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BEDFORD (St.Mary)
Abolished 1975 and absorbed into Bedford, St.Paul
- M.Warinus - 1200
- M.Alanus - 1217
- Robert de S Edmunds - 1227 [capellanus, Patron Dean and Chapter of Lincoln].
- Thomas de Karleolo - 1233 [Patron Dean and Chapter of Lincoln, saving to the Priory and Convent of Dunstable 20 s per annum.].
- Stephen de Cokehull - 1237 [capellanus, Patron Dean and Chapter of Lincoln].
- Alan de Stocton - 1259 [capellanus, on death of Stephen de Touhen. Patron Rector de Marisc, Dean of Lincoln. Saving an ancient pension to the Priory and Convent of Dunstable].
- William de Edelesborowe - 15 Apr 1272 [subdeacon, on resignation of Alan. Patron Dean of Lincoln as above].
- John de Chaworth - 3 Jan 1307 [acolite, on death of William de Edelsbur'. Patron Master Bertrand de Turre, and M. Raymund Fabri, vicars of D. Raymond, Dean of Lincoln, together with D. William Testa, Archdeacon of Arauens' in Coventry Cathedral].
- William de Southleverton - 10 Jul 1307 [capellanus, on resignation of John de Chaworth. Patron Rector Raymond de Fabri, procurator general in England of D. Raimund, Dean of Lincoln].
- Robert Maulouel - 14 Dec 1313 [acolite, on death of William. Patron the Dean of Lincoln].
- John de Bello Monte - 13 Nov 1335 [priest. Patron the Chapter of Lincoln].
- John Dauler - 30 Jul 1345 [of Brampton, priest, on the resignation of John de Ulseby].
- John de Creyk - 23 Dec 1345 [Vicar of All Saints, Schepereth, diocese of Elien (Ely) by exchange with John de Brampton].
- John de Hampstede - 31 Oct 1348 [Vicar of Saint Nicholas de Brighelmeston, Cirencester Diocese, by exchange with John de Crek].
- John de Multhorp - 6 Feb 1349 [priest, vacancy, Patron the Bishop, by lapse].
- John de Luda - 18 Sep 1357 [priest, on the resignation of the last Rector, exchanged for Chantry at the Altar of Blessed Thomas the Martyr in Lincoln Cathedral].
- John Carter - 15 Jan 1359 [of Irthlingborough, priest, having a chantry in Lincoln Cathedral called 'in Agendis' (works chantry) by exchange with D. John de Luda, Rector of Bedford St Mary].
- William Cohull - 24 Jul 1359 [priest, on the resignation of John Carter, exchanged for Gunnerby Rector]
- John Andrewe - 4 Jan 1384 [of Houghton Conquest, chaplain of the Chantry soul of Winschcombe, in Lincoln Cathedral, on exchange with John de Lude].
- John Gore - 9 Jan 1410 [capellanus, on resignation of D. John Andrew].
- Simon Baumburgh - 18 Jul 1417 [clerk, on the death of D. John Gore. Patron President & Chapter of Lincoln, the Dean and Sub-dean being absent].
- Angerus Erle - 6 Apr 1433 [priest, vacancy].
- Thomas Uda - 6 Oct 1438 [priest, vacancy. Patron the Bishop, by lapse].
- William Krykby - 18 Aug 1444 [priest, on resignation of Thomas Uda].
- John Veysyn - 23 Nov 1444 [priest, vacancy].
[1448 - annexed to Rector of St Peter de Dunstable]
- Richard Sland - 15-- [priest, buried 23 Oct 1543].
- Robert Lindford - 13 Jan 1558 [priest, on resignation].
- Martin Adam - 15 Jul 1561
- John Baines - 14 Jan 1588/9
- John Chambers - 10 May 1591[M.a. Patron the Bishop}
- Edward Lloyd - 21 Jan 1628/9
- Giles Thorne - 16 Mar 1629/30 [buried 24 Jun 1671, will dated 9 Oct 1669, proved 28 Jun 1671]
- William Jackson - 26 Jul 1671 [ on death of Giles Thorne. Patron theBishop].
- Charles Stokes - 7 Sep 1675 [M.A., on cessation of William Jackson. Patron the Bishop].
- Oliver Pashler - 10 Aug 1681 [M.A. on death of Charles Stokes. Patron the Bishop].
- William Cawne - 21 Oct 1697 [clerk, licenced to Office of Dean].
- Thomas Gery - 10 Mar 1724 [on death of M. Parslow. Patron the Bishop].
- William Smith - 22 Sep 1727 [on cessation of Thomas Gery, Patron the Bishop]
- William Smith - 24 Jan 1734 [on cessation of William Smith, Ptron the Bishop]
- James Wilkinson - 22 Dec 1746 [of St John's College, Cambridge. Ordained as priest 21 Dec 1746].
- Charles Jackson - 17 Jan 1749 [Patron the Bishop].
- Thomas Birt - 18 May 1761 [clerk, on the cessation of the last incumbent. Patron the Bishop].
- Benjamin Beresford - 5 Aug 1779 [clerk, on the death of Thomas Birt. Patron the Bishop].
- Charles Abbot - 13 Nov 1790 [licenced with 30 guineas stipend and surplice fees].
- William Collins Cumming - 31 Dec 1819 [on the death of Benjamin Beresford. Patron the Bishop].
- Theodore Bouwens - 24 Mar 1825 [on the death of W C Cumming. Patron the Bishop].
- Charles Brereton - 3 Apr 1869 [on the death of Theodore Bouwens. Patron the Queen].
- George Henry Pratt - Jan 1896
- George Gibson Brown - Oct 1911
- Donald Bertram Harris - Nov 1945
- Stephen Howard Adams - 1959
- Peter Hill - 1967
- Christopher Kingston Hamek Cooke - 1970