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The Vicars of Bovey Tracey 1258-1946
Transcribed by Michael Steer
A handsomely framed, engrossed list of the Vicars of Bovey Tracey hung for many years at the rear of the Parish Church. The following list appears as pp.14 and 15 of Rev. G.O.C. Duxbury's (1956) booklet: The Story of Bovey Tracey Church, referenced elsewhere on the GENUKI pages for Bovey Tracey.
| Geoffrey de Tantone | instituted 19 October, 1258 |
| Roger de Merwode, priest | instituted 5 January, 1265-6 |
| John de Wolfrintone, occurs as vicar | 17 January, 1270-1 |
| Master William de Northovere, priest | instituted 28 March 1279 |
| Sir* Edward de Engleis | instituted 20 June, 1309 |
| Sir Robert de Flore, priest | instituted 16 August, 1330 |
| Sir Joceline de Snetesham, priest | instituted 26 August, 1330 |
| Sir Robert de Haydore, priest | instituted 31 July, 1334 |
| Sir Robert de Altone, chaplain | instituted 30 January, 1335-6 |
| Sir Robert de Derby | institution not recorded |
| Sir Michael Gogeyn, priest | instituted27 June, 1341 |
| Sir Henry de Nieuport, priest | instituted 6 March, 1348-9 |
| Sir John de Neucombe, priest | instituted 20 January, 1353-4 |
| John Merrey, priest | instituted 22 November, 1361 |
| John Atte Mille, chaplain | institution not recorded |
| William Pottock, chaplain | instituted 5 September, 1401 |
| Sir Richard Colle, chaplain | instituted 22 June, 1438 |
| Sir John Fermer, chaplain | instituted 22 June, 1438 |
| Sir Walter Hancoke, chaplain | instituted 17 May, 1458 |
| Master Robert Michelle, chaplain, Bachelor in Degrees | instituted 28 August, 1480 |
| Robert Borde, chaplain | instituted 30 July, 1520 |
| Master Robert Bysse Doctor of Laws | instituted 8 July 1534 |
| Sir George Mannynge, priest | instituted 17 October, 1546 |
| Christopher Petell, clerk | instituted 20 June, 1554 |
| William Merrick, B.C.L. | instituted 16 May, 1564 |
| Edward James, M.A. | instituted 13 August, 1576 |
| Richard Dernlove, clerk | instituted 3 April, 1577 |
| Master John Milward, S.T.F. | instituted 9 November, 1598 |
| John Burchill, clerk | instituted 15 July, 1603 |
| James Forbes, Chaplain to King Charles I | instituted 15 September, 1628 |
| Francis Moore, clerk, M.A. | instituted 26 December, 1668 |
| Robert Caunter, clerk | instituted 28 June, 1681 |
| Francis Stooke, clerk, M.A. | instituted 22 November, 1689 |
| John Cooke, clerk, M.A. | instituted 15 August, 1704 |
| Samuel Maynard, clerk, B.A. | instituted 28 July, 1715 |
| Philobeth Dommett, clerk, B.A. | instituted 1 November, 1735 |
| Joseph Dommett, clerk, B.A. | instituted 25 September, 1786 |
| William Carwithen, clerk, D.D. | instituted 29 January, 1831 |
| John Macauley, clerk, B.A. | instituted 1 May, 1841 |
| The Hon. Charles Leslie Courtenay, Clerk, M.A., Canon of Windsor | instituted 27 July, 1849 |
| Wyndham Hamilton Knight-Bruce, D.D. Coadjutor Bishop for the Diocese of Exeter | instituted 26 March, 1895 |
| Walter Benjamin Vere-Stead, clerk, M.A. | instituted 26 March, 1897 |
| Henry Barry Hyde, M.A. Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral | instituted 24 April, 1908 |
| James Anthony Howell, clerk, B.D. | instituted 7 November, 1923 |
| George Owen Charles Duxbury, clerk, M.A. | instituted 2 November, 1946 |
Notes:
* The title Sir recorded in the fourteenth and fifteenth century does not refer to knighthood, but to the fact that the Clerk in Holy Orders had not proceeded to the degree of Master of Arts.
Sovereigns of England have been patrons of the living for over 400 years. In the period before the sovereigns assumed that patronage, the patron for 280 years was the Hospital of S. John.