- A
precentor is a
person who
helps facilitate worship. The
details vary
depending on the religion, denomination, and era in question. The
Latin derivation...
-
services secured for him
canonries at
Hereford and St Paul's, and the
precentorship of
Exeter Cathedral. In 1331 he
retired to
country living (in Wraysbury...
- he held
until his
death in 1524. His
clerical benefices included the
Precentorship of York Minster. His
ordination was
connected with his
retirement from...
-
admitted treasurer of the
church of Lichfield, with
which he held the
precentorship.
Blythe was one of the
divines who
preached at
Cambridge against Hugh...
-
Bishop of London, he made
Grindal one of his
chaplains and gave him the
precentorship of St Paul's Cathedral.
Grindal was soon
promoted to be one of King...
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simultaneously canonries and
prebends in Glasgow, Moray, and Aberdeen, the
precentorships of
Glasgow and Moray, and the
church of Cavers. He p****ed some time...
-
subordinate officers as
minor canons, gospellers, epistolers, etc. The
precentorship in
these churches of the "New Foundation", as they are called, is not...
- 1373, he had
exchanged the
latter position with
William Boyl for the
Precentorship of Moray. He had
become Dean of
Aberdeen by 1388. It is
possible he...
- and
Precentor in 1959. He
retired in 1958,
retaining his
Canonry and
Precentorship until the
following year, and
becoming an ****istant Bishop of Lincoln...
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several benefices at the same time: the
Provostship of Gr****e, the
Precentorship of the
Church of BĂ©ziers, a
Canonry at Clermont, a
Canonry at Narbonne...
