Reference
Fasti/1/Bigg
Title
BIGGLESWADE (St.Andrew)
Vicars
- Walter Instis - 17 Feb 1276 [deacon; patron Thomas de Northflet, prebend of Biggleswade];
- M.William de Braundeston - 21 Jan 1295 [deacon; on death of Walter Instis; patron Thomas de Northflet];
- William de Therfeld - 12 Nov 1315 [priest; on death of M.William de Braundeston; patron M.Thomas de Northflet, canon of Lincoln, prebend of Biggleswade];
- D.William Grantoft;
- Robert de Hallynge of Aston Clinton - 18 Jun 1338 [priest; on death of D.William Grantoft; patron Prebend of Biggleswade; became Archdeacon of Huntingdon in 1345];
- D.Richard Berd;
- Hugh Fraunkelyn - 8 Mar 1344 [priest; on death of D.Richard Berd; "quere admissionem Roberti de Halling, presbytus in Arch.Hunt. 1345];
- Robert de Clifton - 9 Aug 1349 [priest];
- John Heued of Fordham - 9 Aug 1369 [priest; on death of D.Robert de Clyfton];
- John Bateman - 12 Oct 1383 [on death od D.John Heued; patron D.William Loryng, prebend of Biggleswade];
- John Depyng - 14 Jan 1393 [priest; patron Prebend of Biggleswade];
- D.John Warde - 7 Aug 1419 [capellanus; on death of D.John Depyng; patron Prebend of Biggleswade];
- William West - 18 Mar 1432 [priest; on death of John Warde];
- Thomas Jordan - 5 Jun 1433 [priest; on resignation of William West];
- William Seycok;
- M.Richard Channceller BD - 30 Aug 1476 [on death of William Seycok; patron John Bourgchier, canon of Lincoln and Prebend of Biggleswade];
- M.Richard Chaunceler - 17 Sep 1483 [priest; on resignation of Richard Channceller; patron John Bourgchier];
- D.Andrew Ile - 2 Nov 1494 [priest; on resignation of M.Richard Chaunceler];
- D.Richard Merston - Mar 1524 [capellanus; on death of Andrew Iflee; patron Precentor of Lincoln, Prebend of Biggleswade];
- M.William Segrave - 3 Jun 1527 [capellanus; on resignation of D.Richard Marston, exchanged to become Vicar of Willingore; deprived by reason of grant from John Manne, late Prebend of Biggleswade];
- Thomas Crosdale - 6 Jul 1554 [patron Robert Beverley, esquire];
- Richard Swales - 16 May 1561 [clerk; on death of last Vicar; patron the Bishop by lapse];
- John Johnson - 21 Oct 1562 [clerk; on death of last Vicar; patron the Bishop by lapse];
- John Horsseman - 18 Jul 1564 [clerk; on death of last incumbent; patron Thomas Pigott of Stratton, esquire];
- D.John White;
- John Robinson - 20 May 1577 [vacantby death of D.John White; patron Thomas Pigott];
- John Cooke - 20 Jun 1589 [clerk; instituted 30 Jun 1589; patron Elizabeth I by lapse; value 10];
- John Ireton BD - 5 Aug 1594;
- Richard Stringer BA - 18 Dec 1598 [on cess of last incumbent; patron M.William Fish];
- James Fish MA - 11 Apr 1627 [patron William Fish, gentleman];
- Jonathan Francis - 1641;
- William Rawlins - 1658;
- Ralph Trattle BA - 6 Dec 1667 [on death of last incumbent; patron Prebend of Biggleswade; his letters of ordination perished in Great Fire of London having been ordained by Bishop of Lincoln on 11 Mar 1665];
- caveat by William Knight, clerk of Biggleswade - 22 Jun 1676;
- Ellicorus Price - 10 Aug 1676 [patron Charles II];
- Thomas Miles MA - 27 Jun 1681 [patron the Bishop; buried 17 Mar 1708];
- Charles Theyer AB - 17 May 1708 [on death of last incumbent; patron Francis Bragge STB, prebend; value 10];
- Jacobus Hanscombe AM - 20 Jul 1710 [on cess. of Charles Theyer; patron the Prebend];
- William Eaton AM - 25 Apr 1713 [on cess. of Jacobus Hanscombe; patron the Prebend];
- William Hume MA - 4 Oct 1733 [on death of William Eaton];
- George Gibson - 23 Dec 1740 [clerk; on death of William Hume; patron the Bishop by lapse];
- John Jones - 18 Dec 1786 [clerk; on death of George Gibson; patron the Prebend];
- James Williamson BD - 15 Sep 1796 [on death of John Jones; patron the Prebend];
- (George Edward Mossop - 17 Nov 1796 [clerk; licence with stipend of 60 and the use of the Vicarage house and garden]);
- Edward Barker Frere BA - 1 Aug 1810 [on death of James Williamson; patron the Bishop by reasom of vacancy of Prebend, last Vicar having also been the Prebend];
- consecration of additional part of churchyard and conveyance of same - 1815;
- Edward Barker Frere MA - 31 Aug 1830 [on cess. of Edward Barker Frere; patron the Prebend; resigned 18 Dec 1840];
- Joseph Douton MA - 20 jan 1840 [on resignation of Edward Barker Frere; patron the Prebend];
- Charles George Douton MA - 20 Nov 1855 [on death of Joseph Douton; patron the Prebend];
- Frederick Bathurst - 7 Mar 1874 [on resignation of Charles George Douton; patron the Bishop];
- Henry Thellusson Wood MA - 20 May 1884 ;
- William Pollock Henderson MA - 8 Jun 1890 [instituted and inducted at this date; of Keble College, Oxford; formerly Curate of St.Barnabas, Tunbridge Wells];
- Elijah Harrison Littlewood - Nov 1898;
- George Carter Rolfe - Sep 1915;
- Luther Henry Boswall - Dec 1924;
- Arthur Francis Gregson Wardell - Jan 1931;
- Stanley Brisco Farbridge - Nov 1937;
- Rutland Basil Griffin - Oct 1950;
- John Herbert Dominey - 1962;
- Peter Hill - 1979;
- Robert F Sibson - 1990
NOTE: D = "Dominus" meaning Lord;
M = "Magister" meaning Master
Date free text
1276 - 1990
Production date
From: 1276 To: 1950
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