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FLITWICK (SS.Peter & Paul)
The church of Flitwick was given to Dunstable Priory by Philip de Sanvill before the reign of Richard I, and follows the same line of descent as Flitwick manor.
- Brother Richard de Caudewell - 5 Feb 1263 [Canon of Dunstaple]
- Brother William de Homeshend - 6 Feb 1266
- Brother Richard de Stratford - 1269 [Canon of Dunstaple; Prior and Convent of Dunstaple]
- Brother Stephen - 1280
- Brother Geoffrey de Merston - 6 Apr 1291 [Canon of Dunstaple; Prior and Convent of Dunstaple]
- Brother John de Faldo - 6 Apr 1302 [Canon of Donestaple]
- Brother John de Hocclive - 3 Apr 1313 [Canon of Dunstaple, on resignation of John de Faldo]
- Brother Robert de Bryan - 26 Sep 1320 [Canon of Dunstaple]
- Brother Adam Rokel - 26 Jun 1323 [Canon of Dunstaple, on resignation of Robert Bryan]
- Brother Adam de Aulton - 22 Oct 1327 [Canon of Dunstaple]
- Brother Walter de Empyngham - 6 Mar 1328 [Canon of Dunstaple, on resignation of Adam de Aulton]
- Brother William de Ratford - 17 Jan 1331 [Canon of Dunstaple, on resignation of Walter de Empyngham]
- Brother Walter de Empyngham - 9 Nov 1334 [Canon of Dunstaple, priest, on death of William de Ratford]
- Brother John de Chetyngdon - 25 Sep 1348 [Canon of Dunstaple, priest]
- Brother John de St. Albans - 28 Apr 1349
- Brother Thomas Maresshall - 22 Jun 1350 [Canon of Dunstaple, on resignation of John de St. Albans]
- Brother John de Henlowe - 19 Oct 1351 [Canon of Dunstaple, on election of Brother Thomas Maresshall to Dunstaple Priory]
- Brother Thomas de Caddington - 20 Aug 1375 [Canon of Dunstaple, priest, on death of John Henlowe]
- Brother John Astwyk - 23 Dec 1402 [Canon of Dunstaple]
- Roger Stevenache
- Brother Thomas Burre - 13 Aug 1420 [Canon of Dunstaple, priest, on resignation of Roger Stevenache]
- Brother John Eyton - 18 Apr 1424 [Canon of Dunstaple, on resignation of Thomas Burre]
- William Barnard - 29 Mar 1449 [priest, on death of D. John Eyton]
- Reginald Edward - 10 Nov 1473 [on death of D. William Bernard, last vicar]
- M. John Gale - 1526 [subsidy roll]
- D. Thomas Grene - 2 Apr 1533 [capellanus; on resignation of M. John Gale]
- Robertus Harvye - 15 Aug 1555 [Patron, Thomas Lownd of the City of London, grocer]
- Robert Hygbyd - 20 Jul 1562 [clerk, on death of last incumbent; Patron, the Bishop by lapse]
- D. Ralph Bate - 12 Jun 1577 [clerk, on resignation of Robert Higbred; Patron, Rouland Harrard, knight]
- Thomas Bestowe - 20 Oct 1619 [Patron, Robert Honywood. Married Ann Hopkins, at Maulden 18 May 1620]
- John Hopkins - 22 Mar 1641 [clerk; Patron, Peter Honywood, gentleman. Will dated 18 Feb 1644. Will proved 7 Sep 1645, to be buried in the chancel of the church]
- Robert White - inducted 22 May 1646
- Thomas Mole - 1670
- Henry Atkinson - 18 Mar 1673
- Henry Hunt - 16 Feb 1681 [M.A., on resignation of Henry Atkinson]
- William Pitcairne - 16 Aug 1710 [B.A., on death of Henry Hunt; Patron, Matthew Mildway]
- John Wilkinson - 25 Sep 1733 [clerk; on death of William Pitcairne; Patron, the Bishop, by lapse]
- William Aveling - 24 Feb 1740 [M.A., on death of John Wilkinson; Patron, John Cotton, esq.]
- John Hawkins - 2 Mar 1774 [M.A., on death of William Aveling. Patron, John E of Upper Ossory]
- George Cardale - 9 Feb 1820 [M.A., on death of John Hawkins; Patron, John, D of Bedford]
- William Alfred Dawson - 2 Mar 1843 [on death of George Cardale; Patron, himself]
- William Calcott Berkley Calcott - 20 Feb 1850 [B.A., on resignation of W.A. Dawson. Patron, George Berkley Calcott of Clifton, Gloucester, esq., resigned 1 Oct 1855]
- Thomas William Dell Brooks - M.A., on resignation of last. Patron, Thomas John Brooks of Flitwick, esq.]
- Frederick Bell Lipscombe - Jun 1894
- James Ledger Ward - Jan 1900
- Ralph Granville Monckton - Jan 1927
- Selwyn Edward Sears - Aug 1930
- Walter Judkins Gallop - Jun 1937
- Richard Ball - Jul 1947
- Roy Oswald Hobbard - 20 Sep 1978
- Michael Frederick John Bradley - 13 Sep 1990
NOTE:
D = "Dominus" meaning Lord;
M = "Magister" meaning Master