Canons and Prebends of Skelton
This list has been created with the assistance of the University of Hull/Victoria County History Howden Project. In some cases the year of appointment is not known, or uncertain. Where this happens, I have inserted an intermediate year. I'll highlight these when I write the mini-biographies.
Mini-biographies
Where information is readily available on the internet, I haven't quoted sources. Where I have:-
(B) Beverley Minster Fasti
(D) Fastii Dunelmenses
(H) Howden Minster Fasti
(P) Durham Priory Archive
Adam of Fileby
Roger le Comte
Henry of Guildford
John of Snainton
Roger of Heslerton
Hugh of Thorntoft
Adam of Haselbech
John Helwelle
John de Provano
Alexander de Neville
Thomas Orgrave
Robert Manfeld
Richard of Winwick
Thomas del Hay
John Southwell
Robert de Neville
Born 1404/5. Great grandson of Edward III, grandson of John of Gaunt, son of Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmorland and Lady Joan Beaufort. His generation of the Nevilles was among the best connected families of the 15C. He was the nephew of Cardinal Beaufort, uncle of Warwick the Kingmaker, uncle of Edward IV. A short biography is here.
Even by the standards of his time, his ecclesiastical career was notable for both pluralism and simony.
Prebend of Auckland College 1414 - aged 10! (D)
Portioner of Norton (D)
Prebendary of Grindale (York) 1414-16 (B)
Prebendary of Laughton (York) 1416-17 (B)
Prebend of Howden (Skelton ) 1416- (H) - resigned 1424 (P)
Rector of Spofforth 1417-27 (B)
Prebendary of St James altar Beverley 1419 (B)
Provost of Beverley 1422-27 (B)
Prebendary of Milton Ecclesia in Lincoln 1423-?
Bishop of Salisbury 1427-38 - at the request of Cardinal Beaufort (B)
All the above appointments were before he had reached the canonical age to be a priest. (B)
Bishop of Durham 1438-57 (B)
Complained in 1417 about the state of the prebendal house,(P) neglected by the previous holder of the prebend. Since he was at most 13 years old at this point, it is doubtful he intended to take up occupation
John Castell
Nicholas Dixon
John Bate
William Spreuere
William Fallan
Robert Portington
Edward Copley
Richard Rawlings
Thomas Hall
Robert Cole