Title
POTSGROVE
Also known as Pottesgrove; the parish was united with Battlesden in 1732; the church was closed in 1966 and declared redundant in 1971
Vicars
- Richard;
- Henry de Brantingham - 1260 [priest; on death of Richard; patron Abbot & Convent of St.Albans];
- Waldewyn Peleyn - 1 Jun 1281 [capellanus; on death of Henry];
- William de Wyni;
- Simon de Leycton - 3 Apr 1297 [on resignation of William de Wyni];
- Henry de Coblington - 21 Dec 1312 [capellanus; on resignation of Simon];
- Adam de Fordham - 23 Jun 1323 [priest; on resignation of Henry de Cobelynton; patron Abbot & Convent of St.Albans];
- William Dean - 24 Apr 1350 [of Leighton [presumably Buzzard]; priest; on death of D.Adam; patron Edward III];
- D.Ralph Haddon;
- John Fakenham - 3 Apr 1364 [of Caddington; priest; on resignation of D.Ralph Haddon];
- William Hanne - 20 Jun 1369 [of Wootton ;priest; on resignation of D.John de Fakenhame of Dodington];
- D.John Curteys;
- Hugh Carpenter - Aug 1380 [priest; on resignation of D.John Curteys];
- John Bilcok - 8 Apr 1385 [on exchange with Hugh Carpenter for Millbrook];
- Geoffrey Tymkoc - 19 May 1389 [vacant];
- John Saunders - 12 Nov 1399 [priest; on death of D.John Bylkok [?]; entered again as on 13 Nov];
- D.John Payntour - 9 Dec 1400 [Vicar of West Farley [Kent], by exchange with John Saunders];
- D.William Smyth - 26 Oct 1402 [capellanus; on death of D.John Peyntour];
- D.Walter Clent - 13 Aug 1406 [on resignation of D.William Smyth, exchanged to Vicarage of Threckingham [Lincolnshire]];
- D.William Etyngdon;
- William Skynnere - 3 Nov 1408 [of Wrangle [Lincolnshire]; capellanus; on resignation of D.William Etyngdon, exchanged to Rectory of Tynchehurst];
- D.William Sankervyle - 26 Aug 1415 [priest; on resignation of William Wrangle, exchanged to Rectory of Pickworth [Lincolnshire]];
- Henry Gustard - 22 Oct 1415 [priest; on resignation of D.Robert Sankervyle [?]];
- Thomas Dalton - 26 Jul 1423 [priest; on resignation of D.Henry Gustard; patron Prior of St.Albans, the Abbot being abroad];
- D.William Honyborne;
- John Brygge - 12 Oct 1440 [priest; on resignation of D.William Honyborne];
- D.Robert Meridale - 27 Mar 1454 [capellanus; vacant];
- D.Thomas Webbe - 3 Sep 1460 [on resignation of D.Robert Merydale];
- D.Thomas Tyler - 1 May 1463 [priest; on resignation of D.William Webbe];
- D.Thomas Baker - 26 Nov 1463 [on resignation of D.William Tyler];
- D.Humphrey Graunger - 13 Jul 1465 [priest; on resignation of D.Thomas Baker];
- D.John Ely - 4 Aug 1467 [priest; on resignation of D.Humphrey Graunger];
- D.John Lewys;
- D.John Garlond - 15 Dec 1502 [priest; on death of D.John Lewys];
- D.Richard Pigott - 1526;
- William Saunders - 11 May 1549;
- D.Roger Singleton - 19 Jun 1549 [clerk; on death of Richard Pykett; patron Joan Mylwarde by grant];
- John Barker - 24 Jun 1561 [clerk; on resignation of last Rector; patron Elizabeth I];
- Henry Wattes - 18 Oct 1571 [vacant by cess.; patron William Duncombe, gentleman; admitted 4 Oct 1571];
- John Raynes MA - 29 Sep 1594 [patron Sir Edward Duncombe; will dated 7 Feb 1649, proved in PCC 28 May 1653];
- Thomas Baker MA - 13 May 1661 [clerk; patron John Duncombe, esquire];
- William Vaughan [minister; buried 10 Sep 1684; Curate of Linslade c.1635-1664];
- Henry Layng AM - 4 Mar 1707 [on death of last Vicar; patron Sophia Duncombe, gentlewoman; value 10/18/6];
- William Capell - 15 Mar 1726 [clerk; on death of Henry Lang; patron Sir Gregory Page, bart];
- Edward Bouchier - 11 Jul 1732;
- united with Battlesden by deed of Union - 1732;
- Henry Watkins - 23 Nov 1738 [B.A., on cessation of Edward Bouchier, Patron, Sir Gregory Page, Bart.]
- George Charles Black - 15 Aug 1759 [on death of Henry Watkins, Patron, Sir Gregory Page, Bart.]
- Thomas Sawell - 12 Apr 1775 [M.A., on death of George Charles Black, Patron, Sir Gregory Page, Bart.]
- Edward Henry Whinfield - 11 Dec 1784 [B.A., on death of Thomas Sawell, Patron, Sir Gregory Page-Turner, Bart.]
- Henry Wrey Whinfield - 17 Sep 1821 [M.A., on death of Edward Henry Whinfield, Patron, Sir Gregory Osborne Page-Turner, Bart.]
- Henry Edmond Fryer - 8 Jun 1849 [M.A., on death of H. W. Whinfield, Patron, Helen Eliza Cholmondeley, commonly called Dame Elizabeth Page-Turner, the wife of John Geary Cholmondley of Vallance House, Dagenham, Essex, esquire]
- Edward Norman Coles - 24 Nov 1857 [clerk, on resignation of H.E. Fryer, Patron, Charles Gulliver Fryer of Eltham, Kent, clerk]
- James Davidson - 13 Oct 1888
- Heneage Horsley Jebb - 1895 [M.A., Patron, Duke of Bedford, exchanged to Streatham. Died 18 Jan 1913]
- Harold Sellon Watts - Jan 1905
- William Joy Clarke - Oct 1918
- William Nevitt Westmore - Oct 1922
- Arthur Arnold Carter - Sep 1930
- Garnet George Stapylton Kenyon - 1946
- William George Dean Pitt Mercer - 1960
- Robin Orbell Osborne - 1961
- John Terence Wenham - 1965
- Paul Richard Miller - 1979
- James Alan Heslop - 1999
- Stephen Nuth - 2004
NOTE: D = "Dominus" meaning Lord