PREBENDARIES OF BOBENHULL
Preb. valued 1535 at £1 0s 0d (Valor III 131).
Ralph Sneyd D.C.L. 1529-1549.
Instal. 28 Jan. 1529 (D30/2/1/4 f. 58). D. by 8 Oct. 1549 (B/A/1/14 iv f. 48v).
Richard Weaver 1549-1554.
Coll. 8 Oct. 1549 (B/A/1/14 iv f. 48v). Preb. of Hansacre 1554. (fn. 1)
Edmund Merrick B.C.L. ?-1606.
Occ. 18 Jan. 1584 (D30/2/1/5 f. 59v). D. by 4 June 1606 (P.R.O., PROB 11/
107, PCC 49 Stafford). (fn. 1)
Thomas Mould M.A. 1606-?
Instal. 15 Aug. 1606 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../1). Occ. 30 Oct. 1632 (Lamb., Reg.
Abbot III f. 58). ? Held to d., 26 Sept. 1642 (m.i., Appleby Magna, Leics.)
(Nichols, Hist. Leics. IV ii 436). (fn. 1)
Richard Pretty M.A. 1660-1682.
Instal. 6 Sept. 1660, on mand. of Bp. Accepted [Frewen] (D30/2/1/7 f. 3v). D.
by 16 March 1682 (burial, Hampton in Arden, Warwicks.) (Warwicks. R.O., PR
Hampton in Arden).
Samuel Willes M.A. 1682-1685/6.
Coll. 9 June 1682 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../22). Instal. 10 [sic] June (D30/2/1/7
f. 62v). D. by 3 Feb. 1686 (ibid. ff. 80v-81).
Edmund Lees M.A. 1686-1699.
Pres. by king because of the suspension of the bp. [Thomas Wood]; instit, by abp.
of Canterbury 3 Feb. 1686 (Lamb., Reg. Sancroft ff. 316v-317). Instal. 23 Feb.
(D30/2/1/7 ff. 80v-81). D. 28 Oct. 1699 (Leics. R.O., PR Ibstock; B/A/1/19 p. 6).
Samuel Sturges M.A. 1700-1736.
Coll. 4 May 1700 (B/A/1/19 p. 6). Instal. 7 May (D30/2/1/7 f. 112). D. by 10
July 1736 (burial, Sudbury, Derb.) (Derb. R.O., PR Sudbury; P.R.O., E 331
COV.../33).
Matthew Horbery M.A. 1736-1739.
Coll. 26 July 1736 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../33). Preb. of Wellington 1739.
Nathaniel Sturges M.A. 1739-1744.
Coll. n.d. Nov. 1739 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../33, very faint). Preb. of Whittington
and Berkswick 1744.
Jeffrey Williams M.A. 1744-1757.
Coll. n.d. Dec. 1744 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../34). D. by 26 Oct. 1757 (B/A/1/21
p. 65).
Samuel Pegge M.A. 1757-1763.
Coll. 26 Oct. 1757 (B/A/1/21 p. 65). Instal. 29 Oct. (D30/2/1/8 ff. 34v-35).
Preb. of Whittington and Berkswick 1763.
Richard Rider Short D.C.L. 1763-1790.
Coll. 16 June 1763 (B/A/1/21 p. 105). Instal. 17 June (D30/2/1/8 f. 46v). D. 13
March 1790 (Gent. Mag. 1790, 1x (2) 282; B/A/1/25 p. 127, where Thomas
Seward, who d. 4 March 1790, is given in error).
Henry Carver M.A. 1790-1799.
Coll. 13 May 1790 (B/A/1/27 p. 54). Instal. 28 May (D30/2/1/8 f. 114v). D.
'lately' by June 1799 (Gent. Mag. 1799, lxix (1) 531; B/A/1/27 p. 54).
William Come senior M.A. 1799-1800.
Coll. 18 Aug. 1799 (B/A/1/27 p. 54). Instal. 7 Sept. (D30/2/1/9 ff. 23v-24).
Res. 2 July 1800 (B/A/1/27 p. 69).
William Corne junior M.A. 1800-1818.
Coll. 3 July 1800 (B/A/1/27 p. 70). Instal. 9 Aug. (D30/2/1/9 f. 32r-v). D. 4
May 1818 (Gent. Mag. 1818, lxxxviii (1) 477; B/A/1/28 p. 278).
James Thomas Law M.A. 1818-1837.
Coll. 18 July 1818 (B/A/1/28 p. 278). Instal. s.d. (D30/2/1/9 pp. 222-3). Res.
4 July 1837 (B/A/1/30 p. 59).
John Bowstead B.D. 1841.
Coll. [by his nephew, Bp. James Bowstead] only a few days before his d. on 1
Nov. 1841 (Gent. Mag. 1842, new ser. xvii 447; B/A/30 p. 259).
Thomas Stanley Bowstead D.D. 1842-1852.
Coll. 6 Apr. 1842 (B/A/1/30 p. 259). Instal. 22 Apr. (D30/2/1/11 pp. 86-7). D.
28 Feb. 1852 (Gent. Mag. 1852, new ser. xxxvii 423; B/A/1/31 p. 287).
Thomas Wright Whitaker M.A. 1852-1868.
Coll. 31 March 1852 (B/A/1/31 p. 287). Instal. 8 May (D30/2/1/12 pp. 1-2).
D. by 29 Sept. 1868 (burial, Stanton by Bridge, Derb.) (Derb. R.O., PR Stanton
by Bridge; D30/2/l/13 p. 88).