Prebendaries
PREBEND
Church of Leighton Bromswold (Hunts., bp.'s manor from before 1072, see below
list 46) conf. as preb. by pope 6 Feb. 1146 (R.A.L. I no. 252 p. 199); assigned to
subdeanery, with chapel of Salome, by bp. Alexander before Feb. 1148, conf. by pope
5 June 1163 (ibid. no. 255 p. 207); said to pertain to subdeanery c. 1162 × 1166
(ibid. III no. 797), ? c. 1165 (ibid. I no. 287, see app. 25), 1171 × 80 (R.A.L. I
no. 256), c. 1189 × c. 1193 (ibid. no. 289, see app. 38), and 1203 × 05 (R.A.L. I
no. 288). Not held by subdean 10 Sept. 1213 (see below), and subdeans from before
1245 held preb. Welton Westhall (list 70). Vicarage ordained by 10 Sept. 1248 (Rot.
Grosseteste pp. 295, 296). Pres. by preb. 1263 (Rot. Gravesend p. 169).
Valuations
1254 £15; 1291 £35 6s. 8d., vicar £4 13s. 4d. (Taxatio p. 36b)
PREBENDARIES
? Humphrey
Subdean by ? c. 1133; last occ. 21 Sept. 1160, and had been succeeded before
19 Apr. 1161; presum. d. Nov. 1160 (list 6). Presum. transf. to this preb. from preb.
Dunham (list 34), when this preb. assigned to subdeanery, before 25 Feb. 1148
(see above). Does not occ. as this preb.
M. Ralph of Caen
Subdean from between 21 Sept. 1160 and 19 Apr. 1161; still alive 1179/80, but
had been succeeded as subdean before early 1184 (list 6). Occ. as this preb. before
Dec. 1166 (R.A.L. III no. 797), (fn. 1) so presum. transf. from preb. Asgarby after Lent 1162
(list 17).
? M. William
Occ. as subdean ? late 1183 or early 1184 (list 6). Presum. therefore this preb.
(cf. above).
? M. Wimar (Winemer)
Subdean from ? second half of 1184; archdcn. of Northampton by 8 June 1194;
last occ. c. 1198 (lists 6, 9). Presum. this preb. as subdean (cf. above), and unident.
preb. as archdcn.
? M. William of Blois I
Subdean by 22 March 1194; appd. precentor 1197 (lists 6, 3). Presum. this preb.
as subdean (cf. above), but perhaps preb. Caistor (list 27).
? M. Richard of Kent
Already can. (unident. preb.) when appd. subdean 1197 (Diceto II 150); became
archdcn. of Northampton by c. 1200; last occ. 22 May 1201 (lists 6, 9). Presum.
this preb. as subdean (cf. above), and unident. preb. as archdcn.
? M. William de Bramfeld
Occ. without title, but perhaps already can. (unident. preb.) some time before
May 1199 (Innocent III, Cal. Letters nos. 74, 125; cf. cart. Biddlesden fo. 14v,
where he occ. as clk.). Subdean by c. 1200; d. 25 Sept. 1205 (list 6). Presum. this
preb. as subdean (cf. above).
? Stephen de Normandis
Occ. as preb. Leighton 10 Sept. 1213 (Rot. Litt. Claus. I 156b), and 1 Jan. 1230
(Pat. R. 1225-32 p. 352). Not preb. Leighton Buzzard or Leighton Manor, which
were both occupied during the period, so presum. this preb. Cardinal-den. of
S. Adriano, 1216-28; cardinal-pr. of S. Maria in Trastevere, 1229 to d. in 1254;
nephew of pope Innocent III (1198-1216) (see Gregorovius V(1) 63 n.). Prob. to
be identified with unnamed Roman cardinal and can. of Lincoln who occ. 1228
(Ann. Dunstable p. 109).
Roger Blund
Bp.'s clk. Not yet can. 28 Jan. 1238 (Rot. Grosseteste p. 258). First occ. as can.
7 Apr. 1238 (ibid. p. 310). Occ. as this preb. 10 Sept. 1248, and in year 17 June
1248 - 16 June 1249 (ibid. pp. 296, 295-6).
M. Richard of Gravesend
First occ. as can. and this preb. in year 3 Nov. 1262 - 2 Nov. 1263 (Rot. Gravesend p. 169). Prob. archdcn. of Essex 1272; archdcn. of Northampton from before
5 Nov. 1273 (list 9). Transf. to preb. Sutton before 19 Nov. 1276 (list 63).
M. Walter de Malling (fn. 1)
First occ. as can. 15 Apr. 1272 (R.A.L. III no. 1014). Still alive 13 Aug. 1295
(Reg. Sutton V 110). D. as this preb. by 9 Apr. 1296 (Reg. I fo. 260r).
Oliver of Sutton II
Transf. from preb. Crackpole, coll. by bp. 9 Apr. 1296 (Reg. I fo. 360r; list 31).
Last occ. in year Sept. 1322 - Sept. 1323 (Edwards, Sec. Caths. p. 335). D. as this
preb. before 21 Nov. 1323, when his will was proved (A/2/23 fo. 2r).