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list of Suffragan Bishops he is called Thomas Bickley alias 
Morley. He was instituted to the livings of Bradford and 
East Fittleton on the same day, (28 Sept. 1540). 
1553 (?), THomas Toackuam. Appointed by the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. 
This Institution is not entered in the Sarum Registers, but 
the probable date of it is supplied by the decease of Bishop 
Morley, which took place in 1553. In 1572 Thomas Thack- 
ham held St. Mary’s, Wilton; and in 1573 became also Rector 
of Hilperton. This Vicar died at Bristol—(of which he 
became a Prebendary in 1590)—Sept. 23, 1592, and was, a 
few days afterwards, buried there. (Reg. Bur.) 
1592. Tomas Reaper. Presented by ‘John Lacy’ who obtained the patronage 
by grant from ‘Robert Costlyn,’ executor to Matthew Morrant, 
Gentleman, the grantee from the Dean and Chapter of Bris- 
tol.* This Vicar died at Bradford and was buried there 
March 22, 1634, (Reg. Bur.) 
1634. NarHanaEL WILKINSON. Presented by William Porrett, Clerk, of Swell, 
Co. Somerset, and Edward Cradock, of Fordington, Co. So- 
merset, by virtue of a deed of assignment made by Edith, 
relict of John Wilkinson, Prebendary of Bristol. [In a deed, 
alluded to in a previous page (88), in the possession of the 
Dean and Chapter of Bristol, it is said,—‘‘There is no Incum- 
bent at Bradford att present.” (1649.)—The name, however, 
of ‘Nathanael Wilkinson’ appears as ‘Vicar’ on a Subsidy 
Roll for 1642. In the ‘Sarum Registers’ the following Vicar, 
‘Thomas Lewis,’ is said to have succeeded to the living by 
the decease (per mortem) of ‘Nathanael Wilkinson.’ It 
would seem, therefore, either that this Vicar had been dis- 
placed, or that, dying before 1649, his place had not been at 
once filled up. The ‘Bishop’s Registers’ would not acknow- 
ledge of course the right of an intruder to the living, and there- 
fore, even if Nathanael Wilkinson had been dead some years, 
would nevertheless,on the next legal institution tothe Vicarage, 
speak of it as void through his decease. I have searched in 
vain to ascertain the facts of the case, and especially whether, 
in the event of the ejection of this Vicar by ‘The Tryers,’— 
(who were in our neighbourhood in 1648-49, )—another was 
appointed to supply his place. We can glean nothing from 
our Parochial Registers, which are sadly defective between 
1645 and 1660;—indeed, for the greater portion of that time 
there are none at all. Moreover, the Lansdowne MS. No. 
459, which gives an account of Church Livings in Wiltshire 
(1654) does not allude at all to Bradford. ] 
1660. Tnomas Lewis; presented by the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. De- 
*In earlier times the Lessee of the Great Tithes, under the Dean and Chapter, seems also to have 
had the privilege of presenting to the living; at all events, the Patrons seem to have disposed of this, 
as well as of other parts of the emoluments and privileges, from time to time, to vayious persons. 
_ Since the Restoration, in 1660, the Dean and Chapter have always retained in their own hands the 
ight of presenting to the living. 
