CANONS OF THE 2ND PREBEND, CHRIST CHURCH
William Tresham D.D. 1546-1560.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 26 Jan. and 4 Nov. 1546 (L. & P. XXI ii
no. 476 (9)). (fn. 1) Depriv. 12 x 25 July 1560 (C.C.A., x(l).c.6; C.P.R. 1558-
60 p. 422; cf. Cal. S.P. Dom. Addenda 1547-65 p. 523).
James Calfhill M.A. 1560-1570.
Pres. by queen 25 July 1560 (C.P.R. 1558-60 p. 422). Res. by 19 July 1570, on
nomination by queen as bp. of Worcester (C.P.R. 1569-70 no. 37).
Tobias Matthew M.A. 1570-1576.
Pres. by queen 19 July 1570 (C.P.R. 1569-72 no. 37). Dean of Christ Church
1576.
Daniel Bernard D.D. 1577-1588.
Pres. by queen 24 Oct. 1575 to next vac. preb. (C.P.R. 1572-5 no. 2830). Occ.
as can. 18 June 1577 (D. & C. i.b.l f. 50v). D. by 31 Aug. 1588 (ibid. f. 89).
John Purefoy M.A. 1588-1601.
Pres. by queen 11 June 1584 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/1239; D. & C.
i.b.l f. 88r-v). Instal. 31 Aug. 1588 (D. & C. i.b.l f. 90v). D. by 14 May 1601
(burial, Christ Church cath.) (ibid. f. 94v).
John Howson M.A. 1601-1619.
Pres. by queen 14 July 1598 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/1484; D. & C.
i.b.l f. 94r-v). Instal. 15 May 1601 (D. & C. i.b.l f. 94v). Bp. of Oxford 1619.
Samuel Fell B.D. 1619-1638.
Pres. by king 29 Dec. 1610 to next vac. preb. (P.R.O., C 66/1894; D. & C. i.b.l
ff. 130v-131); further pres. 29 March 1617 (P.R.O., C 66/2147; D. & C. i.b.l ff.
141v-142). Instal. 11 May 1619 (D. & C. i.b.l f. 141r-v). Dean of Christ
Church 1638.
William Strode D.D. 1638 1645.
Instal. 1 July 1638 (Wood, Athenae Oxon. III 151). D. 10 March 1645 (ibid. p.
152).
Henry Hammond D.D. 1645-1648.
Instal. c. 17 March 1645 (Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 906; J. Fell, Life of Henry
Hammond (London, 1661) p. 43). Ejected by parliamentary visitors 12 Apr.
1648 (Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 538, 564); d. 25 Apr. 1660 (Wood's Life and
Times I 313).
Edward Corbet M.A. 1648.
One of the parliamentary visitors, apptd. canon by that body 12 Apr. 1648
(Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 564). Res. by 4 Aug. (ibid. p. 906).
Ralph Button M.A. (fn. 1) 1648-1660.
Apptd. by parliamentary visitors 4 Aug. 1648 (Wood's Hist. and Ant. II ii 906).
Occ. 23 Aug. 1649 (D. & C. i.b.3 p. 6). Depriv. by 27 July 1660 (Kennett, Reg.
p. 213).
John Fell D.D. 1660.
Petitioned king July 1660 for preb. vac. by d. of Henry Hammond (Cal. S.P.
Dom. 1660-1 p. 133). Pres. by king 9 July (P.R.O., C 66/2918). (fn. 1) Occ. in
chapter 23 July (D. & C. i.b.3 p. 101). Dean of Christ Church in Nov.
Sebastian Smith D.D. 1661-1674.
Pres. by king 11 Feb. 1661 (P.R.O., C 66/2919). Occ. in disbursement book for
3rd term 1661, i.e. July-Sept. 1661 (C.C.A., xii.b.104). D. 27 Apr. 1674 (Wood's
Life and Times II 284-5; D. & C. i.b.3 p. 184).
Samuel Speed M.A. 1674-1682.
Warrant 29 Apr. 1674 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1673-5 p. 236); pres.
issued 2 May (P.R.O., C 66/3161; D. & C. i.b.3 pp. 184-5). Instal. 6 May
(Wood's Life and Times II 285). D. by 25 Jan. 1682 (burial, St. Michael
Queenhithe, London) (Surrey R.O., PR Godalming (sic)).
Henry Aldrich M.A. 1682-1689.
Pres. by king 11 Feb. 1682 (P.R.O., C 66/3227; cf. Cal. S.P. Dom. 1682 p. 61).
Instal. 15 Feb. (Wood's Life and Times III 4-6). Dean of Christ Church 1689.
William Wake M.A. 1689-1702.
Warrant 28 March 1689 for pres. by king (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1689-90 p. 45); pres.
issued 4 Apr. (D. & C. i.b.4 f. 2v). Instal. 20 June (ibid. f. 3r-v; Wood's Life
and Times III 304). Res. by 27 Dec. 1702 (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1702-3 p. 358).
