PREBENDARIES OF UFTON DECANI
Preb. valued 1535 at £2 13s 4d (Valor III 131).
Valor has Robert Sherwood at one Ufton and 'William -' at the other. The two
prebs. of Ufton are very muddled in Le Neve-Hardy and Survey of Cath. The first
occasion on which a preb. of Ufton is specified is in 1578 (see Ufton Decani,
below), and this occ. provides the principal basis for deductions as to the identity
of the early holders.
William [?Derley] M.A. 1535.
'William' preb. of either Ufton Cantoris or Ufton Decani in 1535 (Valor III 131). (fn. 1)
Stephen Sagar
(fn. 1) 1544.
Occ. 30 Aug. 1544 (B/A/1/14 iv f. 45v - not specified which Ufton).
William Buckley M.A. 1548.
Compounded for first-fruits 14 Dec. 1548 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 19v - half-preb.
of 'Oloughton'). (fn. 1)
Richard Diconson M.A. 1549-1551.
Compounded for first-fruits 18 June 1549 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 29 - half-preb.
of 'Oloughton'). D. by 21 Sept. 1551 (B/A/1/14 iv f. 49v; Cambridge Univ. Libr.,
VCC Prob Admon 1).
Thomas Donell B.D. 1551-?
Compounded for first-fruits 4 July 1551 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 77). Pres. by king
(no reason given); instit. 21 Sept. (B/A/1/14 iv f. 49v - not specified which
Ufton). (fn. 1)
Henry Pendilton D.D. 1554-1557.
Pres. by queen 4 June 1554 (no reason given) (C.P.R. 1553-4 p. 39). Instit. 15
June (B/A/1/15 f. 3v). D. by 21 Sept. 1557 (burial, London, St. Stephen Walbrook)
(Diary of Henry Machyn, ed. J.G. Nichols (Camden Soc., xlii, 1847) p. 152; B/A/
1/15 f. 14v).
Leonard Hurst 1557-1559.
Pres. by king and queen 26 Oct. 1557 (C.P.R. 1557-8 p. 355 - preb. of
'Oloughton'). Instit. 13 Dec. (B/A/1/15 f. 14v). D. by 24 Dec. 1559 (ibid. f. 29v).
William Beale 1561-?
Pres. by Stephen Hales, to whom pres. gr. by queen 24 Dec. 1559; instit. by
proxy 2 Feb. 1561 (B/A/1/15 f. 29v - not specified which Ufton). (fn. 1)
Stephen Hales 1572-1578.
Coll. 10 July 1572 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../3 - preb. of 'Oloughton'). D. by Jan.
or Feb. 1578 (B/A/1/15 f. 47v - explicitly Ufton Decani).
Richard Sale 1578-1625.
Coll. 16 Jan. 1578 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../4 - preb. of 'Oloughton'). Instal.
s.d. (ibid., E 331 COV.. ./1 - explicitly Ufton Decani). D. by 21 Dec. 1625 (burial,
Weston-upon-Trent, Derb.) (Derb. R.O., PR Weston-upon-Trent; B/A/1/16 f. 51).
Alexander How B.D. 1626-?
Coll. 21 Aug. 1626 (B/A/1/16 f. 51). Occ. 30 Oct. 1632 (Lamb., Reg. Abbot III
f. 58).
Richard Bourne M.A. 1660-?
Instal. 6 Sept. 1660 on mand. of Bp. Accepted [Frewen] (D30/2/1/7 f. 4). Occ.
30 Sept. 1663 (B/A/1/17 i p. 43).
Thomas Bourne 1682-?
Coll. 23 June 1682 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../22). Instal. 28 June (D30/2/1/7 f. 63).
John Willes D.D. 1688-1700.
Coll. by bp.; instal. 2 Oct. 1688 (D30/2/1/7 f. 85v). D. by 3 July 1700 (burial,
Bishop's Itchington, Warwicks.) (Warwicks. R.O., PR Bishop's Itchington; B/A/
1/19 p. 8).
Henry Wood M.A. 1700-1718.
Coll. 20 Sept. 1700 (B/A/1/19 p. 8). D. by 8 Sept. 1718 (burial, Aldridge, Staffs.)
(Lichfield RO, PR Aldridge; cf. D30/2/1/7 f. 154).
William Walmesley M.A. 1718-1720.
Instal. 7 Nov. 1718 (D30/2/1/7 f. 154). Dean of Lichfield 1720.
Lawrence Gardiner M.A. 1720-1727.
Instal. 27 May 1720 (D30/2/1/7 f. 161 v). Preb. of Longdon 1727.
William Jervis M.A. 1727-1729.
Coll. 11 Sept. 1727 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../31). Instal. 15 Sept. (D30/2/1/7 ff.
184v-185). D. 26 Oct. 1729; buried Cheswardine, Staffs., 29 Oct. (Lichfield R.O.,
PR Cheswardine; P.R.O., E 331 COV .../32).
Henry Parsons M.A. 1729-1749.
Coll. 2 Dec. 1729 (P.R.O., E 331 COV .../32). Instal. 12 Dec. (D30/2/1/7 f. 190).
D. by 9 Oct. 1749 (burial, Farnborough, Warwicks.) (Warwicks. R.O., PR
Farnborough; B/A/1/21 p. 2).
Richard Dovey M.A. 1750-1777.
Pres. by king sede vacante; instit. 3 Apr. 1750 (B/A/1/21 p. 2). Instal. 23 Apr.
(D30/2/1/8 f. 7). D. by 22 Nov. 1777 (B/A/1/24 p. 7).
James Falconer D.D. 1777-1809.
Coll. 22 Nov. 1777 (B/A/1/24 p. 7). Instal. 12 Dec. (D30/2/1/8 ff. 85v-86). D.
25 Apr. 1809 (Gent. Mag. 1809, lxxix (1) 482; B/A/1/28 p. 117).
Edmund Outram D.D. 1809.
Coll. 12 May 1809 (B/A/1/28 p. 117). Instal. s.d. (D30/2/1/9 pp. 122-3).
Treasurer of Lichfield in Nov.
Brook Edward Bridges M.A. 1810-1825.
Coll. 13 Apr. 1810 (B/A/1/28 p. 130). Instal. 20 Apr. (D30/2/1/9 pp. 131-2).
D. 23 Apr. 1825 (Gent. Mag. 1825, xcv (2) 648; B/A/1/29 p. 88).
John Kempthorne B.D. 1825-1838.
Coll. 30 July 1825 (B/A/1/29 p. 88). Instal. s.d. (D30/2/1/10 pp. 92-3). D. 9
Nov. 1838 (Gent. Mag. 1838, cviii (2) 667; D30/2/1/11 p. 75).
Walter Augustus Shirley M.A. 1841-1849.
Coll. 23 Sept. 1841 (P.R.O., E 331 COV.../54). Instal. 24 Sept. (D30/2/1/11
pp. 75-6). Bp. of Sodor and Man 1847.
Thomas Dainty M.A. 1849-1887.
Pres. by queen pubd. 3 Dec. 1849 (Lond. Gaz. no. 21045). Instit. 17 Dec. (P.R.O.,
E 331 COV.../55). Instal. 21 Dec. (D30/2/1/11 pp. 350-1). D. by 30 May 1887 (burial,
King's Bromley, Staffs.) (Lichfield R.O., PR King's Bromley; B/A/1/35 p. 114).