Prebendaries: Dulcote (or Fingest)

Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 5, Bath and Wells Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1979.

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PREBENDARIES OF DULCOTE (OR FINGEST)

William Thynne ?-1556.

Compounded for first-fruits 10 Feb. 1550 (fn. 1) (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 43). Preb. gr. by bp. to Edward, duke of Somerset; conf. by chapter 10 Dec. (C.P.R. 1549-51 pp. 204-5; Cal. Wells 11 272). Thynne res. by 31 March 1556 (Reg. Bps. p. 141).

George Carew D.D. 1556-?

Coll. 31 March 1556 (Reg. Bps. p. 141). Possibly res. preb. with residentiary canonry by 17 Jan. 1560 (Cal. Wells. 11 282).

Richard Petre B.A. ?-1572.

Occ. 31 March 1561 (D/D/Ca 30 p. 13). Res. by 30 Aug. 1572 (fn. 2) (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 35v).

Walter Bayley (fn. 3) D.M. 1572-1579.

Coll. 30 Aug. 1572 (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 35v). Instal. 1 Sept. (CA 1571-99 f. iv). Res. by 24 Sept. 1579 (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 55v).

Richard Larke B.A. 1579-?

Coll. 24 Sept. 1579 (D/D/B Reg. 15 f. 55v). Instal. s.d. (CA 1571-99 f. 13). Occ. 16 Jan. 1588 (P.R.O., E 334/5 f. 51v).

William Whitlocke M.A. 1589-?

Coll. 26 July 1589 (D/D/B Reg. 17 f. 19v). Instal. 6 Aug. (CA 1571-99 f. 53). Occ. 4 Feb. 1598 (Cal. Wells 11 335).

William Barker B.D. 1599-1611.

Instal. 31 May 1599 (Cal. Wells 11 338). D. 13 Oct./22 Nov. 1611 (P.R.O., PROB 11/118, PCC 102 Wood; Cal. Wells 11 362).

John Young B.D. 1611-1654.

Instal. 22 Nov. 1611 (Cal. Wells 11 362). D. 20 July 1654 (Winchester cath. libr., Chapter Act Book 1622-45 f. 83v).

John Peirs 'literate' 1660-1670.

Coll. 14 Sept. 1660 (D/D/B Reg. 20 f. 84(2)-'generosus literatus'). D. by 15 Dec. 1670 (CA 1666-83 p. 27).

Gabriel Thistlethwaite M.A. 1670-1723.

Coll. 15 Dec. 1670 (D/D/B Reg. 21 f. 10). Instal. s.d. (CA 1666-83 p. 27). D. by 8 Feb. 1723 (D/D/B Reg. 25 f. 46v).

Thomas Biggs B.D. 1723-1735.

Coll. 8 Feb. 1723 (D/D/B Reg. 25 f. 46v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 509). D. by 2 Oct. 1735 (ibid. p. 528).

John Wicksted M.A. 1735-1739.

Coll. 2 Oct. 1735 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 22v). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 528). Archdcn. of Wells 1739.

George Shakerley M.A. 1740-1742.

Coll. 27 Sept. 1740 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 40v). Instal. 12 Nov. (Cal. Wells 11 537). Archdcn. of Wells 1742.

David Symes B.A. 1742-1751.

Coll. 16 Dec. 1742 (D/D/B Reg. 26 f. 47). Instal. s.d. (Cal. Wells 11 540). D. by 20 Sept. 1751 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 30v).

Henry Willes M.A. 1751-1755.

Coll. 20 Sept. 1751 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 30v). Instal. 21 Sept. (CA 1744-60 p. 149). Preb. of Worminster 1755.

Philip Bearcroft D.D. 1755-1761.

Coll. 12 Nov. 1755 (D/D/B Reg. 27 f. 46v). Instal. 14 Nov. (CA 1744-60 p. 225). D. 17 Oct. 1761 (Gent. Mag. 1761, xxxi 538; D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 5).

Charles Willes M.A. 1761-1791.

Coll. 24 Oct. 1761 (D/D/B Reg. 28 f. 5). Instal. s.d. (CA 1761-77 p. 34). D. 22 Dec. 1791 (Gent. Mag. 1791, lxi (2) 1236; D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 120).

William Jackson D.D. 1792-1812.

Coll. 14 Jan. 1792 (D/D/B Reg. 32 f. 120). Instal. s.d. (CA 1777-92 p. 334). Bp. of Oxford 1812.

Joseph Drury D.D. 1812-1834.

Pres. by king pubd. 17 March 1812 (Lond. Gaz. no. 16583). Instit. by bp. 1 Apr. (D/D/B Reg. 33 f. 91). Instal. 24 Apr. (CA 1792-1817 p. 463). D. 9 Jan. 1834 (Gent. Mag. 1834, new ser., i 663; Gent. Mag. 1835, new ser., iii 246-50; D/D/B Reg. 34 f. 169v).

Robert Vanbrugh Law M.A. 1834.

Coll. 5 July 1834 (D/D/B Reg. 34 f. 169v). Res. by 2 Aug. before instal. (P.R.O., E 331 B & W/38).

Charles Milman Mount M.A. 1834-1855.

Coll. 2 Aug. 1834 (D/D/B Reg. 34 f. 170). Instal. s.d. (CA 1832-40 p. 100). D. 9 May 1855 (Gent. Mag. 1855, new ser., xliii 656; D/D/B Reg. 37 f. 101).

Joseph Henry Stephenson M.A. 1856-1901.

Coll. 4 Jan. 1856 (D/D/B Reg. 37 f. 101). Instal. 5 Apr. (CA 1855- p. 6). D. 24 Jan. 1901 (The Times, 25 Jan.; D/D/B Reg. 41 f. 272).

Footnotes

  • 1. No prebendaries are known between this date and the d. of Robert Shorton 17 Oct. 1535 (Valor 1 133; Cambridge, Corpus Christi college MS. 108 f. 90). It is not known if the gr. by bp. 25 Feb. 1538 to Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Wriothesley and William Popley, gentlemen, of next pres. (Cal. Wells 11 248) was exercised.
  • 2. He was probably depriv. Cf. York, Borthwick Institute, V 1571-2/CB ff. 50, 193v, 194v, 206r-v, where he was stated 11 Oct. 1571 to be abroad and to have 'confirmed to the Papist Religion', and was consequently depriv. of York benefices.
  • 3. A layman and physician-in-ordinary to the queen (cf. L. G. H. Horton-Smith, Dr. Walter Bailey (St. Albans, 1952) pp. 31 ff.
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