LIST 30 PREBENDARIES OF CORRINGHAM
PREBEND
Church of Great Corringham (Lincs., royal manor 1086) and 2½ carucates gr. 'in
prebenda' by king Henry I to Brand the pr. 1100 × 15, ? 1114 (Regesta II no. 1043
= R.A.L. I no. 35); conf. as preb. by pope 6 Feb. 1146 (R.A.L. I no. 252 p. 199)
and 5 June 1163 (ibid. no. 255 p. 205). Vicarage ordained 29 March 1277, preb.
providing a pr. also for Stow church (Rot. Gravesend pp. 95-6).
Chapels of Corringham:
Somerby, Yawthorpe and Dunstall, first mentioned 29 March 1277 (as above).
Portion of tithes of Stow, first mentioned 1291 (Taxatio p. 56b); see below
pp. 171-2.
Lands and tithes prob. formerly belonging to church of Kirton (see below
pp. 171-2).
Valuations
1254 £30; 1291 £126 13s. 4d., vicar £13 6s. 8d.
PREBENDARIES
BRAND
Priest in possession of church and 2½ carucates in Corringham when king Henry I
founded preb.; he and his son to have preb. for their lives, 1100 × 15, ? 1114
(Regesta II no. 1043). Does not occ. in L.P. I of ? c. 1132 (app. 2). D. by 1155 × 58
(R.A.L. I no. 164). Commem. 7 March as presbiter, not called can. (obit. I 155).
?
Ranulph Cor'
Occ. as can. in L.P. I, of ? c. 1132 (app. 2 no. 42), perhaps preb. Corringham.
?
M. William Blund of Lincoln
Archdcn. of Leicester, from 1225 or 1226 (list 10); chanc. from before 19 Dec.
1229 (list 4); precentor from before 1239; last occ. 20 Sept. 1242, and had been
succeeded by 22 Sept. 1244 (list 3). Perhaps this preb., because attested while chanc.,
as sole witness from chapter, a charter concerning this preb. (R.A.L. II no. 639).
M. William de la Gare
Not yet can. 24 July 1265 (Rot. Gravesend p. 192). First occ. as can. 9 Nov. 1268
(ibid. p. 31). Occ. as this preb. 29 March 1277 (ibid. p. 95). Archdcn. of Lincoln
from before 2 May 1277; d. 19 Dec. 1290 (list 7). Buried in prebendal church (Reg.
Sutton III 104).
William de Estiniaco
Papal prov. of next vacant preb. and dignity, 1 Dec. 1289 (Reg. Nic. IV
nos. 1797-8 = C.P.L. I 508). Coll. by bp. to this preb. and archdcnry. of Lincoln
Dec. 1290 or Jan. 1291 (Reg. I fo. 354r; list 7). Also preb. of Wells. Exch. archdcnry.
for rectory of Stratford-on-Avon, 30 May 1319 (list 7). Exch. this preb. with William
de Bonovillario for provostship of Lausanne 12 Aug. 1325, conf. by bp. 26 Oct.
(Reg. IV fo. 399r-v). Bonovillario occ. as this preb. in year Sept. 1324 - Sept. 1325
(Bj/2/5 fo. 79r).