PREBENDARIES OF LEIGHTON MANOR
Preb. valued 3 Sept. 1535 at £57 15s 1d (Valor IV 257).
Gilbert Smith M.A.1507-1549.
Instal. 22 Feb. 1507 (A/3/2 f. 133). Royal lic. 28 Aug. 1547 to Bp. Holbeche to
gr. advowson of preb. to John Dudley, earl of Warwick, and Sir Edward North or
their assigns (C.P.R. 1547-8 pp. 183-4); gr. by bp. 31 Aug. (CA 1547-59 pp. 4-5).
Smith alienated preb. 25 Feb. 1549 to Sir Robert Tyrwhit, master of the horse to
Queen Catherine [Parr]; conf. by bp. 25 March; conf. by chapter 28 March (ibid.
p. 19).