24 The History of the Parish of All Cannings. 



York, which be held till 1537. Wood speaks of him as "a 

 great DiTine, and very well seen in all kinds of learning." 

 Athen. Oxon, i., 139. 



1531. Edwaed Leighton; he resigned in 1545, 



1545. Thomas Beidges ; presented by Edward, Earl of Hertford ; he appears 

 to have died the same year. 



1545. John Fishee; presented by Edward, Earl of Hertford. He was de- 

 prived in 1554. 



1554. Thomas Thxteland ; presented by Queen Mary. 



[1564, John Fishee restored.] 



1571. John Powell ; he is said to have succeeded on the decease of John 

 Fisher : the patronage was exercised by Francis Xewdigate, 

 Esq., and the Lady Ann, Duchess of Somerset, his wife. 



1593. Hugh Gough ; presented by Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford. He 

 was previously Yicar of Bishops Cannings. [Wilts Mag. vi., 

 143.] He was father of Thomas Gough, who was consecrated 

 Bishop of Limerick, Sept. 17th, 1626. Wood's Athen, 

 Oxon, i., 736. 



1625. Roeeet Btng ; presented by Henry Byng, Serjeant-at-Law, to whom 



the advowson, probably by purchase, belonged for that turn. 



[Jeoffeet Bimpe;ins; from entries in the Register from 1646 to 1651, 



he would seem to have superseded Robert Byng for a time, 



having been appointed by the Tryers. ] 



1660, Henet KiNNiNMONB; the notice of his induction in 1660, is contained 

 in the Registers, but we have not given to us the name of 

 the patron at the time. He was the Rector during the alter- 

 ations in the chancel. See above, p 18. 



1678, William Baldwin ; presented by Philip D'Arcy, of Aston, co. York, 

 by grant from Conyers D'Arcy, Esq., and Frances, Countess 

 of Southampton, his wife ; and from Charles, Lord Clifford, 

 and Joan his wife. This Rector resigned in 1681. 



1681. Geobge Stodlet ; presented by Edward Ihornborough, Esq., of London, 



1709. John Eenle ; presented by Sir Walter Ernie, Bart, He succeeded to 

 the Baronetcy in 1732. 



1734. William Fowle ; presented by William Fowle, of All Cannings, 

 gentleman. He was nephew to the wife of Sir John Ernie, 

 Bart., his immediate predecessor. 



1770, John Fxtlleeton ; presented by John Fullerton, Esq., of Shaftesbury, 



CO. Dorset. 

 1800. Heney Davis ; presented by John Davis, of Bapton, gentleman. 



1807. Nicholas Heath ; presented by Nicholas Nicholas, Esq., of Bowbridge, 



CO. Derby. 

 1809. Thomas Anthony Methuen; the patron was Philip Gell, Esq., of 

 Hopton, CO. Derby, who sold the next presentation to Paul 

 Cobb Methuen, Esq., of Corsham. 



The present venerable Rector, as will be seen, has held the living 

 of All Cannings, for well nigh three score years, a much longer 



