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BATTLESDEN (St.Peter)
- Richard de Gatesden - 1219 [clerk, Patron, the Prior and Convent of Cauldwell, Osbert Blanchfrund & Leonard de Badelesden in certain portions, each patron]
- John de Kana
- Alured de Hererd - 1261 [subdeacon, on death of John de Kana, patron Richard, Earl of Gloucester & William Passelewe, & Lucy his wife, by common consent, pro hac vice, but saving to each party his right for future vacancies. Royal writ that the said William & Lucy had received quit claim of advowson as against the Prior of Caudewell]
- John de Leycton - 10 Oct 1292 [capellanus, delcared vacant, in that Peter Passelewe Patron, Nicholas Fermband]
- Adam de Leycton - 13 Mar 1293 [clerk, on presentment of John de Leycton to another cure of souls. Presented in minor orders and now ordained subdeacon, Patron, Nicholas Fermeband, knight]
- Roger Keynes - 11 Mar 1319 [subdeacon, on resignation of Adam de Leycton, Patron, Nicholas Fermeband, knight]
- Henry de Cobelynton - 23 Jun 1323 [priest, on resignation of Adam de Fordham, Patron Thomas Fermband]
- William de Shenle - 1 Jul 1349 [priest, on death of D. Henry de Cobelynton, Patron, Thomas Framband, knight]
- John Siward - 12 Jun 1380 [priest, on resignation of D. William Shenle, Patron, Thomas Framband, knight]
- John Benet - 23 Oct 1388 [priest, on resignation of D. John Syward, exchanged to Lillingston Dayrell rectory]
- William Wystanstowe - 16 Feb 1391 [priest, on resignation of D. John Benet, Patron Thomas earl of Stafford, by reason of minority of Thomas Ferembande]
- Robert Beeston - 27 Jun 1405 [clerk, on death of last rector, Patron, Thomas Fremband]
- John Wynk - 16 Jul 1406 [capellanus, vacant, Patron, Thomas Fremband]
- John Man - 20 Dec 1410 [capellanus, on death of John Wynk, alias Crofton, Patron, Thomas Fremband]
- Walter Paulyn - 1430
- Thomas Person
- D. John Myles - 2 Aug 1460 [priest, on resignation of D. Thomas Person, Patron, Thomas Oxinbryge, esquire]
- M. Thomas Shenkwyn - 24 May 1482 [on resignation of D. John Miles, Patron, Thomas Oxinbryge, esquire]
- D. Robert Eton - 1 Jan 1482 [priest, on resignation of M. Thomas Shenkwyn, Patron, Thomas Oxinbryge, esquire]
- D. John Hounte - 11 Feb 1500 [priest, on death of D. Robert Eton, Patron Reginald Bray, knight]
- D. Ralph Gryndall - 23 Mar 1503 [capellanus, on resignation of D. John Hunte, Patron Sir John Cutte, knight, one of the executors of Sir Reginald Bray, knight, deceased. Pension 5 mares]
- M. Hugh Hodgeson - 3 Dec 1547 [M.A., on death of D. Ralph Grendell, Patron Cuthbert Maye, yeoman, by grants, pro hac vice, to Sir Ralph Kerney, knight from Urian Brereton, esquire and John, Lady Braye, his wife]
- Micheal Emmut (Emmite) - 9 Jul 1555
- Michael Marsh - 7 Jan 1601 (M.A., on death of last incumbent, Patron M. Edward Duncombe]
- John Vicars - 28 Jul 1626 [Patron, Edward Duncombe of B.]
- Nathaniel Reynes - 28 Jul 1629 [Bachelor of Divinity]
- Adam Lewgar - 23 Feb 1643 [clerk, Patron, William Duncombe]
- John Viccars - 5 May 1645 [clerk, Patron, William Duncombe. Resignation bond dated 2 Oct 1656]
- Thomas Baker - 28 Apr 1657 [Susanna, his wife, buried 8 Apr 1701]
- Henry Layng - 15 Mar 1707 [M.A., on death of previous incumbent, Patron, Allen Bathurst]
- William Capell - 31 Aug 1709 [M.A., licensed curate of Battlesden cum Potsgrove]
- John Dix - 20 Dec 1710 [M.A., licensed curate, as above]
- Samuel Backler - 17 Feb 1726 [clerk, on death of Henry Layng, Patron, Sir Gregory Page of East Greenwich, co. Kent, Bart.]
- Edward Bouchier - 22 Jun 1732 [M.A., to Battlesden cum Potsgrove, on resignation of last incumbent, Patron, Sir Gregory Page, Bart.]
- Henry Watkins - 23 Nov 1738 [B.A., on cessation of Edward Bouchier, Patron, Sir Gregory Page, Bart.]
- George Charles Black - 15 Aug 1759 [on death of Henry Watkins, Patron, Sir Gregory Page, Bart.]
- Thomas Sawell - 12 Apr 1775 [M.A., on death of George Charles Black, Patron, Sir Gregory Page, Bart.]
- Edward Henry Whinfield - 11 Dec 1784 [B.A., on death of Thomas Sawell, Patron, Sir Gregory Page-Turner, Bart.]
- Henry Wrey Whinfield - 17 Sep 1821 [M.A., on death of Edward Henry Whinfield, Patron, Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, Bart.]
- Henry Edmond Fryer - 8 Jun 1849 [M.A., on death of H. W. Whinfield, Patron, Helen Eliza Cholmondeley, commonly called Dame Elizabeth Page-Turner, the wife of John Geary Cholmondley of Vallance House, Dagenham, Essex, esquire]
- Edward Norman Coles - 24 Nov 1857 [clerk, on resignation of H.E. Fryer, Patron, Charles Gulliver Fryer of Eltham, Kent, clerk]
- James Davidson - 13 Oct 1888
- Heneage Horsley Jebb - 1895 [M.A., Patron, Duke of Bedford, exchanged to Streatham. Died 18 Jan 1913]
- Harold Sellon Watts - Jan 1905
- William Joy Clarke - Oct 1918
- William Nevitt Westmore - Oct 1922
- Arthur Arnold Carter - Sep 1930
- Garnet George Stapylton Kenyon - 1946
- William George Dean Pitt Mercer - 1960
- Robin Orbell Osborne - 1961
- John Terence Wenham - 1965
- Paul Richard Miller - 1979
- James Alan Heslop - 1999
NOTE: D. = Dominus (lord); M. = Magister (master)