Comment | Vacancy of the see of Chichester.
Clerke, priest.
Patron: by virtue of grant to Smyth and Wenham by Richard, formerly Bishop of Chichester, for this turn.
Followed by notification by the Archbishop to the court of First Fruits and Tenths that he had instituted Thomas Gabitus on a royal presentation deed dated 19 Nov. 1551, but that Gabitus had not obtained possession of the vicarge. Clerke subsequently presented by Smyth and Wenham was instituted as the true vicar on the death of Roger Covert, 5 Feb. 1551/2.
Archdeacon of to induct.
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