Title
CARDINGTON (St.Mary)
Rectors
- John - 1227
- Reginald de Wrestlingworth - 1228 [capellanus; Patron, Prior & Convent of Newenham]
- M. Walter de Swaneburn - 1229 [capellanus; Patron, Prior & Convent of Newenham]
- William de Rowell - 1242 [capellanus; Patron, Prior & Convent of Newenham]
- Robert de [...] - 1249
- Henry de Estrqa - 20 Apr 1272 [priest; on death of Robert]
- Fulco - 27 Mar 1274 [priest; on death of Henry]
- Nicholas de Penington - 23 Sep 1284 [subdeacon]
- John de Barton - 14 Jan 1291 [capellanus; on death of Nicholas]
- Robert de Newton - 9 Apr 1311 [capellanus; on death of John de Barton]
- Thomas King - 9 Dec 1349 [priest; on resignation of D. Robert]
- Henry Wakerle - 24 Oct 1352 [of Wodeford; priest, on resignation of D. Thomas]
- Ralph Bereford - 21 Jun 1364 [priest; on resignation of D. Henry Wakerle; exchanged to Edyweston Rectory]
- D. Robert Newman
- D. Thomas Andrew - 9 Jun 1376 [rector of Ruspane, on exchange with Robert Newman]
- D. William Palmer
- D. William de Berkelowe - 6 Oct 1385 [Rector of Southaningfeld, diocese of London, on exchange with D. William Palmer]
- D. William Bachelor - 20 Apr 1396 [Vicar of Granchester, diocese of Ely; on exchange with William Berklowe]
- D. William Heyne - 2 Feb 1411 [of Coupull, vacant]
- D. Robert Simound - 28 Aug 1415 [capellanus; on resignation of D. William Heyne]
- Augustine Luce - 16 Nov 1438 [priest; on resignation of D. Robert Skynglee, exchanged to Rokelyng vicarage, London diocese]
- Richard Fylle - 15 Jun 1446 [priest; on resignation of D. Robert Grene, exchanged to Clothall Rectory]
- Robert Grene - 15 Jun 144_ [priest; on resignation of D. richard Fyll; exchanged to Clothall Rectory]
- D. Thomas Barbour - 31 Oct 1455 [priest; on death of D. Richard Fylle]
- D. Thomas Horne - 19 Apr 1457 [capellanus; vacant]
- D. John Tapett
- D. Nicholas Ardewyk - 28 Feb 1461 [priest; on resignation of D. John Tapett]
- D. John Janyn - 23 May 1472 [on death of Nicholas Hardwyk, last vicar]
- D. John Crosse - 9 Nov 1472 [on death of John Janyn, last vicar]
- Thomas Hunt
- D. John Hechynson - 27 Jan 1479 [on death of Thomas Hunt, last vicar]
- D. Thomas Dykenson - 18 Jan 1516 [on death of D. John Hutchynson]
- D. John Deane - 17 Jun 1546 [clerk; on death of M. thomas Dikkinson, Patron, Sir John Gascoigne, knight, son & heir of Sir William Gascoigne, knight, now deceased, by grant from the late Prior & Convent of the dissolved monastery of Newenham to the said Sir William and Lady Elizabeth, his wife, aslo now deceased, & the said Sir john for 99 years]
- George Butnam - 15 Oct 1552
- John Parrett - 9 Jul 1554
- John Palmer
- Thomas Page - 29 May 1560 [clerk; on death of John Palmer; Patron, the Bishop, by lapse]
- John Williams - 1563 [clerk; on cessation of Thomas Page; Patron, Sir John Gascoigne]
- Thomas Sutton - 18 Mar 1566 [clerk; on resignation of John Williams; Patron, Sir John Gascoigne]
- D. Richard Rayner - 20 Mar 1572 [clerk; Patron, Sir John Gascoigne]
- Thomas Watts - 13 Jul 1574 [M.A., buried 29 Jun 1610]
- William Chantrell - 1 Dec 1610 [M.A.]
- Thomas Watson - 18 Nov 1614 [Married Maria Brett, 25 Jun 1615]
- Thomas White - 1634
- William Millington - 1662
- John Eaton - 1664
- Joseph Gascoigne - 1670
- Heritagius Badcock - 9 May 1677 [M.A.; vacant, Patron, King Charles II, by lapse. Ordained priest 8 Aug 1661 by Jacobry, Bishop of Dublin. Buried, 10 Feb 1689]
- Devereux Spenser - 17 Mar 1689 [B.A., vacant; Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. Buried 11 Feb 1700]
- Hugh Charles Hare - 30 Jun 1701 [B.A., on death of Devereux Spenser]
- Thomas Rowell
- Barwell Collins - 2 Sep 1713 [B.A., on death of Thomas Rowell]
- Samuel Brooke - 16 Jul 1743 [M.A., on death of Barwell Collins]
- Richard Brooke - 28 Apr 1744 [M.A., on cessation of Samuel Brook]
- John Pemberton - 27 Sep 1745 [clerk; on death of John Betts]
- Robert Wilan - 9 Jul 1776 [M.A.; on death of John Pemberton]
- Frogmore Cumming - 26 Jul 1796 [M.A., on death of Robert Willan]
- Richard Ward - 22 Aug 1826 [M.A., on death of Frogmere Cumming]
- Charles French Bromhead - 13 Jun 1829 [M.A., on resignation of Richard Ward]
- Edward John Hillier - 9 Feb 1856 [M.A.; on death of C. French Bromhead; Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge]
- Walter Sydney Champion Seccombe - May 1907
- Ernest Henry Fry - May 1945
- Frederick Norman Robathan - 1959
- Arthur Edward Main - 1963
- Peter Alfred Tubbs - 1969
- J Kenneth Dixon - 1985
- Nigel Paul Morrell - 1995
NOTE: D. = Dominus (lord); M. = Magister (master)