Patrons and Incumbents of Pencombe

The patronage of the church of Pencombe was enjoyed by the successive lords of the manor, as will appear by the following list of patrons and incumbents:

The Patron was the holder of an advowson, the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice. In effect this means the right to nominate a person to hold a church office in a parish.

The Incumbent was the person nominated, the holder of the Benefice (an ecclesiastical office, in this case the 'parson' of the church at Pencombe).

Date	Patron	Incumbent
ca. 1250?	Robert de Whitney[1]	Eustace de Whitney[2]
1277	Eustace de Whitney[3]	John de Chaundos[4]
1280	----- de Whitney	Roger de Whitney.
12--	-----	-----.
1342	(No Patron mentioned)	W. D. de Witenie.
1353	Robert de Whitney	Baldwin de Whitney.
1357	Baldwin de Whitney	Richard de Hurtesleigh.
1378	-----	John -----.
----	-----	Eustacius Whitney.
1419	Robert Whitney, knt.	Robert Burleston.
1428	The same	Roger Brown.
----	-----	William Duckett.
1539	Robert Whitney	John Burghill.
----	The Crown (Robert Whitney being a minor)	Robert Keyson.
1567	Robert Whitney, knt.	Thomas Waiwyn.
1567	The same	Thomas Morse.
159-	James Whitney, knt.	Walter Winston.

References

1. ^  Cambrian Archaeological Association, Archaeologia Cambrensis, The Journal of the Cambrian Archaeological Association, Vol. XV. Fifth Series (London: The Bedford Press, 1898), p. 218.

2. ^  Ibid.

3. ^  "Eustacius de Whitney" Archive:The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname, p. ix; and "Eustachii de Wynteneye, militis" Archive:The Register of Thomas de Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford, p. 131.

4. ^  "John de Chaundos" Archive:The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname, p. ix; and "Johannes de Chaundos" Archive:The Register of Thomas de Cantilupe, Bishop of Hereford, p. 131.