Reference
Fasti/1/Pod
Title
PODINGTON (St.Mary the Virgin)
Rectors
- Richard de Bedford - 1220;
- William de Northampton - 1231 [capellanus; patron Prior & Convent of Canons Ashby]
Vicars
- Alexander;
- William de Eppewell - 1261 [priest; patron Prior & Convent of Canons Ashby; on death of Alexander];
- William de Blaculuisle - 12 Oct 1269 [capellanus; on death of William];
- Adam de Bannebur' - 30 Nov 1280 [capellanus; on death of William];
- Roger de Stevyngton - 31 Aug 1299 [pn resignation of Adam de Bannebury];
- John Byrd - 15 Dec 1321 [of Huntingdon; priest; on institution of Roger de Stevinton to Knapton, Norwich diocese];
- John Asplond - 11 Jul 1362 [of Wymington; priest; on death of D.John Byrd];
- Geoffrey Tymbry;
- D.William Mayhew - 30 Oct 1406 [priest; on death of D.Geoffrey];
- John Tymkas - 21 Feb 1421 [priest; on resignation of D.William Mayewe];
- Reginald Smyth - 4 Feb 1433 [priest; vacant];
- D.John Colyn - 11 Oct 1438 [priest; on resignation of D.Reginald Smyth];
- Thomas Laurence - 2 Sep 1439 [priest; on resignation of D.John Coleyn, echnaged to Westbury, Lincoln diocese];
- D.John Jecok - 27 Aug 1462 [priest; on resignation of D.Thomas Laurence];
- D.Thomas Drayton;
- D.Henry Farer - 23 Dec 1471 [priest; on resignation of D.Thomas Drayton];
- D.Robert White - 8 Nov 1505 [priest; on death of D.Henry Farrer];
- D.John Henmarche - 20 Aug 1521 [capellanus; on death of D.Robert Wight; vicar in 1534 and 1538];
- D.Richard Deacon - 1539 [clerk; on death of last incumbent; patron Henry VIII in right of dissolved Priory of Canons Ashby];
- D.Thomas Sterling - 21 Jul 1545 [priest; on resignation of D.Richard Dekin; patron Daniel Payne of Podington by reason of a contract for the purchase of the Rectory of Podington together with the right of patronage of the Vicarage from Henry VIII];
- D.John Smyth - 14 Nov 1547 [priest; on dismission of D.Thomas Sterling; patron Daniel Payn];
- William Yate - 4 Jul 1554 [clerk; patron Daniel Payn; vacant on deprivation of last Vicar];
- Francis Woodmansey - 5 Jun 1561 [clerk; on death of last Vicar; patron the Bishop by lapse; buried 24 Dec 1607; will dated 26 Aug 1607, proved 14 Jan 1608];
- sequestration during vacancy - 22 Jan 1608;
- Thomas Whitby - 1616;
- John Laverocke - 15 Jun 1646 [clerk; patron Richard Childe, esquire; buried 24 Jun 1664];
- William Tapp MA - 15 Nov 1664 [clerk; on death of John laverocke; patron Richard Orlebar, gentleman; MA at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, 1662];
- Edmund Cobb - 20 Apr 1682 [clerk; on death of William Tapp; patron Richard Orlebar];
- Jonathan Styles MA - 1 Jun 1697 [on death of Edmund Cobb, clerk; patron Richard Orlebar; of Sidney College, Cambridge; value 7/6/8; resigned for Yaxley [Huntingdonshire], 1714];
- William Bamford BA - 13 Oct 1714 [on cess. of Jonathan Styles; of St.Peter's College, cambridge; patron Richard Orlebar; died 11 Aug 1734, buried 13 Aug 1734; married Mary Boteler at Harrold 12 Feb 1712];
- John Bolton MA - 7 Nov 1734 [on death of William Bamford; patron John Orkebar of Podington, esquire; also Vicar of Sharnbrook where he was buried];
- Arthur Bedford BA - 1 Feb 1739 [on death of John Bolton; patron John Orlebar; died 1 Apr 1766, buried at Sharnbrook of which he was also vicar; Temperance, his wife, died 27 Jul 1742, aged 25, buried at Odell];
- Oliver St.John Cooper BA - 23 May 1766 [on death of Arthur Bedford; patron Richard Orlebar in Hinwick, esquire; died 3 May 1801 aged 58; son of Rev.Oliver St.John Cooper, born at Milton Ernest and baptised on 26 Jul 1741; MA at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, 1765; appointed Domestic Chaplain to Gertrude, Duchess of Bedford, 5 Oct 1784];
- Richard Williams MA - 29 May 1801 [on death of Oliver Cooper; patron Richard Orlebar];
- Cuthbert Orlebar MA - 6 Nov 1832 [clerk; of Christ's College, Cambridge; on resignation of Richard Williams; patron Richard Orlebar; 2nd son of Richard Orlebar, esquire; died 30 Aug 1861, aged 77];
- Peter Samuel Henry Payne MA - 19 Feb 1837 [on resignation of Cuthbert Orlebar; fellow of Balliol College, Oxford; patron Richard Longuet Orlebar of Hinwick House, esquire; resigned 30 Nov 1839];
- John Brereton MA - 12 Dec 1839; of New College, Oxford; on resignation of last Vicar; patron Richard Longuet Orlebar; resigned 1845; elder son of Rev.John Brereton DCL, headmaster of Bedford School for 40 years; resigned 7 Apr 1849];
- Edward Thomas Cardale - 13 Apr 1849 [clerk; on resignation of John Brereton; patron Richard Longuet Orlebar];
- James Geldart MA - 12 Jul 1854 [of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; on cess. of Edward Thomas Cardale; patron Richard Longuet Orlebar; died at Westbury House, near Wells [Somerset] in his 91st year, Nov 1912; ordained 1847];
- Seneca W.Winter - Dec 1887;
- James Harold Walker - Jul 1890;
- Wilfred Paget Mellor - Sep 1895;
- Edward Wilton South - Sep 1900;
- Walter Kitchen - Oct 1906;
- Laurence Rawdon Levett - Oct 1924;
- Arthur William Collins - Sep 1928;
- Evan Thomas - Nov 1938;
- Victor John Hulbert Coles - Jan 1944;
- Thomas Woolfenden - Apr 1951
- David Kee - 1964
- John Alfred Furness - 1973
- David John Wardrop - 1980
- Raymond Sherwood Wallace - 1984
- Arthur Robert Harry Woodward - 1987
- John H.Hearn - 1999
NOTE: D = "Dominus" meaning Lord
Date free text
1220-1999
Production date
From: 1220 To: 1999
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