Location | Office/Status | Cleric Detail | Qualification | Comment |
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St Botolph Colchester / | (Other) | Farrer, Mr Thomas | 40r; p; lic to preach by Bp Nov 1588 --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Curate and Concionator' |
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Berechurch alias W Donyland / | Curate | Philippes, Mr BLANK | 40v; ab STRUCK THROUGH; 'nominatur Philippus Blunt' [presumably his real name | |
St Giles Colchester / | Curate | Cocke, Mr William | 40v; p; let him be lic to preach; to certify of wearing the surplice 2 Oct next and how often | |
Greenstead Juxta Colchester / | Rector | Holmes, Mr Robert | 40v; p; says he holds cure by inst and induction. Came from Watstone, Suffolk; confesses he was convicted at Assize and stood an hour in the pillory; did not admit this to Bp upon entering diocese; since arrival has observed B of CP. Asked what words he used against HM in this town 12 months ago, says he cannot confess the very words. Expressly forbidden to exercise office; fruits of living to be handed over to c/ws for serving the cure | |
St James Colchester / | (Other) | Homes, Mr Robert | 41r; ab --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'BLANK' |
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St James Colchester / | Curate | Castle, Mr Thomas | 41r; ab | |
St James Colchester / | (Other) | Noorde [= Northey, Mr George | 41r; p; ordered to administer in own person acc to B of CP and to certify in Cons 3 Fidis prox. --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Concionator [salaried Common Preacher' |
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St Leonard Colchester / | Rector | Lowe, Mr Thomas | 41r; p; lic to preach by Bp of London 15 Jly 1587 | |
St Leonard Colchester / | Schoolmaster | Merrills, Mr William | 41r; p | |
Lexden / | Rector | Searles, Mr Robert | 41r; p; lic to preach 1587or 7; to certify 2 Oct how often he has worn surplice on sabbath | |
St Martin Colchester / | (Other) | , | 41v --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was ''no minister here'' |
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St Mary Magdalen Colchester / | (Other) | Lowe, Mr Thomas | 41v; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Curate and Master of the hospital' |
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Milend / | Rector | Knevett, Mr Thomas | 41v; p; not lic to preach; to wear surplice, use B of CP, etc, and certify 2 Oct | |
St Mary / | Rector | Walford, Mr John | 42r; p; has performed exercises | |
St Nicholas Colchester / | Curate | Farrer, Mr Thomas | 42r; p | |
St Nicholas Colchester / | (Other) | Hilles, Mr Theodorus | 42r; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Concionator, preacher of the dutch church' |
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St Nicholas Colchester / | Schoolmaster | Arnoldus, Mr BLANK | 42r; ab? [presumably also Dutch] | |
St Nicholas Colchester / | Schoolmaster | Bentley, Mr William | 42r; ENTRY STRUCK THROUGH ; to teach only in own parish [All Sts] | |
All Sts Colchester / | (Other) | Walford, Mr John | 42r; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'BLANK' |
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All Sts Colchester / | Schoolmaster | Bentley, Mr William | 42r; p; lic by Bp 1579 | |
St Peter Colchester / | Vicar | Taverner, Mr John | 42v; p; lic [?to preach by Bp May 1589 | |
St Peter Colchester / | Schoolmaster | Rigbye, Mr Thomas | 42v; p; lic by a/deacon's official 13 Feb 1584[-5] | |
St Runwald Colchester / | (Other) | , | 42v --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'ENTRY LEFT BLANK' |
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Holy Trinity Colchester / | (Other) | Good, Mr Robert | 42v; p; has bible and Decades in English only; to attend a/deacon and certify of his exercises --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'BLANK' |
