PREBENDARIES OF BEMINSTER SECUNDA
Richard Wade M.A. 1537-1546.
Coll. 2 Oct. 1537 (D1/2/16 pt. i f. 8). D. 16 July/2 Aug. 1546 (P.R.O., PROB 11/
31, PCC 21 Alen; D1/2/16 pt. ii f. 30v).
M. Thomas Burbank 1546-1554.
Pres. by Thomas Robertson D.D. and Robert Lenne, esquire, patrons hac vice by
virtue of a gr. by Bp. Capon of the pres. to the third preb. to fall vac. [after the gr.]
whose value does not exceed £30; instit. 2 Aug. 1546 (D1/2/16 pt. ii f. 30v). Instal.
by proxy 4 Oct. (CA 14 pt. ii f. 17v/p. 34). Depriv. as layman by 22 May 1554 (D1/2/
16 pt. ii f. 56v).
Thomas Securis scholar of New College, Oxford 1554-?
Pres. by Michael Securis D.M., patron hac vice by virtue of gr. of next pres. made
by Bp. Capon to him and others; instit. by proxy (John Securis, gentleman) 22 May
1554 (D1/2/16 pt. ii f. 56v). Instal. by proxy 26 May (CA 14 pt. ii f. 38v/p. 76). No
preb. listed 15 May 1562 (ibid. f. 74v/p. 148).
M. Thomas Burbank (again) ?-1564.
Occ. 24 Dec. 1562, when said to have been excommunicate for two years; depriv.
15 Feb. 1564 (CA 14 pt. ii ff. 82v-83/pp. 164-5; CA 15 f. 6v/p. 10; D1/2/16pt. iii f.
11v).
Henry Securis 1564-?
Coll. 29 March 1564 (D1/2/16 pt. iii f. 11v). Instal. 1 Apr. (CA 15 f. 6v/p. 10).
Occ. 12 June 1565 (ibid. f. 12/p. 21).
M. Thomas Burbank (again) ?-1578.
Occ. as preb. by 14 Oct. 1568, though said not to wear clerical dress nor to behave
at all as a priest (CA 15 f. 21v/p. 40). D. 27 Oct./18 Nov. 1578 (P.R.O., PROB 11/
60, PCC 41 Langley; D1/2/17 pt. ii f. 4).
William Badger B.A. 1579-?
Pres. by William Badger senior of Winchester, patron hac vice by virtue of gr. by
Bp. Capon to Michael Securis D.M., John Securis B.M., Robert Eyre, merchant of
Salisbury, and John Mashart, pharmacist of Salisbury, who assigned it to William
Badger; instit. 13 June 1579 (D1/2/17 pt. ii f. 4). Instal. by proxy 17 June (CA 15 f.
46/p. 89). Occ. 13 June 1593 (D1/2/18 f. 19).
Thomas Coldwell M.A. 1594-1619.
Instal. by proxy 6 Jan. 1594 (CA 16 f. 32v). D. by 12 Apr. 1619 (D1/2/20 pt. ii f.
3).
Daniel Birckhead D.D. 1619-1620.
Coll. 12 Apr. 1619 (D1/2/20 pt. ii f. 3). Res. by 11 Jan. 1620 (ibid. f. 4).
Richard Corbett D.D. 1620-1631.
Coll. 11 Jan. 1620 (D1/2/20 pt. ii f. 4). Bp. of Oxford 1628 but held this preb. in
commendam; res. preb. by 10 June 1631 (P.R.O., C 66/2579).
Thomas Lushington B.D. 1631-1661.
Pres. by king 10 June 1631 (P.R.O., C 66/2579). Instit. 23 June (D1/2/21 f. 29).
D. 22 Dec. 1661 (m.i., Sittingbourne, Kent) (Hutchins, Hist. and Ant. Dorset II 141).
William Hobbs D.D. 1662-1670.
Coll. 11 June 1662 (D1/2/22 pt. ii f. 10v). Instal. s.d. (CA 18 f. 21). D. by 20 May
1670 (D1/2/22 pt. v f. 6v).
Joseph Sayer 1670-1693.
Coll. 20 May 1670 (D1/2/22 pt. v f. 6v). Instal. 26 May (CA 18 f. 58v). D. by 24
Aug. 1693 (burial, Northchurch, Berkhamsted, Herts.) (PR Northchurch, ex inf.
Rev. J. B. W. Hughes; D1/2/24 f. 3).
William Gale M.A. 1693-1715.
Coll. 12 Oct. 1693 (D1/2/24 f. 3). Instal. s.d. (CA 19 p. 138). D. by 8 May 1715
(burial, Downton, Wilts.) (PR Downton; D1/2/25 f. 7v).
Gilbert Burnet M.A. 1715-1721.
Coll. 1 July 1715 (D1/2/25 f. 7v). Instal. 14 July (CA 20 f. 67v). Preb. of
Gillingham Major 1721.
John Gamage M.A. 1721-1747.
Coll. 12 Apr. 1721 (D1/2/25 f. 22). Instal. 22 Apr. (CA 20 f. 86). D. by 29 Sept.
1747 (D1/2/26 f. 52V).
Sherlock Willis M.A. 1747-1783.
Coll. 29 Sept. 1747 (D1/2/26 f. 52v). Instal. s.d. (CA 21 p. 39). D. 21 Apr. 1783
(Gent. Mag. 1783, liii (1) 366; D1/2/28 f. 20v).
William Gilpin M.A. 1783-1804.
Coll. 20 June 1783 (D1/2/28 f. 20v). Instal. 21 June (CA 21 p. 284). D. 5 Apr.
1804 (Gent. Mag. 1804, lxxiv (1) 388; 61/2/29 f. 80).
Thomas Wickham M.A. 1804-1829.
Coll. 23 Apr. 1804 (D1/2/29 f. 80). D. 25 Sept. 1829 (Gent. Mag. 1829, xcix (2)
378; D1/2/32 pt. ii f. 17v).
William Stanley Goddard D.D. 1829-1845.
Coll. 3 Oct. 1829 (D1/2/32 pt. ii f. 17v). D. 10 Oct. 1845 (Gent. Mag. 1845, new
ser. xxiv 642-4; D1/2/34 f. 179).
Robert Grant B.C.L. 1845-1886.
Coll. 8 Nov. 1845 (D1/2/34 f. 179). Instal. s.d. (CA 24 pp. 166-7). Res. 4 Dec.
1886 (D1/2/43p. 311).