PREBENDARIES OF LANGFORD MANOR
Preb. valued c. 1535 at £15 14s 0d (Valor II 177).
John Eyer 1539-1548.
Coll. 2 Dec. 1539 (Reg. XXVII f. 13v). Instal. by proxy 12 Dec. (CA 1536-47 p.
33). Res. 21 Feb. 1548 (Res. 1548/3).
John Sapcote B.C.L. 1548-1557.
Compounded for first-fruits 19 Apr. 1548 (P.R.O., E 334/4 f. 7). Instal. in
person 5 May (CA 1547-59 p. 17). Leased out preb. 20 Aug. 1550 for 50 years
from 1569 at £24 6s p.a. (ibid. pp. 59-61). Res. by 24 May 1557 (Lamb., Reg.
Pole f. 46r-v; C.P.R. 1555-7 p. 366).
Gawin Hodgson B.D.1557-1560.
Pres. by queen sede vacante 24 May 1557 (fn. 1) (C.P.R. 1555-7 p. 366 - 'Gawen
Hudson'). Instit. by abp. 25 May (Lamb., Reg. Pole f. 46r-v). Instal. by proxy 10
June; in person 19 Oct. (CA 1547-59 pp. 141, 144). Depriv. by 27 Aug. 1560
(Reg. XIX f. 104v).
John Watson 1560-?
John Belley D.C.L.1574-1575.
Henry Clifford B.D. 1608.
Watson pres. by John Watson of London, gentleman, to whom (with Gawin
Hodgson B.D.) Bp. Watson gr. next pres. 26 Oct. 1558; instit. 27 Aug. 1560
(Reg. XIX f. 104v; CA 1547-59 p. 157). Instal. by proxy 31 Aug. (A/3/7 f. 8v).
Preb. said to be vac. by depriv. 12 Oct. 1574 and coll. to Belley (Reg. XXIX f.
3). Belley instal. by proxy 25 Oct. (A/3/7 f. 76v). Belley occ. in accounts Sept.
1574 (Bj/3/6 f. 248v), but Watson occ. Sept. 1575 and subsequently (ibid. f.
260v). Coll. 20 Sept. 1608 to Clifford (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 3); instal. in person
28 Sept. (A/3/9 f. 73). Clifford became preb. of Corringham 1609 and Watson
occ. as preb. of Langford Manor 1 Nov. 1609 and 26 Aug. 1611 (Cal. S.P. Dom.
1603-10 p. 555; (fn. 1) Add. Reg. 3 f. 6v).
Matthew Browne M.A.1613-1630.
Instit. 14 Apr. 1613 (P.R.O., E 331/Lincoln 4). Instal. in person 16 Apr. (A/3/9
f. 92). D. by 21 Feb. 1630 (P.D. 1630/66; A/3/9 f. 171v).
John Wilson D.D.1630-1635.
Coll. 21 Feb. 1630 (P.D. 1630/66). Instal. by proxy 3 March (A/3/9 f. 171v). D.
19 Feb. 1635 (m.i., St. Peter, Nottingham) (Thoroton's Hist. of Nottinghamshire,
ed. J. Throsby (Nottingham, 1790) II 91; A/3/9 f. 187).
Richard Williams M.A.1635-1642.
Coll. 27 March 1635; instal. in person 28 June (A/3/9 f. 187). D. 22 May 1642;
buried 24 May (PR Gainsborough).
William Cooper (or Cary?) 1642-?
Coll. 30 Nov. 1642 (Reg. XXXI p. 31).
Thomas Pierce D.D.1660-1691.
Pres. by king 11 Sept. 1660 (P.R.O., C 66/2919; Dj/25/3/3). Instal. by proxy 25
Sept. (A/3/9 f. 210v). D. 28 March 1691 (m.i., North Tidworth, Wilts.) (Survey of
Cath. II 201; Reg. XXXIV f. 121v).
William Offley M.A.1691-1724.
Coll. 30 Apr. 1691 (Reg. XXXIV f. 121v). Instal. by proxy 9 May (A/3/11 f.
134v). D. 25 Sept. 1724 (m.i., Middleton Stoney, Oxf.) (Survey of Cath. II 201;
Reg. XXXVIII p. 66).
Thomas Frank M.A.1724-1731.
Coll. 27 Nov. 1724 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 66). Instal. by proxy 4 Jan. 1725
(Bij/3/1). D. 2 March 1731 (Gent. Mag. 1731, i 124; Reg. XXXVIII p. 241).
Geoffrey Barton M.A.1731-1734.
Coll. 26 March 1731 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 241). Instal. in person 15 May (Bij/3/1).
D. 9 Sept. 1734 (Gent. Mag. 1734, iv 511; Dj/27/2/39).
Decimus Reynolds B.A.1734-1790.
Coll. 5 Nov. 1734 (Reg. XXXVIII p. 295). Instal. in person 23 Nov. (Bij/3/1;
A/3/14 f. 21v). D. 7 Dec. 1790 (m.i., Clophill, Beds.) (Beds. Notes and Queries
iii (1893) 185; Reg. XXXIX p. 524).
Edward Bowerbank B.D.1791-1805.
Coll. 25 March 1791 (Reg. XXXIX pp. 524, 527). Instal. in person 26 March
(A/3/16 p. 14). D. 28 July 1805 (Gent. Mag. 1805, lxxv (2) 682; Reg. XL p. 101).
Richard Williams M.A.1805-1844.
Coll. 10 Dec. 1805 (Reg. XL p. 101). Instal. in person 14 Dec. (A/3/16 p. 201).
D. 4 July 1844 (Gent. Mag. 1844, new ser. xxii 325; Reg. XL p. 513).
Hon. Richard Cust M.A.1846-1864.
Coll. 17 Oct. 1846 (Reg. XL p. 513). Instal. in person s.d. (A/3/17 p. 452). D.
17 July 1864 (Gent. Mag. 1864, new ser. xvii 255; Dj/28/3/19).