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Holy Trinity Colchester / | Schoolmaster | Lambe, Mr Richard | 42v; ab | |
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Abberton / | Rector | Wentworth, Mr Peter | '43-4'r; p; ordered not to allow laymen say service | |
Abberton / | Curate | Ellis, Mr Thomas | '43-4'r; ab | |
Aldham / | Rector | Wilton, Mr John | '43-4'r; p at Braintree | |
Aldham / | Schoolmaster | Bell, Mr Nicholas | '43-4'r; p; states he has 'given over' and goes to serve at Colne Wakes | |
Mount Bures / | Rector | Woodthorpe, Mr John | '43-4'r; p; see entry for Lammarsh, above | |
Boxted / | Vicar | Gilgate, Mr Philip | '43-4'v; p | |
Little Birch / | Rector | Tailer, Mr William | '43'4'v; p; holds it by sequestration; to seek inst on pain of revocation of sequ | |
Gt Bircch / | Rector | Cooke, Mr Simon | '43-4'v; p; to produce testimony of 12 preachers as to his conversation and that of a/deacon; till then inhibited from preaching | |
White Colne / | Vicar | Adams, Mr William | 45r; p; lic to preach 6 yrs ago; to produce Lit Ord and preaching lic at Witham; [later note: did so] | |
Wakes Colne / | (Other) | Munke, Mr Robert | 45r; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
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Colne Engaine / | Rector | Parkinson, Mr John | 45r; p; lic [?to preach] by Bp ult Aug 1583 | |
Earls Colne / | Vicar | Adams, Mr William | 45v; p | |
Earls Colne / | Schoolmaster | Leminge, William | 45v; p; lic by a/deacon Feb 1588[-9] | |
Coggeshall / | Vicar | Newman, Mr Laurence | 45v; p; lic to preach by Abp; not to preach but when he says public prayer using the surplice and to certify 2 Oct at Chelmsford | |
Copford / | Rector | Rame, Mr Robert | 45v; p; admitted by Bp 2 May 1588 | |
Dedham / | Vicar | Parker, Mr Richard | 46r; p; has not worn surplice; ordered not to read service nor administer unless he do so and to certify how often he has worn it since this day | |
Dedham / | (Other) | Chapman, Mr Edmund | 46r; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Concionator [privately funded Lecturer]' |
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Dedham / | Schoolmaster | Gale, Mr Arthur | 46r; p; lic by Dr Aubrey; 'non subscripsit articulis'; admitted this day by Bp and subscribed articles | |
Easthorpe / | Rector | Beamont, Mr Stephen | 46r; p; expressly warned not to preach but when he reads divine prayer and wears surplice; to certify 2 Oct | |
E Donyland / | Rector | Kirby, Mr William | 46r; p | |
E Mersea / | (Other) | Edmunds, Mr Robert | 46v; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
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Feering / | Nowell, Mr Edward | 46v; p; admitted by Bp 1585 --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Vicar and Concionator' |
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Feering / | Curate | Banbrick, Mr William | 46v; ENTRY STRUCK THROUGH | |
Feering / | Curate | Robtes [sic, Mr Stephen | 46v; p; 'nunc cur, nuper cur de Tolleshunt Major' | |
Fingringhoe / | Vicar | Brigdall, Mr Nicholas | 46v; ab | |
Fingringhoe / | Curate | Disborrowe, Mr Richard | 46v; p; confesses he has used his office since suspension; pronounced unable and not meet ot use his ministry; suspended throughout the diocese | |
Fordham / | Rector | Upcher, Mr Thomas | 47r; lic to preach by Bp and Abp 'confirmat' | |
Little Horkesley / | (Other) | , | 47r --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'VACANT' |
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Gt Horkesley / | Rector | Bownde, Mr John | 47r; p; lic [?to preach] by Bp | |
Inworth / | (Other) | Kitchen, Mr Richard | 47v; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
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Inworth / | (Other) | Tunstall, Mr William | 47v; p; not lic under seal but says he was made minister by law and lic to preach by a/deacon of Leicester; judge observed he had been deprived by High Comm and thus expressly inhibited from preaching throughout diocese until lic by one of the univs, HM or Abp of Cant under seal or by Bp of London under seal. C/ws ordered not to let him preach until he show them his licence --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Concionator' |
