LIST 36 CANONS WHOSE PREBENDS CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED
A.
Can. of Hereford, occ. 27 Oct. 1219 × Aug. 1230 (EEA VII no. 357).
Adam Bevin
(fn. 89)
Perhaps already can. when given royal protection until a fortnight after
Michaelmas, 5 Aug. 1263 (CPR 1258-66 p. 273); can. when given protection, 12
June 1264 (ibid. p. 324), and c.1262 × 1271 (Hereford ch. no. 2461); occ. as can.
in 3 Hereford chs. not more closely datable than the middle of the 13th cent., in
one of them in company with William Rufus and Boso de Mâcot (cart. II fo. 130r
and Hereford ch. nos. 912, 865). Commem., as can. of Hereford, 10 Feb. (app. 1
fo. 5r). Cannot have d. before 1265.
M. Adam de Fileby
Occ. trying to obtain admission to vicarage of Staines 31 May 1264 and as
subdean of St Mary's, Stafford, 13 June 1264 (CPL I 406, 401); occ. as can.,
absent, 24 June 1273 (Capes, Charters p. 138); occ. as can. 16 Oct. 1275 (Reg.
Cantilupe p. 17); coll. to preb. which previously had been held by William de
Sarreta in Hereford cath. 2 Oct. 1277 (ibid. pp. 136-7); res. preb. of Moreton
(and Whaddon) on behalf of Peter Eymer, whose proctor he was, 28 Oct. 1279
(ibid. p. 225); occ. as proctor of M. James of Aigueblanche, 17 Apr. 1280 (ibid.
p. 63). Cantilupe coll. Fileby conditionally to the deanery in 1280 but the coll.
did not take effect because dean John of Aigueblanche won his case to retain the
deanery (Yates, 'Bishop Peter' p. 314). Fileby occ. 31 Aug. 1280 as archdcn. of
Shropshire (Reg. Cantilupe p. 253), but by 25 March 1281 he was again being
referred to merely as can. (ibid. p. 254 and cf. pp. 276, 277); he occ. without title
3 Apr. and 30 June 1286 (Reg. Swinfield pp. 99, 113), but occ. once more as
archdcn. 10 July 1286 (ibid. p. 114). D. by 15 June 1287 when his preb. of
Bartonsham was gr. to Gilbert de Swinfield (ibid. p. 526; and see lists 7, 8).
Adelelm
Archdcn. of Dorset by 1139 (1 Fasti IV 25); dean of Lincoln 1141 × 1145 - 25
Feb. 1179, his last occ. as dean being after c. May 1173 (ibid. III 8). Is apparently the
dean of Lincoln who held an unidentifiable Hereford preb. at some time in the 1160s.
He was deprived of it before 1174 × 1179, prob. 1167 × 1174, when it appears to
have been given to M. Geoffrey of Winchester. Adelelm appealed to Alexander III,
who delegated the case to bp. Roger of Worcester, ordering him to bestow the preb.
on Geoffrey even if Adelelm's case were upheld, as the latter already had large
revenues (Papal Decretals Relating to the Diocese of Lincoln, ed. W. Holtzmann
and E. W. Kemp (Lincoln Record Soc. xlvii, 1954) p. 28, no. xii, and M. G. Cheney,
Roger, Bishop of Worcester app. II, no. 75). D. 25 Feb. 1179 (1 Fasti III 8).
M. Alan de Crepping
First occ. as can. 9 Aug. 1272 (Hereford ch. no. 2868, pd. Capes, Charters p.
127); occ. as resident can. 15 Aug., 8 Sept. and 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters
pp. 138-9); ordained pr. 13 June 1278, at Tottenham (Reg. Cantilupe p. 304);
named as co-respondent 29 Oct. 1283 (Reg. Swinfield p. 19); prob. to be identified
with the Alan, can. of Hereford, who occ. at Orvieto 26 Apr. 1291 (ibid. p. 270);
d. 24 Feb. 1298 (app. 1 fo. 7r-v); ordinance of Hereford cath. chapter to set up
his anniversary service, 25 Feb. 1298 (Hereford ch. no. 772, pd. Capes, Charters
pp. 171-2). Held preb. of Pratum Maius at time of his d. (list 28).
M. Albinus
Occ. as clk. of bp. Giles de Braose, not yet can., 24 Sept. 1200 × 29 Sept. 1202
(EEA VII no. 289: issued before Hugh de Mapenore became dean, which happened
between 30 Nov. 1201 and Michaelmas 1202); still episcopal clk. 24 Sept. 1200
× May 1208 (ibid. no. 277); referred to, possibly as can., in a document issued 16
July 1213 × 17 Nov. 1215 which settles a dispute which had arisen between various
members of the chapter, prob. during the exile of bp. Giles de Braose, May 1208
- 16 July 1213 (ibid. no. 278); occ. as can. 1206 × 1215 (Hereford ch. no. 799,
pd. Capes, Charters p. 43 and Gloucester Original Acta no. 37, where the limiting
dates are given as 1205 × 1215, but the document must be later than 1206 because
William of Kilpeck occ. as prec.); prob. to be identified with the A., can., who
occ. Aug. 1216 (CPL I 40); occ. as can. 18 Dec. 1216 × Apr. 1219, prob. 1216 ×
1218 (EEA VII no. 298 and Cart. Haughmond p. 213, no. 1150). Became chanc.
in either 1217 or 1218 (list 5).
M. Alexander
Referred to, as can., in a ch. issued 16 July 1213 × 17 Nov. 1215, which settles
a dispute which had arisen prob. during the exile of bp. Giles de Braose, May
1208 - 16 July 1213 (EEA VII no. 278). Prob. to be identified with the M.
Alexander de Walton who was archdcn. of Hereford (list 6).
M. Alexander de Acu
See M. Alexander of Savoy.
M. Alexander of Savoy
(fn. 90)
Occ., as collector of the tenth in the diocs. of Coventry, Hereford and Worcester,
28 March and 4 May 1258 (Close Rolls (Supplementary) of the Reign of Henry
III, ed. A. Morton (1975) nos. 278, 306); as M. Alexander de Acu, can. of Hereford,
received simple protection for one year, 4 Nov. 1258 (CPR 1258-66 p. 2); occ. as
collector of the tenth as M. Alexander, can. of Hereford, ? late Dec. 1258 (Close
Rolls 1256-9 p. 465); occ. as M. Alexander de Acu in Savoy, 6 June 1261 (cart. II
fos. 158v-159r). Commem. 17 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 31v).
M. Alexander Secular
(fn. 91)
Occ., almost certainly as can., 26 Sept. 1241 (Reg. Swinfield p. 91); occ., prob.
but not necessarily as can., May 1273 (Hereford ch. no. 1470). Commem., not
necessarily as can., 29 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 38v).
M. Alexander de Walton
See M. Alexander in this list, above, and also list 6.
Alfward
Occ. as man of bp. Robert the Lotharingian, but not in the list of the bp.'s lay
followers, and therefore as clk. and very prob. as cath. can., 1085 (EEA VII no. 2).
Alfwine
Occ. as Aluuinus, man of bp. Robert the Lotharingian, but not in the list of the
bp.'s lay followers, and therefore as clk. and very prob. as cath. can., 1085 (EEA
VII no. 2).
Alulf (? Æthelwulf)
Dates unknown but the name (OE) suggests he lived in the late 11th or early
12th cent. Commem., as can. and pr, 3 Feb. (app. 1 fo. 4v).
Anselm of Conflans
(fn. 92)
Occ., as can., 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r) and c. 1253 (PRO C 115/58 no.
4015). Possibly identifiable with Anselm of Clermont who became dean by 1253
(list 2); perhaps also a kinsman of William of Conflans, archdcn. of Hereford (list
6).
Ansfrid
Occ. as pr. and as man of bp. Robert the Lotharingian, and therefore very prob.
as cath. can., 1085 (EEA VII no. 2).
M. Ardicio de Comite
Occ. as provost of S. Lorenzo, Milan, 7 Dec. 1257 and 13 Apr. 1258 (Reg.
Alex. IV no. 2448); occ. as can. of Hereford and chanc. of Ottobono, papal legate,
18 Jan. 1268 (Hereford ch. no. 2930); occ. as Hardichun, absent can., 24 June
1273 (Capes, Charters p. 138); occ. as primicerius of Milan 23 Oct. 1274 (Reg.
Greg. X nos. 435, 1055), but without this title, simply as papal chapl., 11 Dec.
1275 (ibid. no. 730); still primicerius of Milan and papal chapl., and collector of
the tenth, not necessarily still can. of Hereford, 25 Apr. 1279 (Reg. Cantilupe p.
208). Had res. his preb. by 12 Aug. 1280, when he wished his nephew Philip to
have it after him, though bp. Thomas de Cantilupe decided to give his preb. to
William de Montfort and coll. Philip to William's old preb., Inkberrow (ibid. pp.
248-50). Ardicio's preb. may have been Moreton Magna (see list 23).
Aymo of Miolans
Occ. as can. of Hereford 6 Dec. 1268 (CPR 1266-72 p. 305); prob. preb. of
Inkberrow by 1273 (list 21), when el. bp. of Maurienne.
Bernard
Royal chapl., described in a letter written in the name of the chapter of St
Davids, as 'pr. of the church of Hereford' (BL Harley Roll A 3 (3); for comment,
see M. Richter, 'Professions of obedience and the metropolitan claim of St Davids',
National Library of Wales Journal xv (1967-8) p. 200, and St Davids Episcopal
Acta pp. 2-3). This cannot refer to Bernard's ordination as pr., because that occ.
at the hands of bp. William of Winchester, in Southwark, the day before his cons.
as bp. of St Davids (18 Sept. 1115 at Westminster (Welsh Episcopal Acts I 239)),
but opens the possibility that Bernard had held a preb. of Hereford before he was
raised to the episcopate. Bernard, who was chapl. or chanc. of Henry I's queen
Matilda, had custody of the dioc. of Hereford 1101/2 (CDF no. 1138), and was
bp. of St Davids 1115-48. A bp. Bernard was commem. 22 Apr. at Hereford (app.
1 fo. 15r); although the see is not specified the likeliest contender is bp. Bernard
of St Davids, for the name Bernard was rare among English and Welsh bps. in the
12th and 13th cent.
Boso of Mâcot
(fn. 93)
Occ. as can. 24 May 1254 (Hereford ch. no. 1338); occ. as can. mid 13th cent.,
not later than 14 Apr. 1277 (cart. II fo. 130r). Commem., as can., 18 Oct. (app. 1
fo. 41r).
M. David
See also entry for David de Aqua under prebs. of Moreton Parva (list 24), since
some of the entries there may refer to M. David. Occ. as can. 1148 × c. 1158, as a
witness to a ch. of which David de Aqua was the beneficiary (GFL no. 313 and
EEA VII no. 83; cf. MB p. 268); occ. as can. either 6 Oct. 1174 × 13 Aug. 1178,
or, less prob., 22 Dec. 1163 × 27 Feb. 1167 (EEA VII no. 125, issued by either
bp. Robert Foliot or by bp. Robert of Melun, more prob. the former); occ.
not specifically but almost certainly as can. 10 Aug. 1180 × 31 Dec. 1183,
prob. early in that period (ibid. no. 168). Commem. 6 Sept., as 'mag. David
canonici' (app. 1 fo. 34v). Perhaps identifiable with M. David of London (1
Fasti I 30).
Durand
Occ. as can. 1107 × 1115 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 93v). Possibly identifiable with
the Durand, pr., who occ. 28 June 1131 × 5 Aug. 1136 or 1137 (BL Harley MS
6976 fo. 14v). Commem. 9 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 35r).
Edgar
See Orgar II, below.
Edmund de Mortimer
Occ. as absent can., preb. not specified, 24 June 1273 (Capes, Charters p. 138).
Mand. from bp. Swinfield to install him in preb. of Huntington, 8 July 1276 (Reg.
Cantilupe pp. 83-4; list 20); later preb. of Hunderton (list 19).
Edric
Commem., as can., 1 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 29v). His name suggests that he lived in
the 11th or the early 12th cent.
M. Edward
Occ. as can. c. 1150 × March 1163 (GFL no. 344; EEA VII no. 112, but the
dating there given needs to be corrected, since the dean Ralph who issued an
inspeximus of this ch. (pd. as Cart. Shrewsbury II 301-2, no. 331) cannot possibly
be the 12th-cent. dean Ralph but must be dean Ralph of Maidstone). Commem. 6
Feb. (app. 1 fo. 5r).
M. Edward of Wells
Commem., not necessarily as can., 17 Dec.; an anniversary for his parents,
brothers and sisters was celebrated 15 Dec. (app. 1 fos. 51v, 51r).
Edwin
Commem., as can., 24 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 33r). His name suggests that he lived in
the 11th or the early 12th cent.
Eilmar
Murdered 24/25 Oct. 1055, with his 4 sons (see J. Barrow, 'Athelstan to
Aigueblanche' p. 22). Commem., with his 4 sons, 25 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 42v).
