 3 f. 484).

John Favour D.C.L. 1617-1624.

Coll. 23 March 1617 (Inst. AB 3 f. 484; Inst. AB 4 p. 173-f. 175v). (fn. 2) Instal. 28 March (AC 1565-1634 ff. 521v-522). D. 10 March 1624 (m.i., Halifax, Yorks.) (Halifax Monumental Inscriptions p. 11; Inst. AB 4 pp. 357-8).

Henry Hooke D.D. 1624.

Coll. 19 March 1624 (Inst. AB 4 pp. 357-8; Inst. AB 5 pp. 93-4), possibly ineffective.

Richard Palmer B.D. 1624-1631.

Coll. 22 Apr. 1624 on d. of John Favour (Inst. AB 5 pp. 95-8). Instal. 26 Apr. (AC 1565-1634 f. 607r-v). D. 7/11 Oct. 1631 (burial, Blankney, Lincs.) (Lincolnshire Archives Office, Lincoln consistory court wills 1633 ff. 93-94v; ibid., PRT Blankney 1631; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1631-3 p. 169).

George Stanhope D.D. 1631-1644.

Warrant 22 Oct. 1631 for pres. by king sede vacante (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1631-3 p. 169); pres. issued 24 Oct. (P.R.O., C 66/2579). Instit. by dean and chapter 4 Nov. (AC 1565-1634 f. 697v). Instal. 11 Nov. (ibid. ff. 698v-699). Warrant 15 Nov. for pres. by king to preb. of Driffield (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1631-3 p. 182); pres. issued 27 (sic) Nov. (P.R.O., C 66/2579). Instit. by dean and chapter 26 Nov. (AC 1565-1634 ff. 702v-703). Instal. 28 Nov. (ibid. ff. 703v-704). D. by 26 July 1644 (burial, York minster) (Y.A.J. i 236-7).

Henry Ferne D.D. ?-1660.

Had some claim to precentorship which he surrendered by 13 Aug. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2918).

Tobias Wickham M.A. 1660-1661. (fn. 3)

Pres. by king 13 Aug. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2918). Instal. 22 Sept. (AC 1660-1700 f. 5r-v). Already had pres. by king to preb. of Bilton; res. precentorship (with preb. of Driffield) by 2 Sept. 1661, and presumably by 15 Aug. (ibid. f. 21; P.R.O., E 331 York/19).

Robert Sorsby B.D. 1661-1683.

Coll. 15 Aug. 1661 (P.R.O., E 331 York/19). Instal. 4 Sept. (fn. 4) (AC 1660-1700 f. 21r-v). D. 15 Aug. 1683 (m.i., York minster) (Y.A.J. i 253-4; Eboracum p. 504; Inst. AB 9 i p. 2).

Thomas Comber D.D. 1683-1692.

Warrant 27 Aug. 1683 for pres. by king sede vacante (Cal. S.P. Dom. July-Sept. 1683 p. 330; Autobiographies of Thomas Comber 1 50); pres. issued 27 Sept. (Adm. 1683). Instit. by abp. 19 Oct. (Inst. AB 9 i p. 2). Instal. 23 Oct. (AC 1660-1700 ff. 167v-168). Dean of Durham 1691, and res. precentorship 19 Jan. 1692 (Res. 1691; Sub. Bk. 13 f. 27; Autobiographies of Thomas Comber 1 24-6).

James Fall D.D. 1692-1711.

Coll. 19 Jan. 1692 (Inst. AB 9 ii p. 6). Instal. 1 Feb. (AC 1660-1700 f. 224v). D. 12 June 1711 (m.i., York minster) (Y.A.J. i 275; Eboracum p. 504; Inst. AB 10 i p. 105).

John Richardson M.A. 1711-1735.

Coll. 3 Aug. 1711 (Inst. AB 10 i p. 105). Instal. 6 Aug. (AC 1701-28 f. 40r-v). D. 28 Oct. 1735 (m.i., York minster) (Y.A.J. i 288; AC 1728-47 f. 114v).

Jaques Sterne LL.D. 1735-1759.

Coll. 17 Nov. 1735 (Reg. 35 f. 166; Inst. AB 12 pp. 56-7). Instal. by proxy 24 Nov. (AC 1728-47 ff. 117v-119v). D. 9 June 1759 (Gent. Mag. 1759, xxix 293; Inst. AB 14 pp. 87-8).

Thomas Newton D.D. 1759-1761.

Coll. 16 June 1759 (Inst. AB 14 pp. 87-8). Instal. by proxy 22 June (AC 1756-71 ff. 26v-28). Bp. of Bristol 1761.

William Mason M.A. 1762-1797.

Warrant 12 Jan. 1762 for pres. by king (Cal. Home Office Papers 1760-5, ed. J. Redington (London, 1878) p. 219); pres. issued 3 Feb. (Adm. 1762). Instit. by abp. 11 Feb. (Inst. AB 14 p. 161). Instal. 22 Feb. (AC 1756-71 ff. 51v-52v). D. 5 Apr. 1797 (Gent. Mag. 1797, lxvii (1) 359; AC 1784-1807 p. 187).

Henry Forster Mills M.A. 1797-1802.

Coll. 25 May 1797 (Inst. AB 17 p. 17). Instal. 27 May (AC 1784-1807 pp. 191-3). Chancellor of York 1802.

Hon. Edward Rice M.A. 1802-1862.

Coll. 7 May 1802 (Inst. AB 17 pp. 137-8). Instal. 15 May (AC 1784-1807 pp. 262- 265). D. 15 Aug. 1862 (The Times, 20 Aug.).

Footnotes

  • 1. This meant that on becoming precentor, a man had to res. any preb. of York which he held.
  • 2. Sic, foliation replaces pagination from f. 175.
  • 3. Both Mountjoy Cradock M.A. and Richard Wright petitioned ineffectively for the preb. of Driffield ? Aug. 1660 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1660-1 pp. 225, 226). Thomas Harward B.D. was pres. by king to preb. of Driffield 29 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2917), and was coll. (sic) by abp. 25 Oct. (Inst. AB 6 p. 304). Although he appointed a proxy for instal. 1 Nov. (D/C Misc. 1660), he was not instal., presumably because Tobias Wickham had already been instal. to precentorship with Driffield annexed.
  • 4. Said to be on res. of Tobias Wickham last precentor and on d. of George Stanhope last preb. of Driffield.
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