CANONS OF THE 1ST PREBEND, WINCHESTER
Edmund Steward LL.D. 1541-1554.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 28 March 1541 (L. & P. XVI no. 678 (53)).
Sent to Marshalsea 26 Nov. 1550, but submitted to king Edward 28 Feb. 1551 (Acts
of the Privy Council 1550-2 pp. 163, 226). Dean of Winchester 1554.
John Seton D.D. 1554-1559.
Pres. by queen 11 March 1554 (C.P.R. 1553-4 p. 175). Instit. by bp. 21 March
(Reg. Gardiner p. 137). Instal. 19 (sic) March (LB IV f. 99v). Depriv. 23 June/26 Aug.
1559 (CA 1553-1600 f. 24v; LB IV f. 144v).
John Watson M.A. 1559-1573.
Pres. by queen; instal. 26 Aug. 1559 (LB IV f. 144v). Dean of Winchester 1573.
John Sprint M.A. 1573-1583.
Coll. 26 Feb. 1573 (A/1/26 f. 96). Instal. 4 March (LB VI f. 25). Res. by 2 Oct.
1583 (A/1/27 pt. i f. 11; CA 1553-1600 ff. 101, 102).
Christopher Perin M.A. 1583-1612.
Coll. 2 Oct. 1583 (A/1/27 pt. i f. 11). Instal. 4 Oct. (LB VI f. 14). D. 13 Oct. 1612
(m.i., Winchester cath.) (Winch. Cath. Mem. p. 15; LB XI f. 12v).
Nicholas Love M.A. 1612-1630.
Coll. 14 Oct. 1612 (A/1/29 f. 30). Instal. 15 Oct. (LB XI f. 12v). D. 10 Sept. 1630
(CA 1622-45 ff. 25, 27; A/1/30 f. 24v).
Edward Burby M.A. 1630-1653.
Coll. 16 Nov. 1630 (A/1/30 f. 24v). Instal. 18 Nov. (LB XII f. 73). D. 2 June 1653
(CA 1622-45 f. 83v; LB XIV pp. 1-2).
Joseph Gulston D.D. 1660-1669.
Pres. 9 July 1660 by king, patron hac vice by lapse; instal. 8 Aug. (LB XIV pp. 1-2).
Dean of Chichester 1663, but held preb. also until d. 10 Apr. 1669 (m.i., Chichester
cath.) (Brit. Mus., Add. MS. 5699 f. 344/p. 747; A/1/33 p. 22). (fn. 1)
Thomas Ken M.A. 1669.
Coll. 11 Apr. 1669 (A/1/33 p. 22). Instal. 12 Apr. (LB XVI ff. 35v-36). Exch. preb.
29 May with Robert Sharrock for 4th preb. (A/1/33 p. 24).
Robert Sharrock D.C.L. 1669-1684.
By exch. 29 May 1669 with Thomas Ken (A/1/33 p. 24). Instal. 1 June (LB XVI
f. 36). D. 11 July 1684 (Wood's Life and Times III 105; A/1/33 p. 108).
Samuel Palmer M.A. 1684-1701.
Coll. 11 July 1684 (A/1/33 p. 108). Instal. 14 July (LB XIX ff. 118v-119). D. 30
Oct. 1701 (m.i., Buriton, Hants) (Hampshire Repository 1799, ii 217; CA 1696-1739 f.
29).
William Delaune D.D. 1701-1728.
Coll. 1 Nov. 1701 (P.R.O., E 331 Winch./9). Instal. 4 Nov. (LB XXII f. 56). D. 23
May 1728 (Hist. Reg. Chron. 1728, xiii 29; P.R.O., E 331 Winch./14).
John Morgan M.A. 1728-1760.
Coll. 27 May 1728 (P.R.O., E 331 Winch./14). Instal. 31 May (LB XXV f. 23v). D.
25 May 1760 (m.i., Winchester cath.) (Winch. Cath. Mem. p. 236; A/2/1 p. 214).
Thomas Pyle M.A. 1760-1807.
Coll. 10 June 1760 (A/2/1 p. 214). Instal. 14 June (LB XXIX f. 150v). D. 3 July
1807 (m.i., Winchester cath.) (Winch. Cath. Mem. p. 126; A/2/4 p. 70).
Hon. Thomas de Grey M.A. 1807-1834.
Coll. 11 July 1807 (A/2/4 p. 70). Instal. 14 July (LB XXXIV p. 197). Became Lord
Walsingham 1831 (Complete Peerage XII ii 335; CA 1824-50 p. 125). Res. by 19 July
1834 (A/2/5; CA 1824-50 pp. 179, 185).
Philip Jacob M.A. 1834-1884.
Coll. 19 July 1834 (A/2/5). Instal. s.d. (LB XXXVIII p. 233). D. 20 Dec. 1884, and
successor apptd. (The Times, 23 Dec.; A/2/8 p. 245).