Eilwin
Commem., as can., 17 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 36v). His name suggests that he lived
in the 11th or the early 12th cent.
Elias of Bristol
(fn. 94)
Clk. of Richard I (Capes, Charters pp. 35-6); occ., not specifically, but certainly
as can. (listed ahead of the cans. Robert de Clifford and M. John dementis) 1201 ×
1214 (cart. II fo. 124r, issued before d. of M. John dementis, and while William
Foliot was prec. and William was treas.); occ. as can. 10 Aug. 1197 × 13 Apr. 1214
(Hist. Cart. Mon. Glouc. II 43, recording settlement of dispute between Elias and
John of Colonna, cardinal, heard by S[imon of Apulia], dean of York 12 Feb. 1195
to before 13 Apr. 1214, and by H[amo], treas. of York from not earlier than 10 Aug.
1197 to 1217 (1 Fasti VI9, 24)). In Bristol, where he owned property, he was known
as Elias son of Durand, can. of Hereford, and occ. as such 1216 × 1220 (The Cartulary
of St Augustine's Abbey, Bristol pp. 84-5, no. 142), 15 Nov. 1217 × 1220 (ibid. pp.
86-8, nos. 143-4) and after 1221 (ibid. pp. 103-4, nos. 162-3; see also pp. 183-5,
nos. 283-5). Elias occ. 27 Oct. 1221 × 26 Oct. 1222 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 74v, no.
315, referring to litigation between Stephen Devereux and William archdcn. of
Hereford, for which see CPR 1216-25 p. 342); he is possibly identifiable with the
can. Elias who occ. in a ch. of bp. Hugh Foliot, 27 Oct. 1219 × 29 Nov. 1223 (EEA
VII no. 323), though this is more likely to be the Elias, can. of Llanthony, who occ.
in other chs. of Hugh Foliot (ibid. nos. 322, 335, 360 and prob. 319). Elias of Bristol
founded the hospital of St Ethelbert in Hereford, on a site in the corner of the cath.
graveyard, in the mid 1220s before 1226 (his foundation ch. is Hereford ch. no. 2001,
pd. Capes, Charters pp. 57-9, and the foundation was conf. by abp. Stephen Langton
in 1226 (Acta Stephani Langton no. 90)), and he occ. in many documents in the
Hereford ch. none of them closely datable but prob. of the 1220s, concerned with
his foundation (e.g. Hereford ch. nos. 960-1, 964-5, 967-9, 971, 974-6, 978, 981-
5, 987-93). Had d. by 1234 (ibid. no. 998, issued by abbot David of St Augustine's,
Bristol, which refers to him as d.). Commem. 31 July (app. 1 fo. 29r). Was also can.
of Salisbury, in which capacity he occ. 7 Jan. 1213/14 and 15 Aug. 1222 (1 Fasti IV
49, 120, 134-5).
Elias of Evesham
Given letters of presentation by John, in episcopal vacancy, 9 Sept. 1216, in
succession to Geoffrey de Lacy (Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 196b); occ. as can. 1217 × 1227,
prob. late in this period (PRO E 326/2272), and 27 Oct. 1219 × 23 July 1227
(EEA VII no. 336). D. by 1234 × 1247, when his executors are referred to in a ch.
issued by dean Stephen Thornbury (Hereford ch. no. 1872). Commem. 28 May
as can. and pr. (app. 1 fo. 20v).
Elias of Radnor
Referred to, evidently as can., in a dispute prob. of May 1208 × 16 July 1213
between some of the cath. cans. and the then treas., William, settled in a ch. of
bp. Giles de Braose issued 16 July 1213 × 17 Nov. 1215 (EEA VII no. 278). Elias
also witnesses this ch. as cath. treas., but seems to have been involved in the dispute
as a can. Elias therefore became treas. before the end of Giles's pontificate (17
Nov. 1215; see list 4).
Eustace
Occ. 1107 × 1115 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 93v).
M. Eustace I
Occ. 28 June 1131 × 1137, possibly 1134 (EEA VII no. 15); occ. 1144 (ibid.
no. 47); commem, 31 Dec. (app. 1 fo. 54r). May conceivably be identifiable with
the following entry, but if so he must have res. his preb. between the 1140s and
the 1170s (see below). Either this entry or the following one may be the M. Eustace,
can., who was commem. 31 Dec. (cart. II fo. 54r); likewise either this entry or the
following one may be the M. Eustace who was associated with the preb. of Pratum
Minus (list 29).
M. Eustace II
Occ. 6 Oct. 1174 × 10 March 1179, 6 Oct. 1174 × 31 Dec. 1183 and March
1179 × 31 Dec. 1183 as episcopal clk., prob. not as can. (EEA VII nos. 145, 149,
147); occ. as clk. of bp. Robert Foliot 17 May 1177 (BL Add. Charter 7013);
possibly occ. as can. March 1179 × 9 May 1186 (EEA VII no. 163) and certainly
as one 1187/8 × mid 1190s (Hereford ch. nos. 1, 233, issued while Nicholas was
still chanc.); commem. 31 Dec. (app. 1 fo. 54r). Either he or the previous entry
may be the M. Eustace, can., who was commem. 31 Dec. (cart. II fo. 54r); likewise,
either he or the previous entry may be the M. Eustace who was associated with
the preb. of Pratum Minus (list 29).
[
M. Eustace de Lenn
(fn. 95)
M. Eustace de Lenn', identifable with the M. Eustace de Lenn who occ. as
official of Canterbury 3 Dec. 1251 and 18 Jan. 1252 (HMC Wells I 134, 411),
was commem. at Hereford 27 Feb. (app. 1 fo. 8r), but it is not clear whether or
not he was a can.]
M. Geoffrey
Prob. the M. Geoffrey of Ludlow, clk. of bp. Giles de Braose, whose last closely
datable occ. as episcopal clk. is 30 Apr. × 18 Nov. 1215 (EEA VII no. 262). Perhaps
made can. of Hereford by bp. Hugh de Mapenore, who had once himself been one
of Giles's clks.; occ. without surname as can. of Hereford 18 Dec. 1216 × 1217/8 (ibid.
no. 298), in the company of other former clks, of Giles, now themselves cans. M.
Geoffrey of Ludlow, not necessarily a can., was commem. 6 Dec. (app. 1 fo. 49v).
Geoffrey, penitentiary and canon
Occ. as penitentiary and can. c. 1262 × 1271 (Hereford ch. no. 2461); occ. as
penitentiary 18 Jan. 1266 (ibid. no. 2930), 15 Aug. 1270 (ibid. no. 54) and 1271
(cart. I pp. v-vi). Commem., as penitentiary and can., 3 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 34v; and
see list 14).
M. Geoffrey de Clifford
Occ. 5 Sept. 1148 × 1155 or 1159 × 1160, with mag. title but without surname,
as episcopal clk. and not as can. (GFL no. 325; EEA VII no. 86); occ. with surname
but without mag. title, prob. as can. c. 1150 × 1155 (GFL no. 317; EEA VII no.
91); occ. with mag. title and surname, prob. as can. c. 1155 × c. 1158 (GFL no.
326; EEA VII no. 93); occ. without the mag. title and without specifically being
referred to as can., though it is clear from the context that he is one, 5 Sept. 1148
× March 1163 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 76v, no. 325), and c. 1155 × March 1163 (cart.
II fo. 121r; see MB p. 269).
Geoffrey Foliot
Dates unknown, but presumably was can. at some point between 1148 and the
middle of the 13th cent. Commem., as can., 2 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 34r).
Geoffrey de Lacy I
Occ. 1187/8 × mid 1190s as can. (Hereford ch. no. 233), and is referred to in a
document issued July 1213 × Nov. 1215 as having taken part in a dispute which
prob. occ. May 1208 × July 1213 (EEA VII no. 278). Might possibly be identifiable
with the Geoffrey de Lacy, parson of Ludlow, who occ. ? late 1203 × Apr. 1204
(ibid. III no. 536). D. by 9 Sept. 1216, when his preb. was given to Elias of
Evesham by king John (Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 196b). Commem. 9 Sept. as can. (app. 1
fo. 35r).
Geoffrey de Lacy II
Dates unknown, but must have lived in the 12th or the first half of the 13th
cent. Commem., as can., 18 Feb. (app. 1 fo. 6v).
M. Geoffrey of Ludlow
See M. Geoffrey above.
Geoffrey de Neubaud
Referred to as recently d., 24 March 1283, and as having held the preb. now
gr. to M. Robert of Gloucester (Reg. Swinfield pp. 5-6).
M. Geoffrey of Winchester
He claimed to have been presented by the dean and chapter of Hereford cath.,
at the request of Henry II, to a preb. which had previously been held by a certain
W., who had d. This presentation prob. took place during the episcopal vacancy
of 1167-74. The preb. had also been bestowed on the dean of Lincoln, Adelelm,
who appealed to Alexander III. M. Geoffrey, messenger to the curia 1174 × 1179,
then claimed that he had been canonically presented, and Alexander III, delegating
the case to bp. Roger of Worcester, ordered Roger to bestow the preb. on Geoffrey
whether Adelelm's claim was upheld or not (W. Holtzmann and E. W. Kemp, Papal
Decretals p. 29; see also entry for Adelelm above). Geoffrey occ. almost certainly
as can. 10 Aug. 1186 × Aug. 1187 (Cart. Haughmond p. 213, no. 1147; EEA VII
no. 195). Commem., as can., 8 Dec. (app. 1 fo. 50r).
M. Gerald de Barri
(fn. 96)
Archdcn. of Brecon from 1175 until 1203 (M. Richter, Giraldus Cambrensis
(2nd edn., Aberystwyth, 1976) p. 126; St Davids Episcopal Acta pp. 28-9). Gerald
states that in 1202 he had been deprived of his preb. in Hereford cath. (Gir. Cambr.
III 237). The bp. of Hereford most likely to have coll. Gerald to a preb. is William
de Vere, of whom Gerald speaks with affection (cf. J. Barrow, 'A twelfth-century
bishop' p. 186), so the coll. is likely to have occ. during the period 10 Aug. 1186
× 24 Dec. 1198.
Gervase of London
Occ. as clk., not yet can., 1234 × 1239 (Hereford ch. no. 1407). Occ. as can. of
Hereford and as son of Gervase of St Paul's 13 Jan. × 28 Oct. 1240 (Guildhall, St
Paul's MS 25121/1345, previously St Paul's Muniments A/15/1345, issued while
Gerard Bat was mayor of London). Occ. as can. 1247 × 1253 (Hereford ch. nos.
925, 2008), in a not closely datable ch. of the first half of the 13th cent. (ibid. no.
1483), and 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r). He was involved in the murder of
Bernard, prior of Champagne (either dioc. of Poitiers or dioc. of Saintes (see
Sayers, Orig. Papal Documents no. 681)), in 1252, and was evidently deprived
of his preb. as a result; he is referred to as 'sometime canon of Hereford' 1 Jan.
1256, in a royal mand. ordering his capture (CPR 1247-58 p. 455, and cf.
ibid. p. 509). Henry III issued a pardon for him, as clk., 21 May 1256 (ibid.
p. 475). Prob. identifiable with the can. of Lichfield who occ. 22 Nov. 1259 (Reg.
Alex. IV no. 3000, cal., wrongly referring to him as can. of Salisbury, CPL I 368;
cf. 1 Fasti IV 121n). The Gervase of London who occ. as can. of Lichfield
Jan. 1215 × early 1223 (Cart. Shrewsbury II no. 326) would prob. be an older
relative.
Gilbert of Evreux
Occ. 28 June 1131 × 1137, possibly 1134 (EEA VII no. 15), 28 June 1131 ×
1139, prob. 1134 × 1139 (ibid. no. 16), 1132, before 27 June (ibid. no. 55), 1134
(ibid. no. 17), and Monday 9 Apr. 1145 (ibid. no. 27), not specifically but almost
certainly as can. In all these documents, which are cart. copies, his name is given
as Gilbert Ebor' or de Eboraco, i.e. of York, but in EEA VII no. 47, an original
ch. of 27 June 1131 × 1144, prob. 1134 × 1144, his name is given as Gislebertus
de Ewroic, i.e. of Evreux. (fn. 97)
[
M. Giles the king's clerk
Edward I asked bp. Richard de Swinfield to coll. Giles to a preb. in 1287, but
Richard explained why this was impossible in a letter of 12 July 1287 (Reg.
Swinfield pp. 150-1).]
M. Giles of Avenbury
Occ. without title, but prob. already can., 26 Sept. 1241 (Reg. Swinfield p. 91).
Was made dean before Oct. 1247. Later dean and treas. (lists 2, 4).
Godo
(fn. 98)
Murdered 24/25 Oct. 1055 (J. Barrow, 'Athelstan to Aigueblanche' p. 22).
Commem. 25 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 42v).
Gunfrid
Gunfrid, can., was commem. 13 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 31r). The name, which is
continental Germanic, suggests Flemish, Picard or Lotharingian origin or
connections; the lack of surname suggests that the bearer of this name flourished
before the second half of the 12th cent. Bp. Robert de Béthune's elder brother,
who d. before Robert became a can. at Llanthony (see list 1), was called Gunfrid
(Anglia Sacra II 299-300); the name is not a very common one and it is not
impossible that this might be another of Robert's relations.
