Reference
Fasti/1/Bidd
Title
BIDDENHAM (St.James)
Vicars
- Gilbert Passelawe;
- M.Richard de Sancta Cruce - 1231 [subdeacon; on resignation of Gilbert Passelawe; patron Gilbert de Passelawe];
- William Triket - 1235 [subdeacon; patron Gilbert Passelawe];
- M.Alexander de Elnestowe - 1247 [capellanus; on resignation of M.William Triket; patron D.Ralph Passelawe];
- M.Richard Neven - 24 Feb 1273 [subdeacon; on death of Alexander de Elnestowe; patron D.Ralph Passelawe];
- Gilbert de Falmer - 3 Mar 1293 [clerk; on death of Richard Neven; patrons Sir William de Kyrkeby, D.Nicholas Fermeband and Amabillia his wife, Master and Bretheren of St.John's Hospital, Bedford and SImon de Broham and Sarra his wife had presented other clerks but held not entitled];
- M.John de Osevyle - 22 Jun 1301 [priest; on resignation of Gilbert de Falmer];
- Gilbert de Falmer - 16 Nov 1301 [deacon; on resignation of John de Oseny; patron Sir William de Kirkeby];
- Jacobus de Bodekesham - 17 Dec 1330 [priest; on death of D.Gilbert de Fallmere; patron Abbess & Convent of Waterbeach; royal writ 16 Dec 1330];
- William de Wykewane - 11 Apr 1349 [priest; on death of Jacobus de Bodekesham; patron Abbess & Convent of Waterbeach];
- John Cope - 13 Feb 1384 [priest; on death of William Wikwane; patron Abbess & Convent of Denny];
- M.John Rudeby - 17 Apr 1385 [Rector of St.John the Baptist, Lewes; on exchange with John Cope; patron Abbess & Convent of Denney];
- Richard Kymeston of Covesgrave - 19 Jul 1398 [pn resignation of M.John Roddeby; exchanged to Covesgrave; patron Abbess & Convent of Denny];
- John Clench - 25 May 1412 [clerk; on death of D.Richard Kympston; patron Thomas Lavenham, clerk, by grant and lease "ad firmam" from Abbess and Convent of Denny of all their lands in Biddenham for 7 years from 1 Jun 1410];
- Thomas Moriell alias Lavenham - 8 Jul 1412 [on resignation of John Clench;
- M.Robert Ayscogh - 16 Sep 1435 [on death of M.Thomas Lavenham];
- M.John Sperhawke;
- John Aycliff - 7 May 1453 [priest; on resignation of John Sperhawke; patron Abbess and Convent of Denny; buried in chancel with a brass];
- D.Nicholas Skypwith - 1470s [will proved in PCC 1493];
- M.Robert Halytreholm - 21 May 1493 [priest; on death of D.Robert Skypwyth; patron Abbess & Convent of Denny];
- D.John Lee - 7 May 1527 [patron Abbess of exempt Monastery of Denny];
- D.William Stoddard - 3 Jul 1537 [clerk; on deprivation of D.John Ley; patron Isabella Dyve, widow, farmer of Rectory of Biddenham by grant to her];
- D.Richard Holden alias Wright - 18 May 1538 [capellanus; on resignation of D.William Stodard; patron Isabella Dive, widow of Sir John Dive, by grant to her from Abbess & Convent of Denny];
- Henry Frankleyn - 1545;
- Richard Horrden - 1547;
- Richard Wright - 1550;
- Henricus Atkinson - 21 Oct 1552;
- Sir Thomas Neguse - 30 Jan 1555 [clerk; admitted on this date; patron the Bishop by lapse];
- John Johnson - 1602;
- William Gower - 1605 [curate; patron William Boteler, esquire];
- Robert Marrit - 1607;
- John Malcotte - 1617;
- Robert Gifford - 1618;
- Daniel Gardener - 1627;
- William Lucas - 1629;
- William Gwynne - 15 Oct 1636 [patron William Boteler, esquire];
- David Faldo - 1680 [clerk; buried 8 Apr 1680];
- Joseph Hanmer [minister];
- John Nodes - 1692;
- (John Towersey, curate);
- Andrew Moore - 1708;
- (John Teap(e) - 1708-1720 curate);
- Thomas Tipping - 1730;
- William Fleming - 14 Jan 1758 [licenced to the cure on nomination of Lord Trevor];
- Thomas Richards - 11 May 1761 [clerk; licenced to the chapel];
- John Jones MA - 23 Apr 1799 [on death of Thomas Richards; patron Thomas, Viscount of Great & Little Hampden];
- Thomas Grimshaw MA - 22 Aug 1808 [on cess. of John Jones; patron Thomas, Viscount of Great & Little Hampden; died 17 Feb 1850 aged 73];
- Henry Rice BA - 30 Aug 1850 [Christ Church College, Oxford; brother to Lord Dynevor; on death of Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshaw; patron Hon.George Rice Trevor];
- Boteler Chernocke Smith BA - 7 Jul 1856 [Trinity College, Oxford; on cess. of Henry Rice; patrons John, Viscount Sidney and George Fitzroy of Grafton Regis, esquire; resigned on taking the family living of Hulcote and Salford];
- Henry Wood MA - 16 Mar 1865 [TRinity College, cambridge; on cess. of Boteler Chernocke Smith; patrons John, Viscount Sidney and George Fitzroy; died at Folkestone, 24 Jul 1912, aged 83];
- William Eglesfield Bathurst Norman MA - Nov 1890 [on resignation of Henry Wood];
- Douglas Falkland Carey - Sep 1936;
- Victor John French - Dec 1946
- Eric Arthur Gaskell - 1966
- Donald Clifford Flatt - 1975
- Neville Robertson Eynesford Jacobs - 1983
- John Martin Schofield - 1988
- Richard J Sutton - 1995
NOTE: D = "Dominus" meaning Lord;
M = "Magister" meaning Master
Date free text
1231 - 1995
Production date
From: 1231 To: 1995
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