CANONS OF THE 6TH PREBEND
Stephen Marley
(fn. 1) B.D. 1541–1572.
Apptd. by king in foundation charter 12 May 1541 (L. & P. XVI no. 878 (25,
33); DCM/B/BA/1 f. 2). Refused to subscribe to Articles: preb. sequestrated 25
Sept. 1559 (Royal Visitation of 1559 pp. 24, 109). Depriv. by 9 Aug. 1572 (Reg.
Tunstall & Pilkington no. 500).
Peter Shaw M.A. 1572–1608.
Coll. 9 Aug. 1572 (Reg. Tunstall & Pilkington no. 500). Instal. 12 Aug. (DCM/B/
BA/3 f. 38). D. by 11 July 1608 (burial, Bury, Lancs.) (Reg. of Bury, 1590–1616
ed. W.J. Löwenberg and H. Brierley (Lancs. Parish Reg. Soc., 1898) p. 139).
William Selby M.A. 1608–1609.
Pres. by king 8 May 1604 to a preb. of Durham (Cal. S.P. Dom. 1603–10 p.
106). Allegedly coll. 12 July 1608 (Survey of Cath. I 268). Vacated 6th preb. 19
Nov. 1609 (DCM/L/BB/20 p. 3).
Peter Smart M.A. 1609–1614.
Occ. as preb. from Nativity term 1609 (DCM/L/BB/20). Canon of 4th preb.
1614.
Robert Cooke B.D. 1614–1615.
Occ. 19 Dec. 1614 (DCM/L/BB/22). D. 1 Jan. 1615 (burial, Leeds, W. Yorks.)
(Registers of the Parish Church of Leeds, 1612–39, ed. G.D. Lumb (Thoresby
Soc., iii, 1895) p. 64).
Ferdinand Moorcroft M.A. 1615–1619.
Allegedly coll. 6 Jan. 1615 (Survey of Cath. 1268). Canon of 11th preb. 1619.
Daniel Birckhead D.D. 1619–1620.
Coll. 14 July 1619 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 12). Instal. s.d. (DCM/B/BA/9 f. 805v).
Canon of 10th preb. 1620.
Gabriel Clark M.A. 1620–1623.
Coll. 4 Aug. 1620 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 29). Instal. 5 Aug. (DCM/B/BA/9 f.
806v). Canon of 3rd preb. 1623.
John Robson M.A. 1623–1645.
Coll. 31 July 1623 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 p. 56). Instal. 1 Aug. (DCM/B/BA/9 f.
807). D. by 12 Apr. 1645 (burial, Durham cath.) (Reg. Durham Cath. p. 93).
Richard Wrench B.D. 1646–1675.
Instit. 14 Feb. 1646 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/4 f. 105v), but not instal. Bp's mand. 12
March 1661 for instal. (DCM/Misc. Ch. 2487). Instal. 18 March (P.R.O., E 331
DURHAM/17) or 20 March (DCM/C/A/1 f. 24v). D. 26 Oct. 1675 (m.i., Durham
cath.) (Hutchinson, Hist. & Ant. Durham II 192).
Richard Knightly M.A. 1675–1676
Instit. 5 Nov. 1675 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/20). Instal. by proxy 17 Nov.
(DCM/C/A/1 ff. 55v–56v). Canon of 7th preb. 1676, apparently by exch. with
John Morton.
John Morton B.D. 1676–1685.
Apparently by exch. with Richard Knightly; instit. 9 Nov. 1676 (P.R.O., E 331
DURHAM/20). Instal. by proxy 29 Nov. (DCM/C/A/1 ff. 58v–60v). Canon of
12th preb. 1685.
Fitzherbert Adams D.D. 1685–1695.
Coll. 10 Aug. 1685; instal. 11 Aug. (DCM/C/A/1 f. 70r–v). Canon of 10th preb.
1695.
Henry Dobson D.D. 1695–1718.
Coll. 8 June 1695; instal. s.d. (DCM/C/A/1 f. 86r–v). D. by 29 March 1718
(burial, Westminster, St. Margaret) (City of Westminster Archives Centre, PR
Westminster, St. Margaret).
John Dolben D.D. 1718–1719.
Coll. 2 Apr. 1718; instal. 17 Apr. (DCM/C/A/2 pp. 28–30). Canon of 11th preb.
1719.
William Watts B.D. 1719–1737.
Coll. 3 Aug. 1719; instal. 18 Aug. (DCM/C/A/2 pp. 33–4). D. 5 Feb.
1737 (m.i., Durham cath.) (Hutchinson, Hist. & Ant. Durham II 194–
5).
Henry Bland M.A. 1737–1768.
Coll. 7 May 1737; instal. 2 Aug. (DCM/C/A/2 pp. 90–1). D. 7 May 1768 (m.i.,
Durham cath.) (Hutchinson, Hist. & Ant. Durham II 195).
Charles Weston M.A. 1768–1792.
Coll. 1 Aug. 1768; instal. 2 Aug. (DCM/C/A/3 ff. 28v–29). Canon of 11th preb.
1792.
Thomas Burgess B.D. 1792–1820.
Coll. 22 June 1792 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/42). Instal. s.d. (DCM/C/A/4 pp.
18–21). Bp. of St. Davids 1803, but held this preb. in commendam until canon of
2nd preb. 1820.
William Nicholas Darnell B.D. 1820–1831.
Coll. 28 Oct. 1820 (P.R.O., E 331 DURHAM/47). Instal. s.d. (DCM/C/A/4 pp.
109–10). Res. 27 Jan. 1831 (DDR/EA/ACT/1/5 f. 18v).
Henry Phillpotts D.D. 1831–1869. Bp. of Exeter.
Coll. 22 Feb. 1831; instal. by proxy 5 March (DCM/C/A/4 ff. 154v–155v). D.
18 Sept. 1869 (Annual Register 1869, ii 162–4).