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Langham / | Rector | Farrer, Mr Thomas | 47v; p; lic [?to preach by Bp 1577. Confesses he has not worn surplice. Ordered not to preach unless he wear it | |
Langham / | Schoolmaster | Andrewes, Amos | 47v; p; lic by Commissary Mar 1588 | |
Layer Marney / | Rector | Morris, Mr Thomas | 47v; p; lic [?to preach] by Bp 1581 | |
Langenhoe / | Rector | Betson, Mr George | 48r; p; no preacher; to certify of exercises and may then perhaps be adm to preach | |
Layer de la Haye / | Perpetual Curate | Goodwin, Mr Roger | 48r; p | |
Layer Bretton / | Rector | Lucas, Mr John | 48r; p; not lic to preach | |
Marks Tey / | Perpetual Curate | Cornwell, Mr Henry | 48v; p | |
Markshall / | Rector | Greene, Mr John | 48v; p; not a preacher; to attend a/deacon for his testimony to be granted licence and to produce it at Chelmsford | |
Messing / | Vicar | Harris, Mr William | 48v; p; not licensed [?to preach | |
Peldon / | Rector | Teye, Mr William | 49r; p; not lic to preach 'but that he is a minister'; inhibited until licensed; further inhibited from all office of his ministry until he conform to B of CP | |
Peldon / | Schoolmaster | Parker, Mr John | 49r; ab | |
Chapel [Ponsbright] / | Perpetual Curate | Turner, Mr Edmund | 49r; p; to come to Witham on Saturday | |
Salcott Wigborough [chapelry] / | Curate | Webb, Mr John | 49v; p; pronounce contumacious because of his apparel; suspended until he reform it | |
Salcott Virley / | Rector | Willesmore, Mr Richard | 49v; p; unknown to a/deacon; to attend a/deacon 'that he may have knowledge of him' | |
Stanway / | Rector | Corbet, Mr Thomas | 49v; p | |
Little Tey / | Rector | Foster, Mr Lionel | 50r; p | |
Gt Tey / | Vicar | Foster, Mr Lionel | 5or; p | |
Wivenhoe / | Rector | Atkinson, Mr Brian | 50r; p | |
Wivenhoe / | (Other) | Goodinge, Mr Edward | 50r; p; lic by Commissary Nov 1587; Mr Atkinson to certify of him 2 Oct --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'BLANK' |
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W Mersea / | Vicar | Warner, Mr Francis | 50v; to attend a/deacon to see if he be meet to preach and to certify 2 Oct | |
Gt Wigborough / | Rector | Mascall, Mr George | 50v; p; lic [?to preach] 1587 by Bp | |
Little Wigborough / | Rector | Bridgeman, Mr Richard | 50v; p; lic [?to preach Aug 1586 by Bp | |
W Bergholt / | Rector | Kyrbie, MrRichard | 51r; p | |
W Bergholt / | Curate | Miller, Mr John | 51r; p; showed lic to preach | |
Wormingford / | Vicar | Weston, Mr Roger | 51r; p; lic [?to preach by Bp | |
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Ardleigh / | Vicar | Lyde, Mr Laurence | 52r; p; lic [?to preach by Bp 1579 | |
Alresford / | Rector | Osborne, Mr Samuel | 52r; p; R here 9 yrs but no preacher and has performed no exercises; pronounced contumacious and negligent; inhibited untila/deacon certify he profits from his learning | |
Bradfield / | Vicar | Richards, Mr John | 52r; p; to get a/deacon's certificate to my L to produce lic to preach | |
Little Bromley / | (Other) | King, Mr Ralph | 52v; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
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Gt Bromley / | Rector | Wentworth, Mr Peter | 52v; p | |
Gt Bromley / | Schoolmaster | Arbeto, Mr Robert | 52v; p | |
Little Bentley / | Rector | Wilton, Mr John | 52v; ab | |
Little Bentley / | Curate | Robinson, Mr William | 52v; ab | |
Gt Bentley / | Vicar | Darnell, Mr Robert | 53r; p; not lic to preach; to procure a/deacon's testimony to my L that he is fit to preach | |
Brightlingsea / | Vicar | Atkinson, Mr Brian | (Other) | 53r; p --------- CDB 'LD_EdQual' value was 'BD STRUCK THROUGH' |
Gt Clacton / | Vicar | Nockes, Mr Eleazar | BD | 53r; p [son of THE John Knox |
