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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 6, Salisbury Diocese. Originally published by Institute of Historical Research, London, 1986.

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'Prebendaries: Bitton', in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: Volume 6, Salisbury Diocese, ed. Joyce M Horn( London, 1986), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1541-1847/vol6/pp30-32 [accessed 23 November 2024].

PREBENDARIES OF BITTON

George Wolfet D.Cn.L. 1531-?, 1546-1554.

Coll. 11 July 1531 (D1/2/15 f. 27v). Depriv. for non-payment of royal subsidy; pardoned 16 Nov. 1546 (L. & P. XXI ii no. 467(72). Fresh coll. by proxy 18 Nov. (D1/2/15 f. 31v). Instal. 22 Apr. 1547 (CA 14 pt. ii f. 19v/p. 38). D. by 6 July 1554 (D1/2/16 pt. ii f. 59).

Robert Ryve B.C.L. 1554-1573.

Pres. by John Barnaby, gentleman, and others, patrons hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made by Bp. Capon 5 Jan. 1547; instit. 6 July 1554 (D1/2/16 pt. ii f. 59). Instal. 14 July (CA 14 pt. ii f. 39v/p. 78). D. by 10 Sept. 1573 (D1/2/17 pt. i f. 4).

John Sprint M.A. 1573-1578.

Pres. by John Seymour, esquire, patron hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made by Bp. Capon to William Wilkins, his servant, who assigned it to John Seymour; instit. 10 Sept. 1573 (D1/2/17 pt. i f. 4). Res. by 10 Feb. 1578, apparently on becoming archdcn. of Wiltshire (D1/2/17 pt. iii f. IV).

Meredith Morgan M.A. 1578-1612.

Coll. 10 Feb. 1578 (D1/2/17 pt. iii f. IV). Instal. 12 Feb. (CA 15 f. 43v/p. 84). D. by 4 Dec. 1612 (D1/2/19 f. 29v).

Henry Cotton M.A. 1612-1615.

Coll. 4 Dec. 1612 (D1/2/19 f. 29v). Preb. of Highworth 1615.

Thomas Leche M.A. 1615-1646.

Coll. 23 March 1615 (D1/2/19 f. 34). D. by 15 Jan. 1646 (burial, Pewsey, Wilts.) (PR Pewsey).

Anthony Hawles M.A. (D.D. 1 Aug.) 1660-1664.

[Coll.] 25 July 1660 (D1/2/22 pt. i f. 4v). Instal. 14 Sept. (CA 18 f. 5) D. 16 Jan. 1664 (W. Kennett, Reg. Ecclesiastical and Civil (London, 1728) p. 213; D1/2/22 pt. iii f. 2).

Thomas Hill M.A. 1664-1671.

Coll. 23 Jan. 1664 (D1/2/22 pt. iii f. 2). Instal. s.d. (CA 18 f. 25). D. 28 Nov. 1671 (m.i., Bishopstone, S. Wilts.) (Hoare, Modern Wilts., Downton p. 11; D1/2/22 pt. v f. 13).

Richard Watson D.D. 1671-1685.

Coll. 15 Dec. 1671 (D1/2/22 pt. v f. 13). Instal. 19 Dec. (CA 18 f. 66). D. 13 Jan. 1685 (m.i., Pewsey, Wilts.) (Mon. Inscr. Wilt. II 182; D1/2/23 f. 27v).

Benjamin Johnson B.D. 1685-1685/6.

Coll. 19 Jan. 1685 (D1/2/23 f. 27v). Instal. 22 Jan. (CA 19 p. 85). D. by 10 Jan. 1686 (D1/2/23 f. 30).

Edmund Jeffrey M.A. 1686-1692.

Coll. 10 Jan. 1686 (D1/2/23 f. 30). Instal. 13 Jan. (CA 19 p. 89). Res. 29 Jan. 1692 (ibid. pp. 123-4).

Richard Eyre M.A. 1692-1745.

Coll. 19 Feb. 1692 (P.R.O., E 331 Salis./13). Instal. s.d. (CA 19 p. 124). D. by 28 Dec. 1745 (burial, Burghclere, Hants) (Hampshire Record Office, PR Burghclere; D1/2/26 f. 49).

Ralph Freeman D.D. 1746-1772.

Coll. 4 Feb. 1746 (D1/2/26 f. 49). Instal. 8 Feb. (CA 21 p. 28). D. 29 June 1772 (Gent. Mag. 1772, xlii 343; P.R.O., E 331 Salis.L29).

Matthew Spry M.A. 1772-1792.

Coll. 9 Nov. 1772 (P.R.O., E 331 Salis./29). Instal. 14 Nov. (CA 21 p. 212). D. 8 June 1792 (Gent. Mag. 1792, lxii (1) 580; D1/2/29 f. 6).

William Coxe M.A. 1792-1799.

Coll. 26 July 1792 (D1/2/29 f. 6). Instal. 28 July (CA 21 p. 360). Preb. of Grimston 1799.

Thomas Henry Hume M.A. 1799-1806.

Coll. 2 May 1799 (D1/2/29). Instal. 4 May (CA 22 p. 21). Treasurer and preb. of Calne 1806.

William Lewis Rham B.A. 1806-1807.

Coll. 3 Dec. 1806 (D1/2/29 f. 87v). Instal. 13 Dec. (CA 22 pp. 104-5). Res. by 29 Sept. 1807 (D1/2/30 p. 99).

William Macdonald M.A. 1807-1862.

Coll. 29 Sept. 1807 (D1/2/30 p. 101). Instal. 8 Oct. (CA 22 p. 117). D. 24 June 1862 (Gent. Mag. 1862, 3rd ser. xiii 233; CA 25 p. 243).