PREBENDARIES OF KILSBY
Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £14 0s 0d (Valor IV 341).
William Woodward 1514-1542.
Instal. 20 May 1514 (A/3/3 f. 63v). D. 14 July x 15 Oct. 1542 (P.R.O., PROB
11/29, PCC 11 Spert; Reg. XXVII f. 15v).
John Longland B.A.1542-1554.
Coll. 15 Oct. 1542 (Reg. XXVII f. 15v). Instal. by proxy 5 Nov. (CA 1536-47 p.
71). Depriv. by 23 May 1554 as married (fn. 1) (cf. CA 1547-59 p. 107).
William Cook 1554-1559.
Pres. by Sir William Petre, one of the principal secretaries of Queen Mary,
patron hac vice by reason of gr. of next pres. made 6 Oct. 1553 by Bp. Taylor;
instit. n.d. 1554 (Reg. XXVIII f. 28v; cf. CA 1547-59 p. 100). Compounded for
first-fruits 4 May 1554 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 142v). Instal. by proxy 23 May (CA
1547-59 p. 107). Occ. Sept. 1559 (Bj/3/6 f. 73v), and probably depriv. soon after
this.
John Longland B.A. (again)1560-1589.
Restored; occ. Sept. 1560 (Bj/3/6 f. 88v). D. by 7 Nov. 1589 (burial, Tingewick,
Bucks.) (Lipscomb, Hist. Bucks. III 124; A/3/7 f. 108), and presumably by 2 Nov.
(P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 1).
John Bill B.D.1589-1622.
Coll. 2 Nov. 1589 (fn. 1) (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 1). Instal. by proxy 8 March 1590
(A/3/7 f. 110). D. 12 March x 19 Apr. 1622 (P.R.O., PROB 11/139, PCC 33
Savile).
John Rudyard M.A.1622-?
Coll. 13 Apr. 1622 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 6).
Paul Hood D.D.1630-1637.
Instal. by proxy 6 Dec. 1630 (A/3/9 f. 173). Occ. 8 Aug. 1634 (Add. Reg. 3 f.
186). Preb. of Kilsby re-annexed (fn. 1) to the precentorship 1637 (cf. Cal. S.P. Dom.
1637-8 p. 61).
[John Whiston M.A. 1660.]
Pres. by king 17 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2919; Dj/25/2/9). Instal. by proxy 1
Nov. (A/3/9 f. 213v). Ineffective, as precentor gained possession.
On the d, of Precentor Richard Pretyman in 1866, the preb. of Kilsby was
separated from the precentorship and a new coll. made 31 Jan. 1873 (Reg. XLI p.
383).