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BEDFORD (St.John)
United with Bedford, St.Leonard in 1975
- Brother Baldewyn - 24 Oct 1242 [professed in said hospital, appointed Master, Patron Bishop of Lincoln].
- Brother William Buckingham, - 12--.
- Richard de Buck - 31 Mar 1315 [elected Master on the death of Brother William de Buckingham],
- Robert le Rous - 22 Sep 1333 [of Stepelmorden, having the habit of the said house, elected Master on the death of Brother Richard de Buck].
- William Rous - 14 Aug 1349 [priest, elected on the death of Brother Robert Rous. In Sep 1367 William Kempston & John Parchemener granted to William le Rouse, Master of St John's and the borothers there serving God certain premises].
- John Appelord/Aspilon - 11 May 1374 [on the death of Brother William Rouse. Patron the Bishop].
- Thomas Ulf - 21 Jun 1398 [confrater, elected Master on the resignation of Brother Thomas Fisher. Patron Ralph FitzRichard].
- John Catryk - 1399
- Walter de Swynesherd - 1400
- Thomas Hore - 1437
Rectors & Masters:
- John Thorpe - 11 Jun 1444 [priest, on the resignation of M. Thomas Hore, Patron William Bette, Mayor of Bedford.
- John Brynkell - 17 Sep 1445 [Canon of Anglesey, on resignation of D. John Thorpe. Patron John Hepurs, Mayor of Bedford].
- Richard Hueston - 16 Dec 1447 [priest, on the resignation of M. John Wright. Patron Thomas Kempston, Mayor of Bedford].
- William Athall - 19 Jul 1448 [priest, on the resignation of Richard Hueston. Patron Thomas Kempston, Mayor of Bedford].
- John Goldsmyth - 18 Sep 1456 [capellanus, on the resignation of D. William Athall. Patron John Sperry, Mayor of Bedford].
- Thomas Knygges - 10 Nov 1456 [priest, on the resignation of D. John Goldsmyth. Patron John Arthur, Mayor of Bedford].
- John Dovy - 25 Nov 1457 [Priest, on the resignation of Thomas Knygges, exchanged to Turvey Rectory. Patron John Sperry, Mayor of Bedford].
- Thomas Horne - 12 Aug 1461 [priest, on the resignation of John Dovy. Patron William Bryntzvyle, Mayor of Bedford].
- Richard Hyndeman - 3 Apr 1462 [L.L.B., priest, on the resignation of John Dovy. Patron John Sperry, Mayor of Bedford].
- Henry Rudying - 28 Dec 1470 [on resignation of Richard Hyndeman, exchanged to Roxton Vicarage. Patron William Chicheley, Mayor of Bedford].
- William Morgan - 2 Jun 1497 [L.L.D. on the death of M. Henry Rudying. Patron Mayor & Burgesses of Bedford].
- Humphrey Gascoign- 15 Sep 1509 [L.L.B., on the death of M. William Morgan. Patron Mayor & Burgesses of Bedford].
- William Wroxhill - 15--].
- William Frankelyn - 15 May 1521 [clerk, on the resignation of William Wroxhill, Patron Thomas Vinter, Mayor, John Massam & John Davis junr., with the conmsent of the Burgesses of Bedford. Pension of 5 marks to the retiring Master.].
- John Strynger - 2 Jun 1530 - [M.A. on resignation of M. William Frankelyn. Patron Mayor and Baliffs of Bedford, with consent of Burgesses and Community.].
- Henricus Milward - 11 Aug 1554 [also Rector of Turvey and Chaplain to the Lord Mordaunt].
- Robert Linford - 1568 [clerk, M.A. on the death of Henry Millward, Smyth, Patron Francis, Earl of Bedford, by grant , to Thomas Scryver, late of Bedford, gentleman, by the Mayor, Baliffs and Burgesses of Bedford, and by him assigned to William Albanie, of London, merchant, and by him to the said Earl.]
- Nathaniel Gilbeye - 23 Feb 1599 [on death of last. Patron Mayor of Bedford. Sequestration of Hospital 16 Nov 1599].
- Andrew Denys - 25 Nov 1606 [M.A. to hospital and Parish Church, on the death of Nathaniel Gilbie. Patron the Mayor of Bedford].
- Theodore Crowley - 12 Dec 1633 [Buried 14 Oct 1662. Will date d22 Sep 1662, probate 22 Nov 1663. He was sequestered during the rebellion].
- John Gifford - 1654 [Minister of Mill Street Chapel, intruded, Theodore Crowley reinstated].
- Robert Guidott - 16 Oct 1663 [M.A., to hospital, on the death of Theodore Crowley, late Master. Patron the Mayor of Bedford].
- Joseph Arrowsmith - 11 Apr 1678 [M.A., to Rector with hospital annexed, on the death of Robert Guidot. Patron the Mayor].
- Edward Bourne - 4 Sep 1689 [M.A. to Rector and Hospital, on the death of Joseph Arrowsmith/ Patron the Mayor of Bedford].
- Paul Falds - 6 Aug 1713 [a.m. on the death of Edward Bourne. Patron the Mayor of Bedford. Val. 21.10s.0d].
- John Towersey - 21 Apr 1714 [on death of Paul Falds. Patron the Mayor of Bedford].
[1741 Bedford Hospital Decree and Proceedings upon]
- William Bedford - 9 Jun 1746 [M.A., to Rectory and Hospital on the death of John Towersey].
- Hind, Henry - 15 Jun 1756 [M.A. to Rectory and Hospital on the death of William Bedford. Patron the Mayor of Bedford].
- John Parker - 20 Apr 1787 [B.D., on death of Henry Hinde. Patron the Mayor of Bedford].
Philip Hunt - 20 Aug 1828 [L.L.B., to Rectory and Hospital, on the death of John Parker. Patron the Mayor of Bedford].
- Henry Pearse - 6 Feb 1835 [M.A., on cessation of Philip Hunt. Patron the mayor of Bedford].
- William Owen Parker Ford - 1889
- Albert Octavius Cheney - Jun 1923
- Frederick William Townshend - 1935;
- Henry Hacking - Jan 1941
- Robert Desmond Guiness - 1946;
- Charles Peter Searle - 1954;
- Donald Frederick Strong - 1961;
- Thomas Vincent Edersheim Overton - 1981
- Michael J Parker - 1990;
- Noel R Cooper - 1999