Title
MELCHBOURNE (St.Mary Magdalene)
Rectors
- Richard Arundel - 1237 [presented by the Prior and Brothers of the Hospital of Jerusalem in England]
- Richard Giffard - 1238 [subdeacon, presented by Brother Walter de Ewyas, brother of the Hospital of Jerusalem, preceptor in England]
- William de Manneby - 24 Sep 1263 [subdeacon, presented by Brother Robert de Manneby, Prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of Richard]
- Richard de Altarpa - 17 Nov 1299 [chaplain, presented by Brother Peter de Hatham, Prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of M. William de Manneby]
- Thomas de Collum - 7 Mar 1327 [priest, presented by Brother Thomas Larch, prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of M. Richard de Altarpa]
- John de Leybourn - 19 May 1328 [acolite, presented by Philip de Thame, Master of the Hospitallers, on the resignation of Thomas de Collum]
- Ralph Barry
- Roger Grene de Isham - 2 Mar 1349 [acolite, presented by Philip de Thame, Master of the Hospitallers, on the resignation of Ralph Barry]
- William Barker - 2 Apr 1364 [priest, presented by Brother John Panoly, Prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of Roger Grene]
- William Stanwyg
- John Ingham - 21 Oct 1374 [formerly Rector of Easholt, presented by Brother Robert Hales, Prior of the Hospitallers, by exhange with William Stanwyg]
- Hugh Astell
- Geoffrey Gyddynge - 16 Sep 1388 [formerley Rector of Polebrooke, priest, presented by Brother John Radyngton, Prior of the Hospitallers, by exchange with Hugh Astell the last Rector, Canon of the Church of Lincoln and holder of a prebend of 10 there. On the same day Geoffrey Gyddynge was collated Canon in the Church of Lincoln and to the prebend of 10 by exchange with Hugh Astell]
- M. Hugh Astell - 22 Oct 1388 [formerly Rector of Polebrooke, presented by James Ormesby Esq, granted the presentation by Brother John Radyngton, on the death of Hugh Astell at Higham Ferrers on 2 Nov]
- William Vesey - 22 Nov 1391 [priest]
- Roger de Leycestr - 30 Jun 1392 [priest, presented by John Herney of Bedfordshire, Roger Swynerton of Kent, James Ormesby Esq., farmers of the Manor of Temple Shernebrok, Bedfordshire, on the resignation of William Veysey]
- John Bromore [23 Jul 1396 [presented by Brother Walter Crendon, Prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of Roger de Leycestr]
Vicarage:
- John Mot - 3 Dec 1449 [priest, presented by Robert Botyll, Prior of teh Hospitallers to the perpetual vicarage of Melchbourne, vacant by its recent foundation]
- D. Thomas Bolton - 20 Jul 1461[priest, presented by the Prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of John Motte]
- D. Thomas Hullynage - 14 Aug 1462 [priest, presented by Brother Robert Botyll, Prior of the Hospitallers, on the resignation of Thomas Bolton]
- Robert Brambton - 16 Oct 1474 [priest, presented by Brother Robert Multon, Prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of the last incumbent]
- D. Henry Weldon
- M. Robert Hamylton - 13 Apr 1488 [presented by the Prior of the Hospitallers on the resignation of Henry Weldon]
- D. Thomas Jarcok - 15 Jun 1505 [chaplain, presented by Thomas Docwra, Prior of the Hospitallers, on the death of Robert Hamylton]
- D. Thomas Grene - 29 Nov 1510 [presented by the Prior of the Hospitallers on the death of Thomas Jarcok]
- D. Richard Young - 22 Sep 1515 [priest, presented by the Prior of the Hospitallers on the death of Thomas Grene]
- Thomas Booker - 1585
- John Dodd - 26 Apr 1586 [presented by Queen Elizabeth]
- Roger Warfielde - 24 Aug 1624 [presented by Oliver St John of Bedford]
- Bartholomew Bowyer - 4 Aug 1627 [presented by the same]
- John Ailmer - 1 Feb 1630
- John Warren
- Valentine Calton - 3 Jun 1672 [M.A., priest, ordained 2 Jun 1672 at Lincoln, presented by Oliver Earl of Bolingbroke on the death of John Warren]
- Robert Beverley - 26 Oct 1676 [M.A., presented by the same on the cession of Valentine Calton]
- Robert Beverley - 28 Sep 1680 [M.A., presented by the same on the resignation of the same Robert Beverley]
- Edward Aspin - 4 Nov 1704 [clerk, presented by Paulet St John, Earl of Bolingbroke]
- Pawlet St John - 6 Jul 1708 [M.A., presented by the same on the cession of Edward Aspin]
- John Walton - 27 Apr 1715 [B.A., presented by William Lord St John, on the resignation of Pawlet St John]
- Pawlet St John - 2 Jul 1742 [M.A., presented by John Lord St John, on the death of John Walton]
- William Fancourt - 26 Apr 1775 [clerk, B.A., presented by the Right Honourable Henry Beauchamp Lord St John, Baron St John of Bletsoe, on the death of Paulet St John]
- William Henry Downes - 16 Apr 1818 [clerk, presented by the Right Honourable St Andrew Beauchamp, Lord St John, Baron St John of Bletsoe with consent of his guardians, on the death of William Fancourt]
- John Webster Hawksley - 9 Oct 1821 [clerk, M.A., presented by the same in full right, on the cession of William Downes]
- John Webster Hawksley jnr - 10 Dec 1827 [clerk, B.A., presented by the same on the resignation of John Webster Hawkesley, senr]
- Richard Young - 1841 [B.A.]
- Haydon Aldersey Taylor -1858 [M.A.]
- John Lynes - 1861
- Robert Paul Bent - 1864
- J W Gamul Edwards - Dec 1884
- Edward Mountifort Beasley - Feb 1896
- Frederick Croxall Boultbee - May 1898 [B.A.]
- Richard Davies - Oct 1901
- Maynard Whitworth Hay - Apr 1905 [M.A.]
- Alfred Hastings Evered - 1907
- George Alfred Carwshay - Mar 1907
- George Alfred Ellaby - Oct 1921 [B.A.]
- Reginald Paddick - 1930 [L.Th.]
- Thomas Francis William Wright - 1947
- David Haigh Leonard-Williams - 1957
- Arthur Frederick le Dieu - 1967
- Benjamin Brian Dobson Aylott - 1972
- Neil R.Weston - 1980
- Paul Charles Delight - 1992
- Richard D.Seymour-Whiteley - 1999