He held his canonry at Westminster in conjunction with the regius professorship. By 1169 Coutances held a canonry in Rouen Cathedral. In 1479 he was appointed provost of the canonry in Urach. His uncle Pietro granted him a canonry in the Cathedral of Todi in 1260. It is the first canonry of Norbertine canonesses founded in North America. Houses of canons regular and canonesses regular also use this term, the alternative being "canonry". Before the report was issued, Stanley was appointed to a canonry in Canterbury Cathedral. Copernicus did take minor orders, which sufficed for assuming a chapter canonry. The canonry was abolished in 1685 but reinstated in 2012. St. Norbert Abbey is the mother canonry of the Premonstratensian Order in the United States. This canonry was transferred to the Lightfoot Professor of Divinity in 1940. However, controversy about ownership of some related canonry houses continues. Corpus Christi became an independent canonry of the Premonstratensian order in 2004. Canonry suspended by Act of 1840. The Bishop of Salisbury's residence is now the South Canonry, near the Cathedral.