Gurinus
Dates unknown. Commem. 6 July (app. 1 fo. 25v). The lack of a by-name
suggests that he lived in the late 11th or early 12th cent.
Henry
A Henry, can., was commem. on 1 May (app. 1 fo. 16v). His dates are unknown,
but the position of his name in the 1 May obit book entry, between Agnes, mother
of bp. Gilbert Foliot, and Edrich the moneyer who occ. in the middle of the 12th
cent., together with his lack of surname or by-name, makes it likely that he
lived in the 12th cent. He may be identifiable with Henry de Bradele (see
below), but cannot be identified with Henry de Hawkley, M. Henry of Newark,
Henry son of Warin or Henry of Woodstock, for whom no obits are recorded
in the obit book, since they d. after the main text of the obit book had been
compiled.
Henry Banastre
Treas. of St Paul's cath. (1 Fasti I 21, 88); coll. to a preb., prob. that which had
been Ralph of Ledbury's, 1163 × c. 1180, possibly 1174 × c. 1180 (GFL no. 259;
MB p. 270). Commem. as can. of Hereford 11 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 30v), and he prob.
d. in 1200, because he is mentioned as the predecessor of William, archdcn. of
Hereford, in William's letters of presentation to a portion in the church of Ledbury,
26 Nov. 1200 (Rot. Chart. I 80b).
Henry de Bradele
Can. by 8 July 1264 when the bpric. was committed to his care and that of
William le Rus (CPR 1258-66 p. 332); occ. as can. also 23 Aug. 1268 (ibid. 1266-72 p. 253). Just possibly identifiable with the Henry, can., commem. 1 May (app.
1 fo. 16v), though the lack of surname in this entry makes this identification
unlikely.
M. Henry de Hawkley
Not necesarily a can. when first occ. 7 Oct. 1261, as proctor of the dean and
chapter (Hereford ch. no. 1354), or 5 Aug. 1263 (CPR 1258-66 p. 273, omitting
mag. title). Can. of Hereford and commissary of the see of Canterbury by 20 Dec.
1270 (Hereford ch. no. 2867). Occ. as resident can. 24 June and 30 Sept. 1273
(Capes, Charters pp. 138-9). Preb. of Moreton Parva by his d. in 1279 (list 24).
M. Henry of Newark
Occ. as can. 1269 × 1275 (PRO E 327/445), 1271 × 1274 (Reg. Swinfield p.
57) and 22 Feb. 1273 (Hereford ch. no. 1339, dated 5 Nov. 1282). Occ. as absent
can. 24 June 1273 and as resident can. 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters pp. 138-
9). Occ. as can. 16 Oct. 1275 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 17) and 14 Dec. 1275 (Hereford
ch. no. 1758). By 16 Feb. 1279, if not before, he was in possession of the preb. of
Barton (i.e. Colwall; list 11).
Henry son of Warin
He was gr. the office of penitentiary in Hereford cath., which had belonged to
the late M. Roger of Bosbury 24 June 1275, after the gr. of the office to M. John
of St-Omer had been revoked (CPR 1272-82 p. 96). As penitentiary, presumably
held the preb. Episcopi (list 14).
Henry of Woodstock
King's clk.; gr. the preb. which had been held by bp. Robert Burnell of Bath
and Wells by Edward I, while the see of Hereford was vac., 14 May 1275 (CPR
1272-81 p. 89). In Sept. 1275, however, bp. Thomas de Cantilupe coll. him to
the preb. of Preston which he, Cantilupe, had previously held (list 30).
Hervey of Boreham
Can. by 8 Feb. 1271 (Westminster Domesday fo. 359v); his preb. is unspecified
but might be Ewithington which he held at his d. (list 15). Archdcn. of Shropshire
by Aug. 1271 (CUL Add. 3021 fos. 209v, 210r, 218r-v; list 7); later prec. (list 3).
Hugh
A Hugh, can., occ. 1132 (EEA VII no. 55 and cart. St Guthlac fo. 88r, no. 387),
and c. 1138 × 16 Apr. 1148 (EEA VII no. 52; Cart. Shrewsbury pp. 299-300, no.
334). Either of these is prob. identifiable with any one of the following: Hugh de
Calco, M. Hugh de Clifford or M. Hugh of Northampton.
Hugh of Burgundy
Occ. as resident can. 28 Feb. 1289 (Reg. Swinfield p. 214).
Hugh de Calco
Occ. 1143, prob. but not necessarily as can. (EEA VII no. 21). He may, however,
be a layman. His name is prefixed by the title dominus.
M. Hugh de Clifford
(fn. 99)
Occ. 1137 × 16 Apr. 1148 (EEA VII no. 38), 1143 (ibid. no. 21, as mag.), 1144
(ibid. no. 47), 9 Apr. 1145 (ibid. no. 27), c. 1150 × c.1155 (cart. St Guthlac fo.
88v, no. 390), and 1150 × March 1163 (GFL no. 311). Obit 6 Feb. (app. 1 fo. 5r).
Hugh of Dinedor
(fn. 100)
Occ. as can. 1271 × 1274 (Reg. Swinfield p. 57); occ. as resident can. 24 June
and 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters pp. 138-9); occ. presumably, though not
specifically, as can., 14 Dec. 1275 (Hereford ch. no. 1758). He occ. as can. in a
document which cannot be more closely dated than the second half of the 13th
cent., though it must be earlier than 13 May 1290 (ibid. no. 2009).
Hugh Foliot I
Occ. 5 Sept. 1148 × 6 Jan. 1149, if the earl Gilbert mentioned in the ch. is earl
of Pembroke, or 5 Sept. 1148 × 1152 if the earl Gilbert mentioned is earl of
Hertford (GFL no. 331; EEA VII no. 101; see MB p. 269), not necessarily but
prob. as can.; occ. as can. c.1155 × March 1163, prob. early (GFL no. 312; EEA
VII no. 116). Commem. 25 Nov. (app. 1 fo. 47).
Hugh Foliot II
Prob. can. when occ. 10 Aug. 1180 × 31 Dec. 1183 (EEA VII no. 168). Made
archdcn. of Shropshire before 9 May 1186, prob. shortly after 1180 (list 7); may
just possibly have been preb. of Col wall (list 11); later bp. (list 1).
M. Hugh de Hungeria
(fn. 101)
Occ. c. 1158 × 1173 (Hereford ch. no. 2766, and see MB p. 269); mentioned
after 1174 (Hue de Rotelandes Ipomedon: Ein französischer Abenteuerroman des
12. Jahrhunderts, ed. E. Kölbing and E. Koschwitz (Breslau, 1889) p. 93, line
5518). Commem., as can., 15 March (app. 1 fo. 10r). Can. of Lincoln (1 Fasti III
128, 164).
Hugh of Moûtiers
Occ. as resident can. 24 June and 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters pp. 138-9);
occ., not specifically but evidently as can. of Hereford, 14 Dec. 1275 (Hereford
ch. no. 1758); occ. as can. 14 Sept. 1282 (ibid. no. 2074). He d. on the night of
the 13/14 May 1290, as preb. of Hinton (Reg. Swinfield pp. 238, 528; list 18).
M. Hugh of Northampton
Occ. as can. 1143 (EEA VII no. 21) and 1144 (Hereford ch. no. 738).
Hugh 'partes'
Occ. 1144 (EEA VII no. 47). The by-name is puzzling but the document survives
in the original and is written in a clear text hand.
Hugh Soffred
Occ. as can. 26 Nov. 1268 when witness to Peter of Aigueblanche's will, issued
at Sugwas (Woodruff, Will pp. 7-8).
Huguicio son of Peter Leo
Papal subdcn. and chapl.; occ. as non-resident can. 15 Sept. and 19 Oct. 1245
(CPL I 223; see Reg. Inn. IV nos. 1671, 1672 and Sayers, Orig. Papal Documents
no. 299). D. by Apr. 1249 (ibid., citing CPL I 254 and Reg. Inn. IV no. 4445).
Humbert of Yenne
Apparently can. of Hereford, preb. unknown, by 30 Apr. 1273, when Gregory
X attempted unsuccessfully to prov. him to the preb. of Inkberrow (Capes, Charters
pp. 133-4; Sayers, Orig. Papal Documents no. 752; list 21). Cantor of collegiate
church of St Catherine, Aiguebelle (founded by bp. Peter of Aigueblanche) by 14
June 1276 (Reg. Cantilupe pp. 84-5).
M. James of Aigueblanche
Can. by 1246, since he received two papal disps. to hold other benefices in
addition to his canonry at Hereford; preb. unspecified, but might be Cublington
which he held by 1256 (list 12), 11 Oct. 1246 and 15 May 1247 (CPL I 229,
232). Archdcn. of Shropshire by 1253 (list 7).
John
Occ. as can. and episcopal chapl., 6 Oct. 1174 × 10 March 1179 (EEA VII no.
145), 13 Aug. 1178 × 9 May 1186 (ibid. no. 166), and Jan. 1185 × 9 May 1186
(ibid. no. 156).
John of Ambléon
(fn. 102)
Occ. as papal chapl., not referred to as can. of Hereford, 15 Feb. 1254 (Close
Rolls 1253-4 p. 213); occ., on the point of res. his preb. at Hereford, 30 May
1254, after being made dean of Monte Sant' Andrea in Savoy (CPL I 301); d. by
23 Sept. 1254 (CPR 1247-58 p. 334).
M. John Bacon
Occ., without mag. title, as episcopal clk., not yet can., Aug. 1230 × 7 Aug.
1234 (EEA VII no. 341); occ. prob., but not necessarily, as can. 1236, with the
mag. title (cart. St Guthlac fo. 73r, no. 306); very prob. can. when occ. 26 Sept.
1241 (Reg. Swinfield p. 9l); occ. as can. and mag. 7 Aug. 1234 × c. 1247 (Hereford
ch. no. 1660); prob. identifiable with the M. John and with the J. who occ. as
episcopal officials, Easter 1246 (ibid. nos. 1942 and 1994C, 1944E and cf. no.
1944F); occ. as can. and mag. 1248/9 and 14 Jan. 1248/9, when he founded a
vicarage with revenues from the abbey of Wigmore (ibid. nos. 1394, 2090); occ.
1258 (ibid. no. 765). Henry, his vicar, occ. 1267, but M. John Bacon may well
have been d. by then (ibid. no. 521, in which John Bacon is mentioned, not
necessarily as alive but nonetheless without the words 'bone memorie'). Commem.
20 Aug.; his obit notice records his foundation of a vicarage and states that Henry
was the first chapl. installed in it (app. 1 fo. 32).
M. John de Bestan
Not necessarily can, when appd. proctor by bp. Richard de Swinfield (Reg.
Swinfield p. 137); archdcn. of Shropshire from 6 Sept. 1287 to 20 Oct. 1289. May
well have held an unidentifiable preb. until 3 Feb. 1295 when he received papal
prov. to the preb. of Hinton; later coll. to the preb. of Huntington (lists 18, 20).
Also official in dioc. of Canterbury by 13 Oct. 1291 (cf. Reg. Pecham II 33). Res.
church of Smarden (Kent) 30 Dec. 1279 (ibid. I 105); coll., as pr., to rectory of
Cliffe-at-Hoo (Kent) 13 Nov. 1288 (ibid. I 79). Can. of Wells 1297 (1 Fasti VII
87).
John Bishop
(fn. 103)
Occ. as can. of Hereford 1240 × c. 1247 (Hereford ch. no. 786) and 18 Apr.
1244 (Close Rolls 1242-7 p. 242). Commem. 9 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 40r).
John of Bridgnorth
Occ. as can. 1271 × 1274 (Reg. Swinfield p. 57) and 1268/9 × 1303 (cart. II
fo.153r-v); occ. as resident can. 24 June and 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters pp.
138-9); occ. as clk., not yet can., 16 Aug., 19 Sept. and 19 Oct. 1279 (Reg.
Cantilupe pp. 185-6, 223 and 237); preb. of Wellington by 25 Apr. 1283 (list 34).
M. John of Brinsop
(fn. 104)
Occ. as resident can. 28 Feb. 1289 (Reg. Swinfield p. 214).
M. John of Calne
(fn. 105)
Occ., not necessarily as can., 10 Aug. 1186 × 1193 (EEA VII no. 211, but
disregard note ibid. about this prob. being a scribal error for William de Calne;
Reading cartularies I 290-2, no. 359); last occ. 1201 × 20 Apr. 1214, without
title, but prob. as can. (cart. II fo. 124r). Commem., as can., 17 Jan. (app. 1 fo.
lv).