Thomas Burton D.D. 1702-1733.
Warrant 9 or 19 Oct. 1702 for pres. by queen in succession to Henry Smith
(Cal. S.P. Dom. 1702-3 p. 358); cancelled, and a new warrant 27 Dec. for pres.
by queen in succession to William Wake (ibid. p. 359); pres. issued 30 Dec. (D.
& C. i.b.4 ff. 70v-71v). Instal. 5 Jan. 1703 (ibid. ff. 71v-72). D. 3 July 1733
(Gent. Mag. 1733, iii 380) or 4 July (Hearne's Collections XI 224-5; P.R.O., C
66/3590).
Philip Barton D.C.L. 1733-1765.
Pres. by king issued 17 Aug. 1733 (P.R.O., C 66/3590; D. & C. i.b.5 p. 119).
Instal. 29 Aug. (D. & C. i.b.5 pp. 120-1). D. 13 July 1765 (Gent. Mag. 1765,
xxxv 347; D. & C. i.b.6 p. 121).
William Digby M.A. 1765-1769.
Pres. by king pubd. 23 July 1765 (Lond. Gaz. no. 10541); pres. issued 24 July
(D. & C. i.b.6 pp. 121-2). Res. by 19 Aug. 1769, on becoming dean of
Worcester (Lond. Gaz. no. 10966).
John Jeffreys M.A. 1769-1779.
Pres. by king pubd. 19 Aug. 1769 (Lond. Gaz. no. 10966); pres. issued 28 Aug.
(D. & C. i.b.6 pp. 188-9). Instal. 1 Sept. (ibid. pp. 190-1). Res. by 4 June 1779,
on becoming preb. of St. Paul's (P.R.O., SP 44/159 p. 15).
Cyril Jackson B.D. 1779 1783.
Warrant 4 June 1779 for pres. by king (P.R.O., SP 44/159 p. 15); pres. pubd. 5
June (Lond. Gaz. no. 11984); pres. issued 11 June (D. & C. i.b.7 pp. 401-2).
Instal. 16 June (ibid. pp. 402-4). Dean of Christ Church 1783.
Thomas Goodfellow Shafto M.A. 1783-1799.
Warrant 16 June 1783 for pres. by king (P.R.O., SP 44/159 p. 117); pres. pubd.
21 June (Lond. Gaz. no. 12450); pres. issued 24 June (D. & C. i.b.7 pp. 462-3).
Instal. 27 June (ibid. pp. 463-5). D. 17 Oct. 1799 (D. & C. ix.b.1; MS. Oxf.
Dioc. Papers b.21 f. 162).
Charles Henry Hall B.D. 1799-1807.
Pres. by king issued 21 Nov. 1799 (D. & C. i.b.8 f. 9r-v); pres. pubd. 26 Nov.
(Lond. Gaz. no. 15206). Subscribed to Articles before instit. 29 Nov. (MS. Oxf.
Dioc. Papers b.21 f. 162). Instal. 30 Nov. (D. & C. i.b.8 ff. 9v-10). Regius
Professor of Divinity 1807, and moved to 5th preb. (Lond. Gaz. no. 16000).
Samuel Smith B.D. 1807-1824.
Pres. by king pubd. 14 Feb. 1807 (Lond. Gaz. no. 16000); pres. issued 16 Dec.
(D. & C. i.b.8 ff. 61v-62). Subscribed to Articles before instit. 27 Feb. (MS.
Oxf. Dioc. Papers b.22 f. 18). Instal. 10 March (D. & C. i.b.8 f. 62r-v). Dean
of Christ Church 1824.
Henry Woodcock D.D. 1824-1840.
Pres. by king pubd. 12 Feb. 1824 (Lond. Gaz. no. 18001); pres. issued 5 March
(D. & C. i.b.9 ff. 44v-45). Subscribed to Articles before instit. 19 March (MS.
Oxf. Dioc. Papers b.22 f. 101v). Instal. s.d. (D. & C. i.b.9 ff. 45v-46). D. 8
Aug. 1840 (Gent. Mag. 1840, new ser. xiv 440).
Godfrey Faussett D.D. 1840-1853. Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity.
Instal. 19 Aug. 1840, in accordance with Stat. 3 & 4 Vic. c. 113 s. 5, which
annexed the 1st vac. preb. to the Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity (fn. 1) (D. &
C. i.b.10 f. 29). D. by 5 July 1853 (burial, Christ Church cath.) (D. & C. ix.b.1;
D. & C. i.b. 10 f. 148).
Charles Abel Heurtley B.D. 1853-1895. Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity.
Instal. 8 July 1853 (D. & C. i.b.10 f. 148). Res. by 9 July 1859; re-elected and
re-instal. s.d. (ibid. i.b. 11, unpaginated). D. 1 May 1895 (The Times, 2 May, p.
10).