LIST OF VICARS OF HARSTON

This list has been extracted from the book "HARSTON - History and Local Records of a Cambridgeshire Village" compiled by HELEN C. GREENE - 1937.

	1194	Jocelyn
	1286-7	John
	1304	Richard
30th August	1349	John Pye of Pampisford, priest. Presented to Harleston Vicarage by priest and canons of Bernewell. (Dominus) Will' Tele, by exchange
3rd April	1382	Thos. de Skendelby James, London, Rector of Chickendale by exchange.
14th Nov.	1383	Geoffrey Andrew, Rector of St. Andrew's, Sautre, Lincs. by exchange
31st June (sic)	1392	Will. de Tedelowe, Vicar of Poselemgworth, Norfolk, Priest.
10th Mar.	1440-1	Will' Smyth, chaplain
6th Aug	1440	John Lambert, chaplain
	1441-2	John Coulyng (is recently vicar)
4th Sept	1461	Thos. Colyn, alias Hykson, Canon of Bernewell
	1465	A presentation by the Prior and Canons of Bernewell
11th Feb	1474-5	John Refham (or Robert), Canon regular, mentioned 1506-1520 Dies.
17th Dec	1521	Henry Baron. Canon regular of Bernewell. Dies.
12th Sept	1539	Thos. Norley (pr Worley) chaplain. Presented by Master Thos. Brakym, recently grated Here in 1551. Thos. Hyll. Deprived.
29th Jan	1555-6	Richard Mannyng, clerk, presented by John Baker, farmer of the rectory. Here in 1557, 1561, 1564. Died 26th June, 1564.
3rd Oct	1564	Sequestrated to James Aldred, clerk.
23rd July	1566	Seq: vacant to Dominus Ralph. Anterbus, Clerk. Relaxed 2nd August, 1567.
	1567	Richard Bacon, curate. Som. 1570-72. No vicar is named.
27th Nov	1572	Edmund Harvye, B.A. Collated by Capse. Resigns.
30th Oct	1573	Griffin Rowland, B.A. Collated by the Queen.
7th May	1584	Owen Rowland. Here 1587, 1596.
16th April	1596	Edward Williams, clerk, presneted by the Queen. Here 1607.
26th Oct	1607	Sequestered to Michael Westfielde, M.A., of Jesus College "Cura in officiata."
6th Mar	1606-7	Geoffrey Swan is admitted to preach here.
29th Mar	1607	Request of Harston is granted to him.
31st July	1607	Geoffrey Swan, clerk.
1st Dec	1607	W. Michael Westfield collated.
5th May	1609	Master Thomas Walkington collated. St. P. Fellow of St. John's.
20th Jan	1610	Mathew Wrenne, collated. Signs 1610. 1613. Resigns.
3rd Dec	1614	James Wdderburne, collated.
29th Nov	1615	Walter Belcanquall (or Balcanquall), M.A.,collated. Resigns.
8th Mar	1617	John Jefferary, M.A. Collated.
21st April	1619	John Johnson, collated. Benj. Laney : signs for 1619 : no designation. Geo. Lamgdale ; adm. scholar of King's College, Cambridge, 1613. M.A. 1621 Vicar of Harston and Vicar of Newton and Hauxton.
27th Sept	1625	Will. Fenner
13th Jan	1626	Master Richard Love
9th Aug	1626	Robert Wallis. Dies.
	1643	Richard Bull, parosn of the parish. Cole suggests that Wallis was ejected at that time and Bull put in. Wallis was buried here, 14th February, 1686-7. He was 87 years of age, and vicar 59 years.
11th Mar	1687	Edmund Dickman. Dies.
30th Sept	1735	Luke Trevigar, collated.
18th Feb	1738	Charles Plumptre, M.A., collated. Fellow of Queen's.
4th Nov	1745	James Thorpe, M.A., collated. (Signs to 1773.) Dies.
	1774	Peploe Ward : Minister. (? Ever Vicar)
16th May	1775	Nicholas Rigbye Baldwin, M.A., collated. Resigns.
23rd Dec	1783	Richard Ormerod, collated.
17th June	1788	William Sparlanke, B.P., collated.
15th April	1796	William Leworthy, M.A., collated. Dies.
14th Dec	1837	William Brown James, M.A., collated. Goes to Fen Ditton.
14th May	1844	Edward Bosanquet, M.A., collated. Resigns.
30th Sept.	1848	Frederic Jeanes Durbin, B.A., collated. Dies.
23rd Mar	1889	Edward Curtis Baldwin, M.A., collated. Resigns.
2nd Mar	1924	J.P.D. Davidson, M.A. Resigns.
26th Sept	1927	Percy George Ward, A.K.C., B.D., M. Litt., Collated.

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