Canons of Christ Church: Sixth prebend

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 OF THE 6TH PREBEND, CHRIST CHURCH

James Curthroppe M.A. 1546-1557.

Apptd. by king in foundation charter 26 Jan. and 4 Nov. 1546 (L. & P. XXI ii no. 476 (9)). D. by 20 June 1557 (C.P.R. 7555-7 p. 364), although said to d. 19 July 1557 (m.i., Christ Church cath.) (Survey of Cath. II 458, perhaps error for 'June').

William Chedsey D.D. 1557-1559.

Mandate of king and queen 20 June 1557 for instal.; pres. by king and queen 28 June (C.P.R. 1555-7 p. 364). Occ. in battels list 9 July 1557 (C.C.A., x(l).c.5). Depriv. 1559: last occ. in battels list 8 Sept. (ibid. c.6).

Robert Bankes (fn. 1) M.A. 1559-?

Occ. in battels list 15 Sept. 1559 (C.C.A., x(l).c.6). Last occ. there 27 Aug. 1591 (ibid. c.27).

John Weston D.C.L. 1591-1632.

Pres. by queen 4 Feb. 1586 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/1275). Occ. in disbursement book for 1st term 1591-2, i.e. Oct.-Dec. 1591 (C.C.A., xii.b.34). D. 20 July 1632 (m.i., Christ Church cath.) (Wood's Colleges and Halls I 488-9).

John Morris B.D. 1632-1648. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king 13 Dec. 1628 to next vac. preb. (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1628-9 p. 408); royal gr. 23 March 1630 for this preb. to be annexed for ever to the Regius Professorship of Hebrew (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1629-31 p. 219). Succeeded to preb. n.d. 1632 (Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 850). D. 21 March 1648 (Wood's Life and Times I 141).

Edward Pocock B.D. 1648. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Apptd. by parliamentary visitors 12 Apr. 1648 (Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 564). Seems to have exch. this preb. with John Mills for the 4th preb.

John Mills B.C.L. 1648-1651.

Apparently by exch. 1648. Occ. 20 March 1649 (D. & C. i.b.3 p. 1). Depriv. n.d. 1651 for refusing to subscribe to the Engagement (Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 629-30).

Ambrose Upton M.A. 1651-1660.

Apptd. by Oliver Cromwell n.d. 1651 (Wood's Life and Times I 148). Occ. 26 March (D. & C. i.b.3 p. 34). Depriv. by the Long Parliament 13 March 1660 (Wood's Life and Times I 307).

John Mills D.C.L. (again) 1660.

Restored by the Long Parliament 13 March 1660 (Wood's Life and Times I 307). Depriv. by 27 July (Kennett, Reg. p. 213).

Edward Pocock B.D. 1660-1691. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Restored to professorship and preb. 20 June 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2918; Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 851). D. 10 Sept. 1691 (Wood's Life and Times III 371; D. & C. i.b.4 f. 20v).

Roger Altham B.D. 1691-1697. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Warrant 31 Oct. 1691 for pres. by king and queen (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1690-1 p. 557); pres. issued 6 Nov. (D. & C. i.b.4 f. 20v). Instal. 14 Nov. (ibid. ff. 20v- 21; Wood's Life and Times III 375). (fn. 2) Professorship and preb. vac. 20 Apr. 1697 by his 'incapacity' (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1697 p. 114).

Thomas Hyde D.D. 1697-1703. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Warrant 20 Apr. 1697 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1697 p. 114); pres. issued 30 Apr. (D. & C. i.b.4 f. 39r-v). Instal. 19 July (D. & C. i.b.4 f. 39r-v). (fn. 3) D. by 20 Feb. 1703 (burial, Hanborough, Oxf.) (PR Hanborough; Cal. S.P. Dom. 1703-4 p. 263).

Roger Altham D.D. (again) 1703-1714. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by queen 7 March 1703 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1703-4 p. 263); pres. issued 12 March (D. & C. i.b.5 ff. 74v-76). Instal. 19 March (ibid.). D. 15 Aug. 1714 (m.i., Christ Church cath.) (Survey of Cath. II 461; Hearne's Collections IV 395; D. & C. i.b.5 f. 28).

Robert Clavering D.D. 1715-1747. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king 24 May 1715 (D. & C. i.b.5 f. 28r-v). Instal. 8 June (ibid. ff. 28v- 29). Bp. of Llandaff 1725; (fn. 4) trans. to Peterborough 1729, but held this preb. in commendam to d. 20 July 1747 (m.i., Peterborough cath.) (C.U.L., Peterborough MS. 31 p. 152) or 21 July (Gent. Mag. 1747, xvii 343; Lond. Gaz. no. 8666).

