PRING - Clergy and Church Laity

PRING - The Clergy & Church Laity

The earliest known PRING who was ordained in the C of E was that of John PRINGE Vicar of Feniton in Devon. A number of sources have proved invaluable finding and identifying PRINGs who choose a path into the Church.

The Church of England Data base is very extensive, and Alumni Records of both Oxford and Cambridge are excellent sources.

The Clergy.

Sir John PRYNGE (b. 1500bfr. - d. Apr 1559 Feniton) - Rector of St. Andrew’s Feniton,, Devon (1524 to 1559)

Deacon Francis PRYNGE - Exeter, Devon. Ordained 1580

Rev. Francis PRINGE - Vicar of St. Mary and St. Peter, Salcombe Regis, Devon (1589 to 1633)

Rev. John PRINGE - Vicar of St. Kenelm, Enstone, Oxfordshire (1598 to 1626)

Rev. William PRINGE (bap. 16 Apr 1637 Awliscombe – d. 4 Apr 1713 Branscombe)

Vicar St. Winifred’s Branscombe (1661 to 1713)

Oxford University: Merton College. matric 20 July 1654 BA 9 Feb 1657-8 Vicar of Branscombe

Rev. John PRING (bap. 16 Apr 1777 Sherborne, Dorset –d. 8 Jun 1853 Bristol, Gloucestershire) son of William PRING, Mercer of Sherborne, Dorset.

Deacon of Beadon, (1806), Curate; Bishop’s Hull 1807, Bitton 1814.

Oxford University: Magdalen Hall, 27 Jun 1794 (Age 17), BA 1801

Rev Joseph Charles PRING (b. 1799 Bangor –d. 7 Apr 1876 Bangor)

Son of Dr. Joseph PRING (b. 1776-d.1842)

Oxford University; Jesus College, BA 23 Mar. 1820 , MA. New College.

Chaplain of New College: 1825 to 1873.

Vicar of St. Andrews, Headington, Oxfordshire, (1837-1876)

Rev. Ellis Roberts PRING (b. 29 Jul 1815 Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales – d.7 Sep 1888 Penllech, Nefyn, Caernarvonshire) Age 74yrs.

Son of Dr. Joseph PRING (b. 1776-d.1842)

Oxford University: Magdalen College: 14 Dec 1883 (aged 18yrs)

Curate of St. Mary’s Talyllyn. Merionethshire 1861 - Rector of St Mary, Penllech, Caernarvonshire 1871 & 1881

Rev. Christopher John PRING (bap. 16 Jul 1899 Taunton – d. 2 Apr 1975 Taunton)

Vicar of St. Petrock, Timberscombe, Somerset (1935), St. John the Evangelist and All Saints, Kingstone, Somerset (1939)

Church Layman

Bangor Cathedral,

North West Wales

Dr. Joseph PRING (b. 15 Jan1776 Kensington, London –d. 13 Feb 1842 Bangor, Caernarvonshire). Brothers: Isaac PRING & Jacob Cubitt PRING – Sons; Rev Joseph Charles PRING. Rev. Ellis Roberts PRING

Oxford University

B. Music. D. Music (1808)

Chorister at St. Pauls Cathedral (1785-1792) (Organist at Bangor Cathedral (1793- 1842). Compiled, ‘A Collection of Anthems used in Bangor Cathedral’

Isaac PRING (b. 1777 Kensington, London - d. 18 Oct. 1799 Oxford)

Oxford University.

B. Music, March 1799 New College

Chorister St. Paul’s Cathedral. Organist New College, Composer Anthems and Chants

Jacob Cubitt PRING (b. 3 Nov 1771 Lewisham, London – d. 10 July 1799)

Oxford University: Magdalen Hall

B. Music,, 27 Jun 1797 aged 26

Organist and Composer, Chorister at St. Pauls Cathedral, London.

Source:

1. Church of England Database (1540 – 1835). (http://theclergydatabase.org.uk/)

2. Alumni Oxonienses, The Members of the University of Oxford (1500-1714) 4 Vols.

Joseph Foster MA Oxon. James Parker & Co., London, 1891.

3. Cambridge Alumni Database 1200-1900 (http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/acad/search.html)

4. Feniton History Group – Devon Heritage – (http://feniton.blogspot.com.au/)

5. Cathedral Organists Past and Present – A Record of the Succession of Organists of the Cathedrals, Chaples Royal and

Principal Collegiate Churches of the United Kingdom by John E West, Pub. Novello & Co., London 1921.