PREBENDARIES OF LANGFORD ECCLESIA
Preb. valued c. 1535 at £4 13s 2d (Valor II 177).
Thomas Barret D.C.L.1539-1544.
Coll. 31 July 1539 (Reg. XXVII f. 13v). Instal. by proxy 2 Aug. (CA 1536-47 p.
15). Leased out preb. 22 March 1542 for 30 years at £20 p.a. (Reg. XXVI ff.
222v-223v/292v-293v). D. by 26 Apr. 1544 (Reg. XXVII f. 18v; cf. London
Guildhall Libr., MS. 9531/12 f. 147).
Barnaby Kirkbryde 1544-1563/4.
Coll. 4 May 1544 (fn. 1) (Reg. XXVII f. 18v). Instal. by proxy 17 May (CA 1536-47
pp. 89-90). Leased out preb. 12 May 1545 (to same man as in Barret's lease) for
35 years at £20 p.a. (ibid. p. 105). D. by 1 Feb. 1564 (Reg. XIX f. 164v).
Thomas Randsv M.A.1564-1609.
Coll. 1 Feb. 1564 (Reg. XIX f. 164v). Instal. by proxy 26 May (A/3/7 ff. 35v-
36). Leased out preb. 22 Apr. 1567 for 50 years from end of previous lease at £20
p.a. (ibid. ff. 56v-58) and again 27 May 1600 for 2 lives at £20 p.a. (Reg. XXX
ff. 131v-132v). D. 17 Feb. 1609 (m.i., Lincoln cath. (fn. 1) ) (Survey of Cath. II 198;
A/3/9 f. 68).
John Hills D.D. 1609-1626.
Coll. 20 Feb. 1609 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 3). Instal. by proxy 22 Apr.; in
person 14 Sept. 1610 (A/3/9 ff. 68, 76v). D. 28 Aug. x 25 Nov. 1626 (Cambridge
Univ. Libr., UA Prob. III ff. 168-70; P.R.O., E 331/7).
John Pocklington D.D.1626-1641.
Coll. 25 Nov. 1626 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 7). Instal. by proxy 9 March 1627
(A/3/9 f. 162v). Depriv. of all benefices by sentence of the house of lords 12 Feb.
1641 (Lords' Journals IV 160-1; P.D. 1641/39).
James Duport B.D. 1641.
Coll. 14 Aug. 1641 (Reg. XXXI p. 11). Res. 12 Nov. 1641 (Res. 1641/16) on
becoming preb. of Leighton Buzzard.
Stephen Luddington
senior M.A. 1641-1674.
Coll. 15 Nov. 1641 (Reg. XXXI p. 14). Res. 14 Apr. 1674 (Res. 1674/1).
Stephen Luddington
junior M.A. 1674-1689.
Coll.; bp's mand. for instal. 7 May 1674 (Dj/1/26/75). Instal. in person 12 June
(A/3/11 f. 26). D. 30 Sept. x 26 Oct. 1689 (L.C.C. Wills, 1689/i ff. 91, 93a; Reg.
XXXIV f. 112).
Francis Ashenhurst M.A.1689-1704.
Coll. 1 Nov. 1689 (Reg. XXXIV f. 112). Instal. in person 14 Dec. (A/3/11 f.
127v). D. by 30 Nov. 1704 (Dj/26/3/42).
Mansell Courtman M.A.1704-1705.
Coll.; bp's mand. for instal. 30 Nov. 1704 (Dj/26/3/42). Instal. in person 14
Dec. (A/3/12 p. 33). D. 2 Feb. 1705 (m.i., Draughton, Northants.) (Bridges's
Hist. and Ant. of Northants., comp. P. Whalley (Oxford, 1791) II 30; A/3/12 p.
46).
John Alleyne B.D.1705-1739.
Pres. by queen sede vacante; instit. by official of Lincoln dioc. 13 Apr. 1705
(Dij/62/2/13). Instal. in person s.d. (A/3/12 p. 46). D. 25 March 1739 (m.i.,
Loughborough, Leics.) (Nichols, Hist. Leics. III 902; Dj/27/2/52).
William Edwards D.D.1739-1744.
Coll. 4 Apr. 1739 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 359). Instal. in person 5 May (Bij/3/1). D.
10 June 1744 (m.i., Milton Keynes, Bucks.) (Lipscomb, Hist. Bucks. IV 249;
Reg. XXXVIII p. 452).
John Taylor M.A.1744-1745.
Coll. 24 Oct. 1744 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 452). Instal. in person 3 Nov. (A/3/13 p.
373). Preb. of Aylesbury 1745.
Norman Mead M.A.1745-1766.
Coll. 31 Aug. 1745 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 460). Instal. in person s.d. (Dj/27/3/6,
endorsed). D. 3 June 1766 (m.i., Wappenham, Northants.) (Baker, Hist.
Northants. I 731; Reg. XXXIX p. 56).
Thomas Osborn LL.D.1766-1790.
Coll. 4 Aug. 1766 (Reg. XXXIX p. 56). Instal. in person 15 Aug. (Dj/28/1/11).
D. 12 March 1790 (Gent. Mag. 1790, lx (1) 282; Reg. XXXIX p. 518).
John Dove B.A.1790-1795.
Coll. 15 Sept. 1790 (Reg. XXXIX p. 518). Instal. in person 18 Sept. (A/3/16 p.
9). Preb. of Marston St. Lawrence 1795.
William Peters LL.B.1795-1814.
Coll. 11 June 1795 (Reg. XXXIX p. 606). Instal. in person 9 Apr. 1796 (A/3/16
p. 95). D. 21 March 1814 (The Times, 30 March; Reg. XL p. 202).
William Tower B.A.1814-1817.
Coll. 6 Aug. 1814 (Reg. XL p. 202). Instal. in person 15 Oct. (A/3/17 p. 37a).
Res. 7 June 1817 (Reg. XL p. 255).
Richard Pretyman M.A.1817-1866. Precentor of Lincoln. (fn. 1)
Coll. 9 June 1817 (Reg. XL p. 255). Instal. in person 21 June (A/3/17 p. 64). D.
25 March 1866 (Gent. Mag. 1866, 3rd ser. i 759; Reg. XLI p. 322).