Gt Clacton / | Curate | Brigdale, Mr Nicholas | 53r; ab; now inst to Fingringhoe | |
Little Clacton / | Chaplyn, Mr William | 53v; p; to preach before Mr [Brian] Atkinson that he may certify if he be fit to be lic to preach | ||
St Osyth [Chiche] / | Perpetual Curate | Glyne [Glenn, Mr David | 53v; ab | |
Beaumont / | Rector | Harrison, Mr Richard | 53v; p | |
Beaumont / | (Other) | Paine, Mr Edward | 53v; ab; reads service and also catechizes; to appear [?in Consistory] 2 Barthi --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Curate and Schoolmaster' |
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Elmstead / | Vicar | Medcalfe, Mr Reginald | 54r; p; lic [?to preach] 1577 by Bp | |
Dovercourt / | Vicar | Branham, Mr Hugo | 54r; p | |
Frinton / | Rector | Forth, Mr Richard | 54r; p; to preach before Mr [Brian] Atkinson to see if he may be lic to preach | |
Frinton / | Curate | Skofeilde, Mr Richard | 54r; p; lic by Commissary 19 Apl 1588 | |
Frating / | Rector | Harridance, Mr Samuel | 54v; p; to preach before Mr [Brian] Atkinson to see if he may be lic to preach | |
Harwich [chapelry appendant to Dovercourt / | Vicar | Branham, Mr Hugo | 54v; p | |
Little Holland / | Vicar | Chaplyn, Mr William | 54v; p; to produce 'those instruments that he holdeth both livings by' 2 Barthi | |
Gt Holland / | Rector | Salisbury, BLANK [but Robert | 55r; ab; called to personal residence --------- CDB 'LC_Cler_title' value was 'Mr Dr' |
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Gt Holland / | Canon | Forth, Mr Richard | 55r; inhibited from serving because R of Frinton | |
Kirby le Soken / | Rochester, Mr John | 55r; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Vicar and Concionator' |
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Lawford / | (Other) | Hawes, Mr William | BD | 55r; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
Mistley-cum-Manningtree / | (Other) | Drywood, Mr George | 55v; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
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Mistley-cum-Manningtree / | Curate | Harrison, Mr Richard | 55v; p | |
Moze / | (Other) | Gyles, Mr Edward | 55v; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
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Little Oakley / | Rector | Branham, Mr Hugo | 55v; p | |
Little Oakley / | Curate | Moore, Mr Samuel | 55v; p; lic to serve by Stanhope | |
Gt Oakley / | Rector | Rochester, Mr Thomas | 56r; p | |
Thorpe le Soken / | Vicar | Daniell, Mr Samuel | 56r; to attend a/deacon to see if may admitted to preach by my L | |
Ramsey / | Vicar | Whyte, Mr John | 56r; p; lic [?to preach] by Bp 1583. Judge keeps his licence until he shall hear better testimony of his diligence and painfulness from a/deacon | |
Thorrington / | (Other) | Taylor, Mr Brian | 56v; p --------- CDB 'LC_Office' value was 'Rector and Concionator' |
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Tendring / | Rector | Drewry, Mr Henry | 56v; p | |
Tendring / | Curate | Savage, Mr Henry | 56v; p; lic to serve by Stanhope 1583; to attend a/deacon for his exercises and to certify | |
Walton le Soken / | Vicar | Burges, Mr Jeremiah | 56v; p; lic [?to preach] 1587 by Bp | |
Weeley / | Rector | Glascock, Mr Bartholomew | 57r; p; to show his [?preaching] lic at Barking next Tuesday; not to admit [David] Wayne, his C, to serve until he is licensed | |
Weeley / | Curate | Wayne, Mr David | 57r; p; inhibited until lic to serve | |
Wrabness / | Rector | Sayer, Mr Thomas | 57r; ab; to appear at Witham | |
Wrabness / | Schoolmaster | Reignoldes, Mr Henry | 57r; p; did not show lic and inhibited until he be licensed | |
Wix / | Perpetual Curate | Wingfield, Mr William | 57r; p | |
END of 24 Jly session / | , |
Source | Guildhall Library MS 9537/7 (Liber Cleri) |
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Ordinary / Jurisdiction | Aylmer, John/London 1577-1594 |
Comment | Visitation at St Mary Colchester for deaneries of Colchester, Lexden and Tendring |