M. John Clementis
First occ., with mag. title, as clk. of bp. William de Vere (1186-98), whose
service he prob. entered c. 1190 (EEA VII p. lvii). His last closely datable occ. as
clk., definitely not can., is 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198, prob. early (EEA VII no. 209);
he occ., not specifically as can. and prob. simply as episcopal clk., 23 Feb. 1196
(Hist. Cart. Mon. Glouc. I 288). His first occ. as can. is Apr. 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198
(EEA VII no. 201); he last occ. 7 Jan. 1212, when he was ordered in a mand. of
Innocent III to act as a judge to hear a case between the rector of Brinsop and
Brecon Priory (Innocent III, Cal. Letters no. 896); the settlement dated 16 May
1214 (ibid.), states that John had d. Commem. 20 Apr. (app. 1 fo. 14v), and so he
could have d. in 1212, 1213 or 1214.
M. John of Colchester
Occ., not specifically as can., 10 Aug. 1186 × 24 Dec. 1198 (EEA VII no. 218),
10 Aug. 1186 × Feb. 1198 (ibid. no. 199), and 10 Aug. 1186 × 1190 (ibid. nos.
231-2); occ. as can. 30 Aug. 1186 × 24 Dec. 1198 (ibid. no. 187). May possibly
be identifiable with the M. John of Gloucester who witnesses three of bp. William
de Vere's acta (ibid. nos. 203-4, 211). Commem., as can., 28 July (app. 1 fo.
28v). Possibly held archdcnry. of Bath 1212 (1 Fasti VII 29).
John Foliot II
Prob. one of the children of William Foliot the prec. and Margaret (EEA VII
nos. 288n, 317n; J. Barrow, 'Hereford bishops and married clergy', Historical
Research lx (1987) 7-8); inst. into rectory of Bockleton 27 Oct. 1219 × 29 Nov.
1223 (EEA VII nos. 317-18); occ. as rector of Bockleton, not yet can., 1234 × c. 1247
(Hereford ch. no. 787). He cannot be identified with John Foliot I, chanc. and
briefly archdcn. of Shropshire (lists 5, 7), because both witness a ch. issued by
the dean and chapter 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r). Moreover John Foliot the
chanc. witnesses a ch. of John Foliot, son of William Foliot the prec. (Hereford
ch. no. 1872, a 14th-cent. copy of an inspeximus by dean S[tephen Thornbury],
1234-47, of John Foliot's ch.). John Foliot II occ. as can. 24 May 1254 (ibid. no.
1338) and 1240 × 1268 (ibid. no. 754). Occ. 1258 × 1271 as can. and as uncle of
Alice, daughter of a citizen of Hereford called Nicholas le Chanteur (ibid. no. 753);
occ. also ibid. no. 912 of the mid 13th cent. John Foliot, rector of Bockleton, was d.
by 2 Dec. 1261 (cart. II fo. 7v and cf. fos. 6v-7r, 56r and BL Egerton Charter 2212).
Commem. 27 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 42v), and therefore cannot have d. later than 1261.
John of Maurienne
(fn. 106)
Occ. as can. 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r), c. 1253 (PRO C 115/58 no. 4015),
24 May 1254 (Hereford ch. no. 1338), and 4 Nov. 1258, when gr. simple protection
(CPR 1258-66 p. 2).
John of Pavilly
(fn. 107)
Given letters of presentation by king John, in the episcopal vacancy following
the d. of Giles de Braose, to succeed to the preb. formerly held by Walter, archdcn.
of Cornwall, 27 June 1216 (Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 189a).
John Pole
Coll., 17 Nov. 1298, to a canonical house which had been his own (Reg.
Swinfield p. 547). Preb. of Hampton by his d. (ibid. p. 535; see also list 17 and 2
Fasti II 26). Can. of Wells by 1 July 1273; referred to as d. 2 Dec. 1301 (1 Fasti
VII 90).
John of Scarborough
Clk. of Eleanor, the mother of Edward I. Already can. when ordained dcn., 6
Apr. 1286 (Reg. Swinfield p. 548); occ. as can. 20 Sept. 1289 (CPL I no. 505).
Preb. of Norton by c. 1291 (list 26).
M. John of Toulouse
Occ. as can. 1193 and 9 Apr. 1193 (CDF p. 94).
John of Villargondran
(fn. 108)
Occ. as John de Villario Gundran, can. 1247 (PRO E 326/409; cal. in A
Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (6 vols., 1890-
1915) I 253).
M. Jordan
Occ. almost certainly as can. 6 Oct. 1174 × 31 Dec. 1183 (EEA VII no. 149),
and March 1179 ('Gloucester Register' p. 48, no. 137, where misdated: the ch.
was issued at about the time of the Third Lateran Council in March 1179). Became
dean after the d. of his predecessor, which occ. on 31 Dec. in any of the years 1181-
3 inclusive, and before 27 March × 28 May 1184 (PUE II 418-9; and see list 2).
Ketelbern
Occ. as pr. and can. 1101 × 1102 (CDF no. 1138). Commem., as Ketelbert can.,
17 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 36v).
Laurence de Wycam
Dates unknown, but must have d. before the bulk of the obit book was compiled,
since his entry is in the main hand; prob. therefore d. before the end of the 1270s.
Commem., as can., 17 Oct. (cart. II fo. 41r).
Leofwin
(fn. 109)
Occ. as one of the bp.'s followers, not in the list of laymen and therefore a
cleric, and thus almost certainly a can., in the entourage of bp. Robert the
Lotharingian, 1085 (EEA VII no. 2). Later became dean (list 2).
M. Luke de Bree
Prob. not yet can. when occ. 7 Feb. 1274 (Hereford ch. no. 1847C, pd. Capes,
Charters p. 133); appd. official of bp. Cantilupe 1275 (D. M. Smith, Thomas
Cantilupe's register: the administration of the diocese of Hereford 1275-1282',
in M. Jancey, St Thomas Cantilupe pp. 87-8); occ. as can. 23 May 1275 (CPR
1272-81 p. 90); coll. to treasury 22 Apr. 1277 (Reg. Cantilupe pp. 120-1; list 4);
preb. of Warham by 1291 (list 33).
Macarius
Occ. 1148 × 1155 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 76v, no. 325). Obit, as Macharius can.,
31 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 43r).
M. Martin of Gex
Occ. as can. when given simple protection 4 Nov. 1258 (CPR 1258-66 p. 2).
Prob. identifiable with the Martin who occ. (no surname) as resident can. 24 June
1273 (Capes, Charters p. 138); occ. as can. 8 Dec. 1277 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 154);
mentioned as being very ill 21 Apr. 1279 (ibid. p. 204); d. by 4 May 1279, when
his preb., not named but evidently Hampton, was given to Richard de Swinfield
(ibid. pp. 210-11; list 17).
Mathias de Cigogné
(fn. 110)
Prob. not yet can. of Hereford when he was presented to the church of
Mucklestone Dec. 1209 (Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 88a) and to the church of Skenfrith in
the dioc. of Llandaff 1 July 1214 (ibid. p. 117b); occ. as clk. July 1213 × 8 July
1215 (Acta Stephani Langton pp. 12-13, no. 6), and 25 March 1215 (Rot. Litt.
Claus. I 191 b). Occ. as can. 1234 × 1239 (Hereford ch. no. 1409). Commem., as
can., 14 Aug. (app. 1 fo, 31r).
Matthew
Dates unknown. Commem., as can. and pr., 26 Apr. (app. 1 fo. 15v).
M. Maurice the physician
Possibly identifiable with the layman, Maurice the son of Hugh grammaticus,
who occ. 1132 (Hereford ch. no. 1095, pd. Capes, Charters pp. 7-8). Occ. as clk.,
without the mag. title, c.1158 × 31 Dec. 1183 (cart. II fo. 17v); occ. as mag.
between two cans., and therefore prob. was himself a can., 13 Aug. 1178 × 9 May
1186 (EEA VII no. 166).
M. Nicholas divinus
Possibly can. when occ. c. 1150 × c. 1158 (GFL no. 344); perhaps put in
charge of the cath. school as early as 1173; referred to on one occasion as
chanc. (list 5).
M. Nicholas the priest
First occ., prob. as can., 6 Oct. 1174 × 31 Dec. 1183 (EEA VII no. 149); occ.
1195 and 1190 × Michaelmas 1198, not necessarily as can. (ibid. nos. 200, 237);
occ. as can. 1193 × 24 Dec. 1198 (ibid. no. 216); commem., as can. and pr., 23
Jan. (cart. II fo. 2v).
[
Nicholas de Geneville
Bp. Richard de Swinfield refused him a benefice 25 Feb. 1283, because he
was aged only 10 years (Reg. Swinfield p. 1; and see list 35), but gr. him a pension
of 10m 7 July 1283 (ibid. p. 14), and coll. him to the preb. of Withington Parva
28 Jan. 1287 (ibid. p. 526; list 35).]
M. Nicholas of Hampton
or
Wolverhampton
Not yet can., but episcopal clk., when occ. 1191 × 24 Dec. 1198, possibly 1191
× 1193 (EEA VII no. 206); he was possibly not yet can. when he occ. 1195 × 24
Dec. 1198 (ibid. no. 207), and he testified separately from the chapter 1196 × 24
Dec. 1198 (ibid. no. 180); definitely can. when occ. Apr. 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198
(ibid. no. 201) and 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198 (ibid. no. 209), so he was prob. coll.
to a preb. by bp. William de Vere. Last occ. as can. in 1219 (Pat. Rolls 1216-
25 p. 191), in which year he became archdcn. of Shropshire (list 7). He may
have given up his preb. on being made archdcn., since his name is not recorded
in the cath. obit book. Prob. identifiable with the Master N. of Wolverhampton
who witnessed a ch. of the abbot of Bruern c. 1209 (Collections for a History
of Staffordshire (WSAS xvii, 1896) pp. 248-50), and possibly with the Master
N., can. of Wolverhampton, who occ. c. 1203 (The Later Letters of Peter of Blois,
ed. E. Revell (British Academy, 1993) no. 4). He may also be the Nicholas who
succeeded Peter of Blois as dean of Wolverhampton after 1203 (Collections
for a History of Staffordshire (WSAS iii, 1882) 14, 118, 126 and ibid. ix/I (1888)
53).
Nicholas de Knovile
Not necessarily can. when occ. Sept./Oct, 1280 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 259). He
was coll. to the preb. previously held by M. Richard of Stratford 11 Feb. 1282,
prob. Putson Minor (list 32).
Nicholas de Novill
or
Neville
Clk. of Henry III (cf. Diplomatic Documents nos. 219, 239 n. 34), who gr. to
him the preb. previously held by Richard Skayl 2 Oct. 1234, and the houses with
appurtenances previously held by Richard Skayl 13 Oct. 1234, in the episcopal
vacancy (CPR 1232-47 p. 73; Close Rolls 1231-4 p. 536). Can. of Chichester (1
Fasti V 63-4); brother of Ralph de Neville, bp. of Chichester; archdcn. of Bath,
royal gr. c.28 Oct. 1234 (Ann. Tewkes. p. 95); occ. 3 Feb. 1236 (CPR 1232-47 p.
135).
[
M. Nogent
Commem., without title (so may not necessarily have been can.), 23 Nov. 1270
(app. 1 fo. 47r).]
M. Odo
Occ. as can., without mag. title, 1107 × 1115 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 93v); occ. as
mag. and can. 1136 × 16 Apr. 1148 (EEA VII no. 37); prob. identifiable with the
Odo who was briefly archdcn. of Shropshire, who occ. in that office 1144 × 16
Apr. 1148 (ibid. no. 28, and see list 7); prob. also identifiable with the Odo, can.,
who occ. c. 1158 × 1173 (Hereford ch. no. 2768, with copy cart. II fo. 10r), and in
an undated ch. issued in the 1160s or 1170s (Hereford ch. no. 1087). The obits of
the father and mother of can. Odo were commem. 13 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 36r).
Ordmaer
Obit, as Ordmerus, can. and pr., 1 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 34r). Dates unknown, but to
judge from the name (clearly OE Ordmaer, with no surname or by-name), fl, late
11th or early 12th cent.
Orgar I
(fn. 111)
Was killed by the Welsh while he defended the doors of Hereford cath., 24/25
Oct. 1055 (see J. Barrow, 'Athelstan to Aigueblanche' p. 22). Commem. 25 Oct.
(app. 1 fo. 42v).
Orgar II
(fn. 112)
Occ. 1132, not necessarily as can. (Hereford ch. no. 1095); occ. as can. c.1144
(ibid. no. 738), and 1144 (EEA VII no. 47). Is prob. to be identified with the
'Edgar' who is mentioned, perhaps d., c. 1154 × 1155 (Capes, Charters p. 14).
Commem., as Ordgar, can. and pr., 22 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 37v).
Osbert I
Occ. as can. 1144 (EEA VII no. 47 [Hosbertus], and see MB p. 269); occ. c.1144
(Hereford ch. no. 738); occ. c. 1154 × 1155 (Capes, Charters p. 14). The obits of
two cans. named Osbert are recorded, one on 6 May (app. 1 fo. 17r), and the
other, Osbert, can. and pr., on 18 Nov. (ibid. fo. 46r).
