PREBENDARIES OF RUGMERE
Thomas Bennet D.C.L. 1521-1558.
Coll. 19 Oct. 1521 (Guildhall MS. 9531/9 f. 81v). Occ. 9 Dec. 1556 (ibid. MS.
9531/12 f. 443v). D. 16 July/11 Sept. 1558 (PCC 45 Noodes).
Tristram Swaddell ?-1560.
Occ. 23 July 1559 and 26 Nov. 1560 (Reg. Parker 1 46; Guildhall MS. 9531/13
f. 18). Depriv. by 7 Dec. 1560 (Guildhall MS. 9531/13 f. 118v).
Thomas Cole M.A. 1560-1571.
Coll. 7 Dec. 1560 (Guildhall MS. 9531/13 f. 118v). D. June 1571 (ibid. f. 162v;
Zurich Letters, ed. H. Robinson (Cambridge, 1842) p. 242).
Robert Avys M.A. 1571-1581.
Coll. 9 Aug. 1571 (Guildhall MS. 9531/13 f. 162v). D. by 14 July 1581 (ibid.
f. 202).
William Goddell 1581-1590.
Coll. 14 July 1581 (Guildhall MS. 9531/13 f. 202). Res. by 21 Oct. 1590 (ibid.
f. 251v).
Zachary Goddell B.A. 1590-?
Coll. 21 Oct. 1590 (Guildhall MS. 9531/13 f. 251v). Occ. 28 Sept. 1633 (Reg.
D. & C. 1631-42 ff. 290v-291). D. at latest by 6 Dec. 1660 (Guildhall MS. 9531/16
f. 8).
Matthew Smallwood D.D. 1660-1683.
Coll. 6 Dec. 1660 (Guildhall MS. 9531/16 f. 8-'Samuel Smallwood'). D. 26 Apr.
1683 (ibid. MS. 9531/17 f. 78; Wood's Life and Times 111 44).
John Williams M.A. 1683-1696.
Coll. 21 Sept. 1683 (Guildhall MS. 9531/17 f. 78). Bp. of Chichester 1696.
John Wright M.A. 1697-1701.
Said to have royal gr.; instal. 20 July 1697. (fn. 1) Apparently res. on becoming chancellor of Chichester 1701.
James Barker B.A. 1701-1736.
Coll. 3 July 1701 (Guildhall MS. 9531/17 f. 155). D. by 16 Sept. 1736 (ibid. MS.
9531/20 f. 274).
Fifield Allen B.D. 1736-1738.
Coll. 16 Sept. 1736 (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 f. 274). Preb. of Mora 1738.
Edmund Gibson M.A. 1738-1740.
Coll. 23 May 1738 (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 f. 283v). Preb. of Chiswick 1740.
Lancelot Jackson B.D. 1741.
Coll. 8 Apr. 1741 (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 f. 295). Preb. of Wenlocksbarn in July.
William Gibson M.A. 1741-1742.
Coll. 8 Sept. 1741 (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 f. 296v). Preb. of Cantlers 1742.
Thomas Archer M.A. 1743-1767.
Coll. 21 Oct. 1743 (Guildhall MS. 9531/20 f. 308). Instal. s.d. (St. Paul's, Rough
Accounts 1727-61). D. by 1 July 1767 (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. ii f. 27v).
Anthony Hamilton M.A. 1767-1771.
Coll. 1 July 1767 (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. ii f. 27v). Instal. 7 July (St. Paul's,
Rough Accounts 1761-80). Preb. of Mora 1771.
John Hotham M.A. 1771-1780.
Coll. 8 May 1771 (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. ii f. 45). Instal. 9 May (St. Paul's,
Rough Accounts 1761-80). Res. by 10 Feb. 1780 (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. ii
f. 84).
Drake Hollingbery M.A. 1780-1821.
Coll. 10 Feb. 1780 (Guildhall MS. 9531/21 pt. ii f. 84). Instal. 12 Feb. (St. Paul's,
Rough Accounts 1761-80). D. 31 Dec. 1821 (Guildhall MS. 9531/24 f. 63v; Gent.
Mag. 1822, xcii (2) 92).
John Sleath D.D. 1822-1847.
Coll. 5 July 1822 (P.R.O., E 331 London/49; Guildhall MS. 9531/24 f. 63v).
D. 30 Apr. 1847 (Guildhall MS. 9531/30 f. 39; Gent. Mag. 1847, cxxi (2) 212).
William Aldwin Soames M.A. 1847-1866.
Coll. 5 Dec. 1847 (Guildhall MS. 9531/30 f. 39). Instal. 15 Jan. 1848 (St. Paul's
MS. F.C. 16 f. 227). D. 9 Feb. 1866 (Guildhall MS. 9531/35 pt. ii p. 3; The Times,
13 Feb.).