Prebendary

A prebendary is a member of the Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church.

[2] In the early 12th century, the endowed prebend was developed as an institution, in possession of which a cathedral official had a fixed and independent income.

[3] Part of the endowment was retained in a common fund, known in Latin as communia,[4] which was used to provide bread and money to a canon in residence in addition to the income from his prebend.

In the Church of England, when a diocesan bishop retires, moves to another diocese or dies, the monarch will summon the greater chapter to elect a successor.

The prebend is the form of benefice held by a prebendary; historically, the stipend attached to it was usually drawn from specific sources in the income of a cathedral's estates.