An approximate list of Village Clergy is detailed below, with additional detail where available.
Clergy Name | Dates | Note |
John De Heverill | Pre-15th Century | |
Thomas Le Briton | Pre-15th Century | |
Peter De Medburne | Pre-15th Century | |
Robert Le Venour | Pre-15th Century | |
Robert De Bayoille | Pre-15th Century | |
John De Weston | Pre-15th Century | |
John Green | Pre-15th Century | |
William De Swafield | 15th Century or Earlier | |
William Penrith | 15th Century or Earlier | |
Gregory Newport | 1416 to 1425 | |
Nicholas Boulton | 1425 to 1452 | |
John Morton | 1452 to 1508 | |
Thomas Walker | 1508 to 1534 | |
Roger Carlton | 1534 to 1547 | |
Robert Bate | 1547 to 1560 | |
Humphrey Bate | 1560 to 1567 | |
William Bolton | 1567 to 1579 | |
John Dodd | 1579 to 1560 | |
William Wright | 1580 to 1612 | Initially At St Laurences in Newnham Regis – became the first vicar of the combined parish. |
John Slater | 1612 to 1634 | |
Henry Grant | 1635 to 1646 | |
Robert Morton | 1646 to 1658 | |
Richard Hutchinson | 1658 to 1699 | |
Francis Bromwich | 1699 to 1706 | |
Thomas Dalbin | 1706 to 1724 | |
Thomas Coakley | 1724 to 1730 | |
George Waite | 1730 to 1731 | |
Cutts Barton | 1731 to 1734 | |
William Scrivener | 1734 to 1738 | |
James Powell Sr | 1738 to 1777 | Died in Office. |
James Powell Jr | 1777 to 1802 | Rector at St Peters and Vicar at Bulkington – special dispensation granted. Died in Office. |
John Sutton | 1802 to 1807 | Died in office – was also vicar of Oakley and Weekley in Northants as well as Rector in St Peter’s Parish. |
John Marriott | 1807 to 1825 | Engaged succession of Curates – Lived in Devon |
Robert Edmonds | Rector From 1826 to 1860 | Established Edmonds Charity |
Samuel Tucker | Curate / Rector in 1861/62 | |
David Wauchope | Rector 1863 to 1888 | Instrumental in building of new Church. Memorial window dedicated in 1911. |
William Manners Wood | Rector from 1888 to 1893 | Leaving Note to Parishioners |
Robert Rowden | Rector From 1894 to 1898 | Died “in office” in 1898. |
Samuel Wallis Frost | Rector 1898 to 1901 | Exchanged the “living” with successor – as detailed |
Joseph Pleydell Driver | Rector 1902 to 1907 | Departure Note at start of 1908 |
Griffith Wight Jenkins | Rector From 1908 to 1915 | Reassigned to Oldbury-on-Severn |
Horace Smith | Rector from 1915 to 1921 | Exchanged the “living” with successor |
Maitland Arthur Shorland | Rector in 1921 to 1926 | Moved to Norton Malreward in Somerset. |
Algernon Ward | Rector from 1926 to 1936 | Appointment in 1926. Left to become Archdeacon of Warwick based in Hampton Lucy |
William Henry Trickett | Rector 1936 to 1939 | Left to become Rector of Harborough Magna |
Edward Henry Hooton | Rector 1939 to 1945 | Appointed 1939. Retired in 1945 |
Leslie Walston Blount | Rector from 1945 to 1955 | Moved to Radford Semele – retired there in 1969 |
Haughton Crawford Manly | Rector from 1958 to 1964 | Retired in 1964. |
George Dennis Spiller | Rector from 1965 to 1973 | Moved to Coventry Social Services then to Holy Trinity, Stratford. |
John Eardley | Last Resident Rector 1974 to 1979 | Appointment in 1974. Moved on to focus on role as Diocesan Education Officer. |
Colin Henderson | Vicar 1980-82, 1983-85 | Shared Living with Wolston. Started in 1980 after interregnum |
John Lockerby | Sabbatical Vicar From USA (1982-83) | Colin Henderson went to USA during same period |
Colin Henderson | Shared Vicar with Wolston to 1985 | |
Peter Watkins | Vicar with Wolston 1986 to 1999 | Departure Note From July 1999 |
Tim Pullen | Vicar with Wolston 2000-2009 | |
Kevin Flanaghan | Vicar with Wolston 2009-2023 |