Osbert II
The other can. Osbert mentioned in the obit book (see Osbert I above) may
be identifiable with the M. Osbert who was a chapl. of bp. William de Vere
and who then occ., possibly as can., in two chs. of bp. Giles de Braose, datable
24 Sept. 1200 × 1201/2 and 24 Sept. 1200 × 17 Nov. 1215 (EEA VII nos. 252,
287).
Osbert, archdeacon of Carmarthen
(fn. 113)
Commem. 26 Dec., and therefore possibly had been can. of Hereford (app. 1
fo. 53r). Identifiable with the Osbert who occ. as can. of St Davids under bp. Peter
de Leia (BL Harley MS 6280 fo. 26v), before becoming archdcn. of Carmarthen,
in which office he first occ. 1201 and last in 1206, though a reference to an archdcn.
C. in 1208 may be a copyist's error for O[sbert] (see St Davids Episcopal Acta p.
30).
Master P.
Occ. as can. 30 Nov. 1201 × 17 Nov. 1215, prob. before May 1208 (EEA VII
no. 258). May possibly be identifiable with M. Peter of Abergavenny, M. Philip
(? of Lindsey) or M. Philip Rufus Cornubiensis (see below).
Peter I
Occ. in a document prob. of the early 13th cent., certainly before (? 18 Dec.)
1216 (cart. II fo. 123r-v); also 1201 × 1216 as can. and custodian of the chapter
manors (Hereford ch. no. 189); also as can., early 13th cent. (ibid. no. 114). May
well be identifiable with the Peter, subdean, who occ. c.1225 × 1230 (ibid. no.
870), and also with the Peter, can. and pr. of Maddelewie (? Madley), who was
commem. 24 Apr. (app. 1 fo. 15v).
Peter II
Dates unknown, but presumably d. before the 1270s when the bulk of the obit
book was compiled. Commem., as can. and dcn., 11 Feb. (app. 1 fo. 5v).
[
M. Peter the physician
Commem., as M. Peter medicus without being referred to as can., 15 March
(app. 1 fo. 10r).]
M. Peter of Abergavenny
(fn. 114)
Occ. as clk. 1201 × 1203 (Hereford ch. no. 1090). May possibly be identifiable
with Peter I, can., above, though the fact that the latter is never termed mag. appears
to rule this out. M. Peter of Abergavenny (Bergavenni) occ. as can. 18 Dec. 1216
× 1227, prob. 18 Dec. 1216 × 16 Apr. 1219 (EEA VII no. 295), and 27 Oct. 1219
× 23 July 1227 (ibid. no. 336). Commem. as theologus (teacher of theology), not
specifying whether he was can., 5 June (app. 1 fo. 21v); commem. in Liber Vitae
Ecclesiae Dunelmensis: a Collotype Facsimile of the Original Manuscript, ed. A.
H. Thompson (Surtees Soc. cxxxvi, 1923) fo. 57r.
Peter de Lacy
Bp. Thomas de Cantilupe coll. him to the preb. which had been held by M.
Giles of Avenbury, ordering the official and the hebdomadary to induct him 8
Nov. 1277 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 151).
M. Peter of Northampton
Occ. 27 Oct. 1219 × Aug. 1230 and 27 Oct. 1219 × 7 Aug. 1234 as clk. (EEA
VII nos. 357, 359); occ. 1216 × 1231 as can. (Hereford ch. no. 1102; cf. also cart.
St Guthlac fos. 89v-90r). Commem., as can., 28 Dec. (app. 1 fo. 53r).
M. Peter of Radnor
Prov. to the preb. previously held by S. de Anagni by 1 June 1252; this preb. may
have been Huntington, which he is known to have held at his d. (list 20); penitentiary
by 1264, and therefore may have held preb. Episcopi (list 13) additionally.
M. Peter of Sollières
(fn. 115)
Perhaps not yet can. when occ. as episcopal advocate 22 Feb. 1253 (Hereford
ch. no. 1406, pd. Capes, Charters pp. 93-4); had become can. by 8 Oct. 1256
(Hereford ch. no. 1946); occ. as episcopal official 29 Oct. 1256 (ibid. no. 1952);
occ. as can. of Hereford 4 Nov. 1258, when he was given simple protection (CPR
1258-66 p. 2). Prob. to be identified with the Master P. de Soleriis, auditor
causarum of the count of Savoy, who heard a case in Geneva 13 June 1265
(Chartes inédites relatives à l'histoire de la ville et du diocèse de Genève et
antérieures à l'année 1312, ed. E. Mallet (Geneva and Paris, 1862) pp. 78-80,
no. 92). Occ. as absent can. 24 June 1273 (Capes, Charters p. 138). Commem.,
without being termed can., 24 Jan. (app. 1 fo. 3).
M. Peter of Ugine
(fn. 116)
Prob. not yet can. 1247 when occ. as rector of Bacton, near Dore (PRO E 326/
409; cal. in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office
(6 vols., 1890-1915) I 253); occ. as can. c. 1253 (PRO C 115/58 no. 4015) and 15
Feb. 1254 (Close Rolls 1253-4 p. 213); last occ. as can. 6 June 1261 (Hereford
ch. no. 1084, with copy in cart. II fos. 158v-159r). Occ., not titled can., 26 Nov.
1268 at Sugwas (Woodruff, Will p. 7).
M.Philip
Occ. as can. 1201 × 1205 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 69r, no. 284, and fo. 78r, no.
333). May possibly be identifiable either with M. Philip of Lindsey, who occ. as
clk. of bp. Giles de Braose 24 Sept. 1200 × 30 Nov. 1201 (EEA VII nos. 244, and
see also no. 260 in which he occ. without a surname) and 1200 × 1202 (ibid. no.
252, also without surname), or with M. Philip Rufus Cornubiensis (see below).
Either of them, or M. Peter of Abergavenny, may be identifiable with Master P.,
can. (see above).
Philip de Braose
(fn. 117)
Dates unknown. Commem., as can., 7 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 30r).
Philip de Fauconberg
(fn. 118)
Archdcn. of Huntingdon, by 28 Aug. 1223 (1 Fasti III 28); can. of Lincoln
and St Paul's, London. Last occ. (as archdcn. of Huntingdon) 7 Nov. 1228
(ibid.), and had d. by 7 Dec. 1228. Commem. at Lincoln 2 Dec., but at Hereford
4 Dec. His Hereford obit, which titles him archdcn. of Huntingdon and can. of
Hereford, records that he left a tooth of St Ethelbert to the cath. (app. 1 fo.
49v).
M. Philip of Hay
(fn. 119)
Occ. prob. as episcopal clk., not as can., 27 Oct. 1219 × 7 Aug. 1234 (EEA VII
no. 359); occ. 1224 × 1228, not specifically but prob. as can. (cart. St Guthlac fo.
49v, no. 180); occ. as can. 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r); d. 13 Sept. 1254, and
commem. 13 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 36r).
[
M. Philip of Lindsey
Clk. of bp. Giles de Braose. There is no certainty that he was ever a can.;
however, he may be identifiable with M. Philip (see above).]
M. Philip Rufus Cornubiensis
Occ. with other Hereford clks., prob. not yet can., c. 1200, prob. before 30 Nov.
1201 (The Prose Salernitan Questions, ed. B. Lawn (1979) p. 6); occ. as clk. of
bp. Simon de Wells of Chichester, 1204 × 1207 and 6 Feb. 1207 at Ferring (Acta
Chichester nos. 151, 153). Mentioned, after his d., in a ch. of ? c. 1220 specifying
his obit arrangements, whose wording makes it clear that he had been a can. of
Hereford (Hereford ch. no. 2071, pd. Capes, Charters p. 54); commem., as can.,
3 Apr. (app. 1 fo. 12v). See also entries for Master P. and M. Philip above.
Master R., chancellor of the bishop of Hereford
See Richard of Hertford (lists 6, 33).
Master R. de Hageford'
Occ. as can. 9 Aug. 1272 (Hereford ch. no. 2868, pd. Capes, Charters p. 127);
occ. as resident can. 24 June and 30 Sept. 1273 (ibid. pp. 138-9).
Ralph I
Dates unknown. Commem., as can. of Hereford, 22 Nov. (app. 1 fo. 47r).
Ralph II
Dates unknown. Commem., as sacrist and dcn., 11 Apr. (app. 1 fo. 13v).
Ralph Foliot
Occ., very prob. as can., soon after 25 Apr. 1178 (EEA VII no. 141), and definitely
as can. 2 Dec. 1178 (GFL no. 410; cf. Brooke and Brooke pp. 15-16). Became
archdcn. of Hereford soon after 15 March 1179 (list 6). May possibly have been
can. of Salisbury, possibly occ. as such Apr. or May 1193 (see 1 Fasti IV 128).
Ralph of Ledbury
(fn. 120)
Occ. c. 1155 (GFL no. 312, and see MB p. 269); last occ. 22 Dec. 1163 × 27
Feb. 1167 (EEA VII no. 123), and 1163 × c. 1180 (GFL no. 259), when he seems
to have been on the point of giving up his preb. (not identified). Commem. 28
Aug. (app. 1 fo. 33v).
Ralph of StAlbans
(fn. 121)
Occ. as can. 24 May 1254 (Hereford ch. no. 1338) and c. 1253 (PRO C 115/58
no. 4015); commem., as can. and pr., 28 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 43r).
M. Ralph of Totnes
(fn. 122)
Not yet can. when occ. 10 Aug. 1186 × 1187/8 (EEA VII no. 203); occ. as can. and
dcn., mid 1190s × 30 Nov. 1201 (Hereford ch. no. 1); commem. 4 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 29v).
Reginald
First occ. as chapl. of bp. Robert Foliot, not yet can. (EEA VII pp. liv-v); occ.
31 Dec. 1180 × 9 May 1186, prob. as chapl. of the chapel of St Mary Magdalen
(Hereford ch. no. 727), an office which he res. 1187/8 × Feb. 1198 (EEA VII no.
198); occ. as can. and pr. mid 1190s × 30 Nov. 1201 (Hereford ch. no. 1).
Commem., as can. and pr., 20 Jan., and the entry records that he left some books
to the cath., including a glossed psalter (app. 1 fo. 2r).
M. Reginald
Occ. 1144 (EEA VII no. 47). He may possibly be identifiable with the Reginald,
can., who was commem. 9 March (app. 1 fo. 9r).
Richard
Dates unknown. Either the Ricoardus, can. and pr., who was commem. 19 March
(app. 1 fo. 11r), or the Richard, can., who was commem. 25 Oct. (ibid. fo. 42v;
and see also the two following entries).
M. Richard I
Occ., prob. as can., 1154 × 1155 (Capes, Charters p. 14, where said to have a
brother called Osbert; see also MB p. 269). He could be identified with the Richard,
can., who was commem. 25 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 42v), or the Ricoardus, can. and pr.,
who was commem. 19 March (ibid. fo. 11r). He is less likely to be identifiable
with the M. Richard, can., commem. 30 Sept. (ibid. fo. 38v), since the form of
this obit entry suggests a 13th-cent. date.
M. Richard II
Occ. as can. 1217 × 29 Nov. 1223, prob. 1217 × 16 Apr. 1219 (EEA VII no.
293); prob. identifiable with the M. Richard who was commem., as can., 30 Sept.
(app. 1 fo. 38v; see also the two preceding entries).
M. Richard Brito
Can. by a point between 10 Aug. 1186 and June 1187 (EEA VII no. 195); became
dean not earlier than 30 Apr. 1187 or later than 30 Jan. 1189 (list 2).
Richard de Clifford
(fn. 123)
Dates unknown. Commem., as can. and dcn., 22 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 37v).
Richard Foliot
Occ., possibly not as can., 5 Sept. 1148 × c. 1155 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 76v, no.
325); occ. as can. c.1155 (GFL no. 312; see MB p. 270). He became archdcn. of
Middlesex prob. 1180 × 1181, and d. on 26, 27 or 28 Jan. 1181 × 1183 (1 Fasti I
16, 19). He had prob. res. his Hereford preb. before he d., since his d. is not
recorded in the Hereford cath. obit book.
M. Richard de Freine
(fn. 124)
Occ. prob., but not necessarily, as can. 1236 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 73r, no. 306).
Commem., as can., 22 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 32v).
M. Richard of Gravesend
Occ. prob., but not necessarily, as can. 1236 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 73r, no. 306);
occ. as can. 1234 × 1239 (Hereford ch. no. 1407). He became treas. shortly after
Dec. 1237 (list 4).
Richard of Montvernier
(fn. 125)
Occ. as can. c. 1253 (PRO C 115/58 no. 4015), 24 May 1254 (Hereford ch. no.
1338), and c. 1250 × c. 1270 (ibid. nos. 2101, 2103); last occs. 25 March 1262
(ibid. no. 725) and 1258 × 1271 (ibid. no. 2102). Referred to as d. 29 Sept. 1295
(Capes, Charters p. 169), but must have d. long before. Commem. 3 Nov. (app. 1
fo. 43v).
[
M. Richard Pictaviensis
Dates unknown. Commem., not necessarily as can., 13 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 31r).
Cannot be identified with Richard of Ilchester archdcn. of Poitiers because the
latter became bp. of Winchester 1174 and was commem. 22 Dec. at Winchester
(1 Fasti II 85).]