Thomas Hunt D.D. 1747-1774. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king pubd. 15 Aug. 1747 (Lond. Gaz. no. 8666); pres. issued 17 Aug. (D. & C. i.b.5 pp. 220-1). Instal. 22 Aug. (ibid. pp. 222-3). D. by 4 Nov. 1774 (burial, Christ Church cath.) (D. & C. ix.b.l; Lond. Gaz. no. 11508).

Richard Browne D.D. 1774-1780. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king pubd. 12 Nov. 1774 (Lond. Gaz. no. 11508); pres. issued 16 Nov. (D. & C. i.b.6 pp. 266-7). Instal. 24 Nov. (ibid. pp. 267-8). D. 20 March 1780 (Gent. Mag. 1780, l 155; Lond. Gaz. no. 12068).

George Jubb D.D. 1780-1787. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Warrant 23 March 1780 for pres. by king (P.R.O., SP 44/154 pp. 409-10); pres. pubd. 25 March (Lond. Gaz. no. 12068); pres. issued 3 Apr. (D. & C. i.b.7 pp. 415-17). Instal. 8 Apr. (ibid. pp. 417-18). D. 12 Nov. 1787 (D. & C. ix.b.l) or 13 Nov. (Gent. Mag. 1787, lvii (2) 1031-2).

Benjamin Blayney B.D. 1787-1801. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king issued 5 Dec. 1787 (D. & C. i.b.7 pp. 530-1); pres. pubd. 8 Dec. (Lond. Gaz. no. 12944). Subscribed to Articles before instit. s.d. (sic) (MS. Oxf. Dioc. Papers b.21 f. 126v). Instal. 7 Dec. (D. & C. i.b.7 pp. 532-3). D. 20 Sept. 1801 (Gent. Mag. 1801, lxxi (2) 1054) or 22 Sept. (D. & C. ix.b.l).

Joseph White D.D. 1802-1814. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king pubd, 6 Apr. 1802 (Lond. Gaz. no. 15468); pres. issued 13 Apr. (D. & C. i.b.8 f. 24r-v). Subscribed to Articles before instit. 1 Apr. (MS. Oxf. Dioc. Papers b.21 f. 169v). Instal. 22 Apr. (D. & C. i.b.8 f. 25r-v). D. 22 May 1814 (Gent. Mag. 1814, lxxxiv (1) 626).

Richard Laurence D.C.L. 1814-1822. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king pubd. 7 June 1814 (Lond. Gaz. no. 16906); pres. issued 15 June (D. & C. i.b.8 ff. 133v-134). Subscribed to Articles before instit. 16 June (MS. Oxf. Dioc. Papers b.22 f. 50v). Instal. 20 June (D. & C. i.b.8 ff. 134v-135). Res. by 28 June 1822, on becoming abp. of Cashel (D. & C. i.b.9 f. 29).

Alexander Nicoll M.A. 1822-1828. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king pubd. 28 June 1822 (Lond. Gaz. no. 17830); pres. issued s.d. (D. & C. i.b.9 f. 29). Subscribed to Articles before instit. 28 June (sic) (MS. Oxf. Dioc. Papers b.22 f. 89v). Instal. 2 July (D. & C. i.b.9 f. 30r-v). D. 25 Sept. 1828 (Gent. Mag. 1828, xcviii (2) 465-6; D. & C. i.b.9 f. 89v).

Edward Bouverie Pusey M.A. 1828-1882. Regius Professor of Hebrew.

Pres. by king pubd. 19 Nov. 1828 (Lond. Gaz. no. 18525); pres. issued 4 Dec. (D. & C. i.b.9 ff. 89v-90). Subscribed to Articles before instit. 9 Dec. (MS. Oxf. Dioc. Papers b.22 f. 127). Instal. s.d. (D. & C. i.b.9 f. 90r-v). D. 16 Sept. 1882 (The Times, 18 Sept. 1882, p. 5).

Footnotes

  • 1. Despite having been depriv. in 1554 of the 8th preb., Bankes seems to have been restored to the 6th preb., while John Kennall was pres. to the 8th.
  • 2. Wood says that he 'became Hebrew professor as canon, but doth not read because he is no Hebritian ... Partiality! Others of other houses were fit for it; but the place is reserved for a Christ Church man' (Wood's Life and Times III 375).
  • 3. Hyde complained to the king 14 May that there was nobody in Christ Church to admit him, as the dean was in London and the subdean and senior canons 'got out of town': the abp. was to speak to Dean Aldridge about the matter (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1697 p. 153).
  • 4. A fellow canon of Christ Church, William Stratford, commented, 'How the bishopric of Llandaff and deanery of Hereford will be consistent with a Regius professorship in Oxford, I cannot see. There will be no little inconvenience to the College, for want of one to hold the offices' (Portland MSS. VII 382).
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