ARCHDEACONS.
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Thomas Musgrave, nominated 27th March 1837, vice Dr. Henry Beeke.
John Lamb, nominated 20th Oct. 1837[1], vice Dr. Thomas Musgrave promoted to the see of Hereford. Ob. 19th April 1850, ætat. 61.
ARCHDEACONS OF DORSET.
This dignity was anciently in the church of Salisbury, from which it was separated at the erection of this see in 1542[2].
Thomas Canner was the first archdeacon of Dorset after its separation from Salisbury. He was presented 10th Dec. 1542[3].
John Cotterel, LL.D., was admitted 4th April 1551, and enjoyed it in 1571. He died in Feb. or March 1571-2[4].
Henry Tuchener was installed about May 1572; he held it in 1590[5].
Edward Wickham, S.T.P., was presented in 1607. Died possessed of it in 1620, and was buried at Storington in Sussex.
Richard Fitz-Herbert, A.M., was installed 27th Aug. 1621.[6]
Richard Meredith obtained the royal mandate for this archdeaconry (in the room of R. Fitz-Herbert, deceased) 25th July 1660, and was instituted 17th Sept. following[7].
Ralph Ironside, A.M., succeeded in 1668 after the
death of Meredith. He died in 1682.