M. Richard of Pudleston
(fn. 126)
Reservation to him, of a canonry and preb. (unnamed) at Hereford, 8 March
1291 (Reg. Nic. IV no. 4678; CPL I 532); occ. as can. 3 July 1291 and 24 Feb.
1292 (Hereford ch. no. 1057 and Reg. Swinfield p. 278).
Richard of St Albans
(fn. 127)
Occ., as can., 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r).
Richard Skayl
Referred to, as a recently deceased can. of Hereford, 2 Oct. 1234, when Henry
III gr. his preb. to Nicholas de Novill (CPR 1232-47 p. 73; cf. also Close Rolls
1231-4 p. 536; for Nicholas de Novill, see above, this list).
M. Richard of Stratford
Coll. to unidentifiable preb. previously held by Edmund de Mortimer on or by
8 July 1276 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 83 and cf. p. 102), but had res. that preb. by 21
Dec. 1277 (ibid. p. 155); preb. of Putson Minor by 11 Feb. 1281 (ibid. p. 268; list
32).
M. Richard de Swinfield
Coll. to an unidentifiable preb. previously held by M. Richard of Stratford 21
Dec. 1277 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 155); coll. to the preb. (prob. Hampton) previously
held by Martin of Gex, 4 May 1279 (Reg, Cantilupe pp. 210-11; cf. ibid. p. 204;
list 17). Bp. of Hereford, el. 1 Dec. 1282 (list 1).
Richard de Swinfield
Preb. of Hinton from 14 Oct. 1297 (list 18) and of Bartonsham from 4 Aug.
1299 (list 8).
Robert
Dates unknown, but presumably earlier than the late 13th cent. when the
bulk of the text of the obit book was compiled. Commem. 19 Oct. (app. 1 fo.
41v).
[
Robert, abbot of Lire
Robert de Insula, abbot of Lire 1216-Aug. 1221 (Gallia Christiana XI 647),
who gave the church of Lydney and its appurtenances to the cath., was commem.
as abbot of Lire and can. of Hereford 20 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 22r; one of Lire's
necrologies enters his name under 20 Aug. and one under 21 Aug. (Rec. Hist. Fr.
XXIII 473)). He and bp. Hugh de Mapenore presided over an agreement whereby
the abbey of Lire could convert its churches in the dioc. of Hereford into a preb.
of the cath., 1216 × 1219 (EEA VII no. 305), with the abbot of Lire becoming an
honorary can.]
Robert Burnell
Royal clk.; royal chanc. 1274-92; preb. of St Paul's (1 Fasti I 54); preb. and
archdcn. of York (1 Fasti VI 35, 78, 79-80). Held a preb. in Hereford cath. which
he presumably res. on his elevation to the see of Bath and Wells (el. 23 Jan., gr.
of temps. 15 Feb., cons. 7 Apr. 1275); it was given to Henry of Woodstock 14
May 1275 (CPR 1272-81 p. 89; 1 Fasti VII 5-6).
[
Robert de Chesney
The obit of a Robert, bp. of Lincoln, clearly Robert de Chesney, is recorded in
the Hereford cath. obit book under 26 Dec. (app. 1 fo. 53r); at Lincoln he was
commem. 27 Dec. (1 Fasti III 2, 33, 116). It is just possible that he might at some
point have been a can. of Hereford, though equally his name might have been
entered by a kinsman, perhaps one of the Foliots at Hereford (Robert was the
uncle of bp. Gilbert Foliot).]
M. Robert de Clare
Occ. as clk. 5 Sept. 1148 × March 1163 (GFL no. 116; cf. MB p. 270); occ.
prob. as can., because ahead of can. William of Salisbury in the witness list, 22
Dec. 1163 × 26 Feb. 1167 (EEA VII no. 122).
Robert de Clifford
(fn. 128)
Also preb. of St Paul's, London (1 Fasti 171); occ., not necessarily as can. of
Hereford, 1150s × 1180/90s (Hereford ch. no. 1089, pd. Capes, Charters p. 19,
issued by Walter de Clifford and witnessed by Ivo the treas., therefore datable
1150s × 24 Dec. 1198; the hand of the ch. is mid rather than late 12th-cent.); occ.
as can. 1160s × 1170s (Hereford ch. no. 1087); occ. 1187/8 × 30 Jan. 1190 (ibid.
no. 487), 9 Apr. 1214 (Innocent III, Cal. Letters no. 946), Trinity Term 1220 (Curia
Regis Rolls IX 204), and some time before 1228 (cart. II fo. 134v, witnessed also
by can. Roger fitzMaurice, who d. before 1228, prob. not long after 1206). His
mother Matilda was commem. 12 Nov., his sister Alice 14 Sept., and he himself
20 Apr. (app. 1 fos. 45r, 36r and 14v).
Robert de Cotintone
Occ. with the mag. title, not necessarily as can., not long after 26 July 1234
(Hereford ch. no. 2118); occ. as can., titled dominus (i.e. not mag.), 1234 × 1239
(ibid. no. 1409); occ. as can. 26 March 1239 (cart. II fo. 154r-v); commem., as
can. and pr., 22 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 32v).
Robert Foliot
Can. of Lincoln before 1142 (1 Fasti III 74); clk. of bp. Robert de Chesney of
Lincoln from 1148 (EEA I pp. xliv-xlv and nos. 83-4); archdcn. of Oxford by
Jan. 1152 (7 Fasti III 35). Mentioned as being a can. of Hereford in a letter of bp.
Bartholomew of Exeter to Alexander III urging Robert's speedy cons., Apr. 1173
× 6 Oct. 1174 (The Letters of John of Salisbury, ed. W. J. Millor, H. E. Butler and
rev. C. N. L. Brooke (2 vols., Oxford, 1955-79) II no. 321). Became bp. of
Hereford (el. late Apr. 1173, cons. 6 Oct. 1174; list 1). Not identifiable with the
Robert 'Foliot' who is referred to in a ch. of bp. Hugh Foliot relating to land at
Pion, who is in fact can. Robert Folet (cart. II fo. 20r, pd. EEA VII no. 337; for
Robert Folet, see lists 16, 27).
M. Robert of Gloucester
Occ. as episcopal clk. 4 March 1278 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 171); can. by 26 Dec.
1279, when he was gr. the houses recently held by Henry de Hawkley near the
cath. (ibid. p. 244); episcopal official by 25 July 1280 (ibid. pp. 247-8); occ. as
can. 'dicto le Wyse de Gloc" 17 Dec. 1282 (Reg. Pecham II 62); referred to as
holding the preb., prob. Hunderton, recently held by Geoffrey de Neubaud 24
March 1283 (Reg. Swinfield pp. 5-6; list 19); occ. as residentiary can. 28 Feb.
1289 (ibid. p. 214). Described as excomm. rector of Wraysbury church (Bucks.)
(Reg. Pecham I 156).
M. Robert Haket
(fn. 129)
Not yet can. when occ. 26 Nov. 1220 × 1224 (EEA VII nos. 345, 371); occ. as
can. Aug. 1230 × 7 Aug. 1234 (ibid. no. 360, 367) and 29 March 1233 (BL
Campbell Charter viii. 14); occ. as can. also in an undated ch. which must be
later than 4 Nov. 1221 (Reg. W. Gray p. 143n). Can. of York by 4 May 1237;
archdcn. of Richmond by 25 Nov. 1240; treas. of York by 22 March 1242, last
occ. 11 March 1252 (1 Fasti VI 24, 50, 59, 100, 108).
M. Robert de Haseley
(fn. 130)
Perhaps not yet can. when occ. as clk. of the abbot and monks of Winchcombe
8 March 1181 (Landboc II 260); had prob. become can. by 10 Aug. 1180 × 31
Dec. 1183 (EEA VII no. 168, without mag. title), and he occ. prob., though not
definitely, as can. 10 Aug. 1186 × June 1187 (ibid. no. 195, also without mag.
title). Was definitely can. when occ. 1187/8 × mid 1190s (Hereford ch. no. 233);
occ. as royal justice at Gloucester 4 July 1192 and 16 Sept. 1194 (Cart. Cirencester
I no. 182, and D. Walker, 'Some charters relating to St Peter's abbey, Gloucester',
in A Medieval Miscellany for D. M. Stenton, ed. P. M. Barnes and C. F. Slade
(PRS, new series xxxvi, 1962 for 1960) p. 264, no. 11). His last occs. are 1201 ×
1216, as custodian of the chapter's manors (Hereford ch. no. 189), and c. 1201 ×
1221 (Landboc II 260). His mother, Hersenda, was commem. 14 Apr. (app. 1 fo.
14r), and he was commem. 13 Aug. (ibid. fo, 31r).
Robert de Landa
Prob., but not necessarily, can. when occ. 6 Oct. 1174 × 10 March 1179 (EEA VII
no. 145); occ. between two cans., and therefore almost certainly one himself, 10 Aug.
1180 × 31 Dec. 1183 (ibid. no. 168); commem., as can., 30 Nov. (app. 1 fo. 48v).
[
M. Robert Parvus
Dates unknown, though may be identifiable with the mid 13th-cent. can. of St
Paul's (1 Fasti I 61). Commem., with daughter Beatrice, 10 Nov., but the entry
does not specify that he was can. of Hereford and he may not have been (app. 1
fo. 44v).]
Roger I
Occ. c. l155 (GFL no. 312; cf. MB p. 270). Two cans. called Roger were
commem., one 17 Aug. (app. 1 fo. 31v), and the other, a can. and dcn., 17 Sept.
(ibid. fo. 36v).
Roger II
Dates unknown. The other can. Roger mentioned in the preceding item.
Roger Burt (Bourd)
Coll. 7 March 1283 to the preb. which had been held by the elder Richard de
Swinfield, and before him by Martin of Gex (Reg. Swinfield p. 524). This was
prob. Hampton, which he is known to have held c.1291 (list 17).
Roger de Calkeberge
Occ. 1234 × 1239 (Hereford ch. nos. 1407, 1409), c. 1239 (ibid. no. 1083), 1234
× c. l247 (ibid. nos. 786, 899, 1268 and 1660), and 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r).
Commem. 22 Apr.; the entry in the obit book states that he bequeathed money to
endow a position for a vicar choral, prob. to assist Ralph de Kaukeberge, evidently
a kinsman, who was the first vicar to be appd. (app. 1 fo. 15r).
[
M. Roger de Hamma
(fn. 131)
Dates unknown; commem., not necessarily as can., 22 Nov. (app. 1 fo. 47r).]
Roger fitzMaurice
Occ. prob. as clk., c.1155 × 1174 (GFL no. 326; cf. MB p. 271); occ. as parson
of Bacton, Apr. 1173 × 6 Oct. 1174 (EEA VII no. 169); first occ. as can. 1181 × 9
May 1186 (ibid. no. 173). His last closely datable occ. was in 1206, when he was
ejected from the deanery of the Vale of Evesham (Chronicon abbatiae de Evesham,
ed. W. D. Macray (Rolls series xxix, 1863) p. 196); he also occ. 24 Sept. 1200 ×
17 Nov. 1215 (EEA VII no. 267), and 30 Nov. 1201 × 1216 (Hereford ch. no.
959); however, although he occ. in numerous Hereford chs. of the early 13th cent.,
none of these can definitely be dated to the period after bp. Giles de Braose went
into exile, in May 1208, and it is likely that he d. not long after 1206. He is
mentioned as d. in a document with a terminus ad quem of 1228 (cart. St Guthlac
fo. 70v). Commem., as can. and pr., 13 July (app. 1 fo. 26r).
M. Roger of Sevenoaks
Prob. only episcopal clk. when occ. 11 Aug. 1276 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 88);
occ. first as can. 1277 × 1282 (Hereford ch. no. 1412), and 4 March 1278
(Reg. Cantilupe p. 171). Rector of Sevenoaks, occ. 3 Sept. 1279 (Reg. Pecham II
88), and as mag., occ. as parson of Sevenoaks 28 Sept. 1294 (CPR 1292-1301 p.
92). Archdcn. of Hereford 27 May - 21 Nov. 1287 (list 6). Preb. of Cublington
by 1291 (list 12), but he had held at least one other preb. before 17 Apr. 1280
(Reg. Cantilupe p. 63); treas. from 21 Sept. 1294 (Reg. Swinfield p. 529; list
4).
Sampson
Occ., very prob. as can., 1137 × 16 Apr. 1148 (EEA VII no. 38); commem., as
can., 6 May (app. 1 fo. 17r).
Saulfus
(fn. 132)
Occ. as man of bp. Robert the Lotharingian 1085, evidently as a clk. because
he is not among the lay members of the entourage; he therefore may well have
been can. (EEA VII no. 2).
M. Simon
Occ. 1148 × c. l158 (Cart. Shrewsbury II no. 332); last occ. 6 Oct. 1174 × 31
Dec. 1183 and 10 Aug. 1180 × 31 Dec. 1183 (EEA VII nos. 149, 168); he may
also be identifiable with the M. Simon who occ. 10 Aug. 1186 × June 1187 (ibid.
no. 195), unless this is a reference to M. Simon of Melun.
Simon of Eton
(fn. 133)
Occ. as can. c. 1225 × 1231 (Hereford ch. no. 851, issued after the foundation
of St Ethelbert's hospital, Hereford and while Thomas of Bosbury was dean), and
as tenant of dean Thomas of Bosbury, not specifically as can., 30 Dec. 1230
(Close Rolls 1227-31 p. 463); occ. in a document prob. of 1220s (cart. II fo.
134v, witnessed by can. Elias of Bristol); commem., as can., 17 Sept. (app. 1
fo. 36v).
Simon Foliot
Occ. as can. 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198, resigning his rights in the church of Holme
Lacy (EEA VII no. 209); commem. 18 March (app. 1 fo. l0v).
M. Simon de Freine
(fn. 134)
Earliest occs. as can. are 1187/8 × 1215 (Hereford ch. no. 724, prob. of the
early 13th cent.) and 10 Aug. 1186 × 24 Dec. 1198, prob. in the 1190s (EEA VII
no. 237); last occ. as can. 27 Oct. 1219 × 23 July 1227, prob. before 29 Nov.
1223 (ibid. no. 318). He is mentioned as having held the demesne tithes of
Sutton St Michael in a document of Aug. 1224 × 1228 (ibid. no. 346), which
suggests that he may have d. before it was issued. Commem. 15 July (app. 1
fo. 26v).
M. Simon of Melun
He may possibly be identifiable with the M. Simon who occ. 1186 × 1187 (EEA
VII no. 195), though this is more likely to refer to M. Simon (see above). M.
Simon of Melun occ. as can. 1187/8 × mid 1190s (Hereford ch. no. 233) and 1193
× 24 Dec. 1198 (EEA VII no. 216). His last occs. are 12 March 1202 (Innocent
III, Cal. Letters no. 397), and 1201 × c. 1208 (Hereford ch. no. 159). Commem.,
as theologus (teacher of theology), can. and pr., 20 Feb. (app. 1 fo. 6v).
M. Simon of Radnor
Occ. as can. 1271 × 1274 (Reg. Swinfield p. 57); occ. as resident can. 24 June
and 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters pp. 138-9); occ. as can. in many chs. not
more closely datable than the second half of the 13th cent. (Hereford ch. nos.
276-7, 390, 1182, 1244-5, 2109); he became archdcn. of Llandaff after 1260
(Llandaff Episcopal Acta p. xx), certainly by 1272 × 1282 (Reg. Swinfield p. 322),
and he prob. d. before 10 July 1287 when his successor Robert de Braose occ. in
that office (Llandaff Episcopal Acta p. xx). Commem., together with his brother
M. William, 1 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 34r).
Simon of Tardebigge
(fn. 135)
Not yet can. when he occ. Apr. 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198 (EEA VII no. 201); occ.
as can. 1201 × 1216 (Hereford ch. no. 1130) and 1219 × 1231 (ibid. no. 2866).
Reference to payment made for his obit, 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters p. 139),
but he prob. d. long before this.
Stephen
Occ. c. l158 × 1180+ (cart. II fos. 17v-18r; cf. MB p. 270).
Stephen Banastre
Occ. as can. Aug. 1230 × 7 Aug. 1234 (EEA VII no. 341); occ. as can. and
dean's bailiff 1234 × 1239 (Hereford ch. no. 1407) and as chapl. and can. (ibid.
no. 1409); occ. as can. 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo. 24r) and c. l253 (PRO C 115/58
no. 4015); he last occ. as can. 12 June 1264 (CPR 1258-66 p. 324). Commem. 14
Aug. (app. 1 fo. 31r).
M. Stephen de Gurunville
(fn. 136)
First occ. as can. of Hereford Jan. 1262 (cart. II fos. 6v-7r); occ. 9 Apr. 1263
(Hereford ch. no. 2205); gr. of protection to, 11 Aug. 1265 (CPR 1258-66 p. 437).
He retained his Hereford preb. when he became prec. of Salisbury 18 Apr. 1270
(1 Fasti IV 15), in which post he last occ. 28 Jan. 1272 (ibid.). He had d. by 30
Aug. 1272 (ibid.), and therefore presumably d. 13 July 1272, since he was
commem., as can. of Hereford, 13 July (app. 1 fo. 26r). He is referred to as can.
of Hereford, absent, 24 June 1273 (Capes, Charters p. 138), but this is presumably
a reference to a payment made to his executors from his year of grace.
M. Stephen of Thornbury
Prob. to be identified with the M. Stephen, can. of Hereford, who occ. without
surname 18 Dec. 1216 × 1221 and 1217 × 16 Apr. 1219 (EEA VII nos. 315, 293).
Occ. as can. 7 Jan. × 22 Aug. 1226, ? after 5 May (ibid. XIX no. 315) and 1224 ×
1228 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 49v, no. 284). Made dean c. 28 Oct. 1234 (list 2).
M. Theobald (de Len')
Occ. as episcopal clk. throughout the episcopate of Giles de Braose, once with a
toponym though usually without (EEA VII p. lix); occ., without toponym, as can. of
Hereford 18 Dec. 1216 × 1217/8 (ibid. no. 298). Commem. 11 Apr., but the entry
does not give his by-name or specify whether or not he was a can. (app. 1 fo. 13v).
Thomas
Occ. c. l144 (Hereford ch. no. 738). Is possibly to be identified with the Thomas
who occ. c. 1158 × 1183 (cart. II fos. 17v-18r). Commem., as can. and pr., 28
July (app. 1 fo. 28v).
Thomas, the king's chaplain
Chanc. (list 5). He may well have continued to hold a preb. at Hereford after
becoming archdcn. of Llandaff 26 March 1243 (discussion ibid.).
Thomas le Breton
Presumably kinsman of bp. John le Breton. Occ. as resident can. 24 June
and 30 Sept. 1273 (Capes, Charters pp. 138-9); occ. as can. 6 Aug. 1275 (ibid. p.
141); occ. as can. 5 Jan. 1283 (Reg. Pecham II 62); occ., as resident can., 28
Feb. 1289 (Reg. Swinfield p. 214); prob. preb. of Nonnington by c.1291 (list
25). Mentioned as d. 30 Nov. 1295 (ibid. p. 334).
M. Thomas Foliot I
Not yet can. of Hereford when occ. Oct. 1214 (WAM no. 15684, discussed by
Sayers, Judges-Del. p. 117); he was prob. coll. to a preb. at Hereford by his brother
Hugh after the latter became bp. in Oct. 1219. He occ. as can. 27 Oct. 1219 × 23
July 1227 (EEA VII no. 317) and, without title, Trinity Term, 1224 (Curia Regis
Rolls XI 316); he seems to have been made prec. before 27 Nov. 1223; later treas.
(lists 3, 4).
Thomas Foliot II
Thomas Foliot II, described as a kinsman of R[obert of Somercotes], cardinaldcn. of S. Eustachio, was prov. to a preb. in Hereford cath. 1 June 1241 (CPL I
198). It is not known whether this prov. was effective. He is prob. identifiable
with the Thomas Foliot who occ. as parson of Westbury 13 Dec. 1226 (CPL I
113), and Aug. 1230 × 7 Aug. 1234, in this instance together with M. Thomas
Foliot, then treas. of Hereford (EEA VII no. 355).
M. Thomas of St-Omer
Occ. first as can. 8 Dec. 1277 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 154); can. and an executor
of M. Giles of Avenbury, 31 Jan. 1284 (Reg. Pecham II 221); official of the see
of Llandaff by 27 June 1287, but had demitted this office by 7 June 1288 (ibid. I
55, II 6-7); occ. as can. 7 June 1288 (Hereford ch. no. 1056); occ. as resident
can. 28 Feb. 1289 (Reg. Swinfield p. 214); prob. preb. of Eigne by c.1291 (list
13).
W.
Held an unident. preb. until his d., which prob. fell between 1167 and 1174, in
which he was succeeded by Geoffrey of Winchester (see above). W. may possibly
be identifiable with W., tenant and prob. preb. of Moreton Magna (list 23).
Walter I
Occ. as can. 1101 × 1102 (CDF no. 1138), and 1144 (EEA VII no. 47). May be
identifiable with the Walter who occ. as treas. after 1148 (list 4). The father, mother
and brother of can. Walter were commem. 22 Aug. (app. 1 to. 32r).
Walter II
For Walter, scribe (scriptor) and can., see Walter of Colwall.
M. Walter de Aqua
(fn. 137)
Walter de Aqua occ., prob. as can., 1187/8 × 1201 (Hereford ch. no. 1188). M.
Walter occ. as can. in a ch. not closely datable but of the very late 12th or early
13th cent. (Hereford ch. no. 136); commem., with surname, as can. and dcn., 17
Dec. (app. 1 fo. 51v).
Walter of Banbury
(fn. 138)
Occ. without title, 27 Oct. 1219 × 29 Nov. 1223 (EEA VII no. 337, 339); occ.
as steward to bp. Hugh Foliot, and prob. not yet can., 27 Oct. 1219 × 7 Aug.
1234, prob. in the mid 1220s, and 27 Oct. 1219 × 1230, again prob. in the mid
1220s (ibid. nos. 326, 370); occ. as can. Aug. 1230 × 7 Aug. 1234 (ibid. no. 355).
Walter of Colwall
(fn. 139)
Occ. as clk. of bp. Robert Foliot 1181 × 9 May 1186 (EEA VII no. 173); prob.
also identifiable with the Walter who occ. in Robert Foliot's entourage 1177 (BL
Add. Charter 7013; M. G. Cheney, Roger, Bishop of Worcester app. I, no. 28a);
occ., possibly as can., 1179 × 9 May 1186 (EEA VII nos. 142, 172), and 1185 × 9
May 1186 (ibid. no. 156); is prob. to be identified with the Walter, steward of bp.
Robert Foliot, who occ. 1179 × 9 May 1186 (ibid. nos. 160, 171, and see ibid. p.
liv); prob. also to be identified with the Walter scriptor and can. who witnesses
ibid. no. 125, prob. of 6 Oct. 1174 × 13 Aug. 1178.
Walter fitzDrogo
Archdcn. of Cornwall. At his d., held an unnamed preb. of Hereford cath. which
king John gr. to John de Pavilly 27 June 1216 (Rot. Litt. Pat. p. 189). D. 23 June
1216 (EEA XII no. 310).
Walter Foliot
Archdcn. of Shropshire (list 7); not certain whether he had a preb. also, but
this is possible, since he had a house in Hereford (ibid.).
M. Walter de Freine
(fn. 140)
Prob. not yet can. when occ. (without mag. title) 9 Apr. 1145 as incumbent of
the church of Presteigne (EEA VII no. 27); can. (without mag. title) by c. 1160 ×
c. 1180 (Hereford ch. no. 1087). Commem., as M. Walter de Freine, can., 23 July;
his sister Ymma was commem. 9 Sept., and his parents and brothers on 24 Sept.
(app. 1 fos. 27v, 35r, 37v).
M. Walter of Hartpury
(fn. 141)
Occ. as can. 5 Sept. 1148 × 18 Apr. 1161 and c. 1155 × c. 1158 (EEA VII nos.
70, 93), and is likely to be the M. Walter, prob. a can., who occ. c. 1158 × March
1163 (ibid. no. 79). Also can. of St Paul's, London: occ. as M. Walter de
Berdeperier, preb. of Wenlocksbarn, who possibly d. by 1179 (1 Fasti I 86; GFL
no. 326; MB p. 270).
M. Walter Map
(fn. 142)
Chanc. of Lincoln (1183/4-1196/7), archdcn. of Oxford (1196/7-1208/1210)
(1 Fasti III 13, 16, 36, 75, 163) and can. of St Paul's (ibid. I 60); was also a can.
of Hereford; occ. prob. as such in a ch. of Roger Chandos of the third quarter of
the 12th cent. (cart. II fo. 14r), and 19 March 1176 at Westminster (M. G. Cheney,
Roger, Bishop of Worcester pp. 260-1, where dated 19 March 1177; however, it is
more likely that the start of the year would have been calculated from Christmas
in the 12th cent.); his later occs. in chs. connected to Hereford cath. refer to him
as chanc. of Lincoln (EEA VII no. 135 of Dec. 1183 × 9 May 1186, and no. 156
of 1185 × 9 May 1186) or as archdcn. of Oxford (ibid. nos. 179 and 180, issued
simultaneously at some point between 1196 and 24 Dec. 1198), but Walter's
appearance in these chs. suggests that he was also a member of Hereford cath.
chapter. The chapter wished to el. him as bp. in 1199, but failed to secure royal
support for the el. (Adam of Eynsham, Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis, ed. D. Douie
and H. Farmer (2 vols., Edinburgh and London, 1961-2) II 131-2). Walter prob.
retained his Hereford preb. until his d., for he was commem., as 'Walteri Map
archidiaconi Exoniensis' (a mistake by the 14th-cent. copyist for Oxoniensis), in
Hereford cath. 1 Apr. (app. 1 fo. 12v; MB p. 271). He d. in either 1209 or 1210
(De Nugis Curialium p. xviii).
M. Walter de Mouncy
Occ. as clk., not yet can., in a ch. issued after 1217 (EEA VII no. 316), but had
already become can. by a point between 27 Oct. 1219 and 29 Nov. 1223 or at the
latest 23 July 1227 (ibid. nos. 318, 337); he also occ., possibly but not necessarily
as can., 27 Oct. 1219 × 1231 (ibid. no. 347). Since his name does not occ. in the
cath. obit book, he may have res. his preb.; alternatively his d. may have taken
place in Jan. for which the obit book entries are lacking.
Walter of Redmarley
First occ. as can., holding an unnamed preb., 1274 (BL Harley Charter 54, H.
53); occ. 16 Oct. 1275 (Reg. Cantilupe p. 17); coll. to the preb. of Moreton Parva
25 Dec. 1279 (list 24).
William I
Occ. as man of bp. Robert the Lotharingian, not among the lay followers and
therefore as clk. and almost certainly as can., 1085 (EEA VII no. 2). Identifiable
with the William, clk. of the bp., who held half of the church of Lydbury in 1086
(DB I 252b and see list 7).
William II
Occ. c. 1158 × c. 1159 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 21r, no. 26).
M.William
Occ. as can. 1136 × 16 Apr. 1148 (EEA VII no. 37) and 1144 × 16 Apr. 1148
(ibid. no. 28); he may be identifiable with William II above, though the latter is
not described as mag. He is prob. also the M. William medicus and can. who occ.
1181 × 9 May 1186 (ibid. no. 173).
William the chaplain
Occ., not yet can., as chapl. of bp. William de Vere throughout the latter's
pontificate (EEA VII p. lvii); occ. as chapl. and can. c. 1200 × c. 1215 (Hereford ch.
no. 160); occ. as one of the bailiffs of the chapter manors, and therefore as can.,
1201 × 27 March 1215 (J. Barrow, 'Hereford bishops and married clergy' p. 8: the
date there given should be adjusted because it is possible that William Foliot the
prec. d. as late as 27 March 1215); last occ. as can. 1220 × Aug. 1230, when he gave
the cath. chapter houses for which he had paid the chapter 2s rent yearly (Hereford
ch. no. 1105, witnessed by Thomas Foliot as prec.); his obit, which mentions this
gr., and which calls him can. and pr., is entered under 15 Sept. (app. 1 fo. 36v).
M. William of Abergavenny
(fn. 143)
Occ. as can. 27 March 1206 × Feb. 1216 (Hereford ch. no. 799; for date, see EEA
VII no. 305) and 18 Dec. 1216 × 1227, prob. before 16 Apr. 1219 (EEA VII no. 295).
Commem., without mag. title and not necessarily as can., 28 Oct. (app. 1 fo. 43r).
William de Albigni
Appears to have been a protege of the Cantilupe family (Reg. Cantilupe pp.
120, 213); first occ. as can. May or June 1280 (ibid. p. 279); vacated his preb. 8
Dec. 1288, on which bp. Richard de Swinfield coll. to it Richard of Hertford,
archdcn. of Hereford (Reg. Swinfield p. 527). It is likely that the preb. in question
was Pratum Minus (list 29). William may perhaps have been gr. another preb.,
however, since he was commem. as can. and pr. 6 Dec. (app. 1 fo. 49v).
William of Alderminster
(fn. 144)
Occ., prob. as layman, in chs. of bp. Giles de Braose of 24 Sept. 1200 × 30
Nov. 1201 and 24 Sept. 1200 × 15 Nov. 1215 (EEA VII nos. 244, 281). Prob. to
be identified with William de Altremonestuna who was commem., as can., 9 March
(app. 1 fo. 9r); the date when he became can. is uncertain.
William of Bradenstoke
(fn. 145)
Already can. of Hereford when he was ordained subdcn. in Reading abbey in
1288 (Reg. Swinfield p. 549).
William Cumin
Occ. as can. Apr. 1195 × 24 Sept. 1198 (EEA VII no. 201) and as can. and dcn.
mid 1190s × 1201 (Hereford ch. no. 1); commem., as can. and dcn., 19 Oct. (app.
1 fo. 41v). May be identifiable with the William Comin who occ. as can. of St
Paul's, in the list of prebs. of Newington between John de Garland (who last occ.
as preb. of Newington 1198) and M. Ranulph de Bisacia, who first occ, as can. of
St Paul's 1213, but possibly as early as 1203 × 1204 (1 Fasti I 66).
William of Dorchester
(fn. 146)
Occ. as can. 1186 × 1223, prob. late in that period (Hereford ch. no. 2866, ch.
of W., prec., in inspeximus of 1219 × 29 Sept. 1231 issued by dean Thomas of
Bosbury and the cath. chapter of Hereford, witnessed by bp. Hugh Foliot). Prob.
identifiable with the William of Worcester, can., who occ. c. 1210 × 29 Sept. 1231
(cart. II fo. 129r, with an inspeximus of this ch. by dean Thomas of Bosbury of
1216 × 29 Sept. 1231, ibid. fo. 132v). (fn. 147) Commem., as William of Dorchester,
can. and pr., recorded 22 March (app. 1 fo. 11r).
William of Evesham
Occ., prob. as vicar-choral of the cath., 1271 (cart. I p. vi) and as chapl. June
1279 (ibid. p. xii). Became can. before May 1290 since he issues, as can., a
quitclaim to M. William of Hay II after the d. of archdcn. Henry Bustard (ibid. p.
i).
William Foliot
Occ. previously as clk. of bp. Robert Foliot (EEA VII nos. 160, 163, 172 and
p. liv); occ. prob. as can. Dec. 1183 × 9 May 1186 (ibid. no. 135), possibly as
can. 1179 × 9 May 1186 (ibid. nos. 142, 171); certainly can. when occ. 1181 × 9
May 1186 (ibid. no. 173) and was still can. when occ. 10 Aug. 1186 × 1187/88
(ibid. no. 203). Became prec. soon thereafter (list 3).
M. William of Gloucester
(fn. 148)
Not yet can. when occ. 1219 × 29 Sept. 1231 (Hereford ch. no. 2866); commem.,
as can., 13 Nov. (app. 1 fo. 45r). D.C.L. by 1236, when received disp. for being a
pr.'s son (CPL I 151); can. of Lichfield by 1242 (CPR 1232-47 p. 274); also
possibly identifiable with the M. William of Gloucester pr. and can. of Exeter,
commem. at Exeter 20 Feb. (Exeter cath. MS 3518 fo. 3v).
William of Gruyère
See William de Sarreta.
M. William of Hay I
(fn. 149)
Occ. autumn 1221 × autumn 1222, prob. as can. (cart. St Guthlac fo. 74v, no.
315). Had certainly become can. by 1234 × 1239 (Hereford ch. no. 1409); occ. as
dean's bailiff 1234 × 1239 (ibid. no. 1407); occ. as can. also c. 1239 (ibid. no.
1083) and 1234 × c. 1247 (ibid. no. 899 and cart. II fo. 131r, both issued while M.
Stephen of Thornbury was dean). Commem. 6 June as can. and dcn. (app. 1 fo.
21v). Funding for his obit was the subject of an agreement reached between dean
John of Aigueblanche and the chapter of Hereford on the one hand and William
de Perssoneia on the other, in a document of 1262 × 1287, prob. after 1277,
witnessed by William of Hay's younger namesake, M. William of Hay II (see list
27) with rent payments for the obit being fixed at Lady Day and Michaelmas (cart.
II fo. 36r).
William de Hoden'
(fn. 150)
Occ. 1231 × 1234, prob. as can. (cart. St Guthlac fo. 55r, no. 218).
William of Kilpeck
Occ. as clk. 1187/8 × 1201 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 55v, no. 217); occ. as chapl.
(prob. as incumbent of Kilpeck) 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198 (EEA VII no. 208), and 24
Sept. 1200 × 1201/2 (ibid. no. 289); occ. as can. 1201 × 21 July 1205 (cart. St
Guthlac fo. 69r, no. 284) and 30 Nov. 1201 × 1215, prob. before 1208 (EEA VII
no. 258), and after 2 Oct. 1205 (cart. St Guthlac fo. 108v, no. 482). Became prec.
before 1216, prob. before 1215 (list 3).
William of Kingstone
See William le Rus.
M. William de Montfort
Can. of Hereford, preb. unknown, by 1247 × 1253 (Hereford ch. no. 2008);
became prec. 19 Nov. 1276 (list 3); by 1280 preb. of Inkberrow (list 21).
M. William de Ria
Can. of Hereford by 1206 × 1216, prob. already as preb. of Barton sham (list
8); later archdcn. of Hereford (list 6).
M. William Romanus
Possibly can. when occ. 10 Aug. 1186 × Aug. 1187 (EEA VII no. 195) and
Apr. 1195 × 24 Dec. 1198 (ibid. no. 202); had certainly become can. by a point
between the mid 1190s and 1201 (Hereford ch. no. 1, in which he is also termed
pr.). He may possibly be identifiable with the M. William Romanus who occ. after
26 July 1234 (ibid. no. 2118). Commem., as can. and pr., 9 May (app. 1 fo. 17v).
William le Rus of Kingstone
Occ., not yet can., as episcopal clk. and rector of the church of Kingstone 1234
× 1239 (Hereford ch. no. 1407); occ., status uncertain, 1240 × c.1247 (ibid. no.
786); first occ. as can. 1247 × 1253 (ibid. no. 925), and 24 June 1249 (cart. II fo.
24r); occ. as can. 1253 (Hereford ch. no. 756), and in two not closely datable
documents of the mid 13th cent. (ibid. nos. 912, 921, both issued while Simon of
Bosbury was warden of St Ethelbert's hospital); occ. as can. 1258 × 1271 (ibid.
no. 753), c. 1262 × 1271 (ibid. no. 2461); occ. as can. 4 Apr. 1263 (PRO E 326/
4678) and Nov. 1270 (cart. II fo. 129v). Appd. treas. before 25 March 1272 (list
4), but appt. ineffective because Giles of Avenbury refused to relinquish the dignity.
Coll. to preb, of Inkberrow 1273, before 23 Apr. 1273 (list 21).
M. William of Salisbury
Occ. specifically as can. 1151 × 1157 (Cart. Oseney V no. 541); occ., prob.
but not specifically, as can. c.1155 × c.1158 (GFL no. 313), and 22 Dec. 1163 ×
27 Feb. 1167 (EEA VII no. 121). Commem., as can. and pr., 27 Feb. (app. 1 fo.
8r).
William de Sarreta
Res. a preb. at Hereford cath. (possibly Bartonsham: list 8) which bp. Thomas
de Cantilupe gave to M. Adam de Fileby, 2 Oct. 1277, after he had been appd.
treas. of Lausanne cath. (Reg. Cantilupe p. 136, though William is referred to as
chanc. of Lausanne ibid. p. 138).
William de Stokes
Occ. prob. as clk., not yet can., 1163 × 1167 or 6 Oct. 1174 × 13 Aug. 1178
(EEA VII no. 125); the later dating is more likely as the ch. was witnessed by
Aldred, the dean's chapl., whose only other appearance in Hereford chs. is after
1187 (Hereford ch. no. 233), as subdean, a position synonymous at Hereford with
dean's chapl. William de Stokes first occ. as can. 6 Oct. 1174 × 10 March 1179
(EEA VII no. 145) and March 1177 (ibid. II no. 136). He is mentioned holding an
unnamed preb. 3 June 1177 at the point at which land at Onibury (Shropshire)
was subtracted from it to be given to the landowner Hugh de Lacy (ibid. VII no.
159). William acted as vice-archdcn. of Hereford (i.e. as deputy for Ralph Foliot,
frequently absent in royal service) 10 Aug. 1186 × 24 Dec. 1198 and c.1190 × 24
Dec. 1198 (ibid. nos. 221, 237). Occ. as can. and dcn., and also as one of the
chapter bailiffs, 1187 × 1201 (Hereford ch. nos. 1, 274, both issued while Richard
Brito was dean). Commem., as William de Stoch', can., 25 Feb., while his father,
brothers and sisters were commem. 25 Oct. (app. 1 fos. 8r, 42v).
William de Stokes 'iunior'
Dates unknown; commem., as William de Stoch' iunior, can., 11 Apr. (app. 1
fo. 13v).
William of Worcester
See William of Dorchester above.
Wulfric
Dates unknown, but the name (OE) suggests that he lived in the late 11th or
the 12th cent. Commem. 18 July as can. (app. 1 fo. 27r).
Wulfwin I
Dates unknown, but the name (OE) suggests that he lived in the late 11th or
the 12th cent. Commem. 6 May as can. and pr. (app. 1 fo. 17r).
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Wulfwin II
Dates unknown, but the name (OE) suggests that he lived in the late 11th or
the 12th cent. Commem. 2 Feb. as dcn., and since he is not specified as having
been a can., he may not have been one (app. 1 fo. 4v).]