List of Harston vicars
John Roadley
Harston vicars
There has been a church at Harston since at least 1086 when it was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The earliest name we have discovered for the ‘head’ of this church (not necessarily a vicar), dates from 1194. Names from then until towards the end of the 14th century have not yet been found but after that there is a reasonably complete list.
Around 1400 the vicars were occasionally assisted by chaplains. Two canons of Barnwell held office in 1461 and 1475 and another in 1521. A former Cambridge Augustine friar was here in 1539; two Welshmen between 1572 to 1596; and two Scots (under James I) from 1611 to 1614. Between 1607 and 1626 we had nine vicars, mostly recent graduates who rapidly quit for better livings.
For most of the 18th century, Harston was held with fellowships at Cambridge. The vicars rarely employed curates and rode over from Cambridge to hold one service every Sunday.
The list below is drawn from different sources. There is not always complete agreement between the sources over the spelling of names or exact dates. The title of ‘vicar’ is not given where temporary appointments are made or a not fully qualified person fill the post, such as the period 1564-72.
More details of many of those listed below can be found at https://www.harstonhistory.org.uk/content/category/people/harston-vicars
Name Date Office
From Helen Greene’s book ‘Harston 1937’ & The Church of England Clergy Database
Jocelyn 1194
John 1286
Richard de Ware 1304
John Pye 30/08/1349
Thomas de Skendelby 02/04/1382
Geoffrey Andrew 04/11/1383
William de Tedelowe 21/06/1392
William Smyth 10/03/1440 Chaplain
John Lambert 06/08/1440 Chaplain
John Coulyng 1441/42
Thomas Colyn 04/09/1461
John Refham 11/02/1474 – 1520
Henry Baron/Barrow 17/12/1521
Thomas Norley 12/09/1539 – 1551
John Hodson 1551 Curate
Richard Mannyng 29/01/1556 – 26/06/1564 Clerk
James Aldred 03/10/1564 – Clerk
Ralph Anterbus 23/07/1566 Clerk
Richard Bacon 1567 Curate
Edmund Harvye 27/11/1572
Griffin Rowland 30/10/1573 – 15/05/1583
William Lewis 15/05/1583 – 06/05/1584 Curate
Owen Rowland 06/05/1584 – 16/04/1596
Richard Robinson 30/12/1586 Schoolmaster
Thomas Willowes 23/04/1586 Schoolmaster
Edward Williams 16/04/1596 – 31/07/1606
Godfrey Swan 31/07/1606 – 03/07/1607 Curate
Michael Westfield 03/10/1606 – 05/05/1609
Godfrey Swan 03/07/1607 – 10/12/1607 Preacher
Thomas Walkington 05/05/1609 – 20/01/1610
Matthew Wren 20/01/1610 – 03/12/1614
James Wedderburn 03/12/1614 – 29/11/1615
Walter Balcanquail 29/11/1615 – 08/03/1617
John Coathill 29/10/1616 Schoolmaster
John Jefferary 08/03/1617 – ??/??/1619
John Johnson 21/04/1619 – ??/??/16??
Benjamin Laney ??/??/1619 – ??/??/16??
George Langdale ??/??/1621 – ??/??/16??
William Fenner 27/09/1625 – ??/??/1626
Richard Love 12/01/1626 – ??/??/1626
Robert Wallis 09/08/1626 – 14/02/1686
Edmund Dickman 11/03/1687 – 25/09/1735
Luke Trevigar 30/09/1735 – 18/02/1738
Charles Plumptree 18/02/1738 – 04/11/1745
Joseph Thorpe 04/11/1745 – 19/03/1775
Nicholas Rigbye Baldwin 16/05/1775 – 12/12/1783
Richard Ormerod 23/12/1783 – 14/02/1788
John Sparhauke 17/06/1788 – 14/04/1795
William Leworthy 15/04/1796 – 26/11/1837
From Helen Greene’s book ‘Harston 1937’
William Browne James 14/12/1837
Edwin Bosanquet 14/05/1844
Frederic Jeanes Durbin 30/09/1848 – 15/11/1888
Edward Curtis Baldwin 23/03/1889 – 02/03/1924
F.P.D. Davisson 03/03/1924 -25/09/1927
From Rev Brigid Hadfield:
Percy George Ward 26/09/1927 – 09/06/1945
Leonard Askham 25/10/1946 – ??/??/1954
H Mansfield-Williams ??/??/1954 – ??/??/1960
Donald Vully de Candole ??/08/1960 – ??/08/1965
From WI scrapbook
Michael T Allen 13/12/1965 – 31/12/1991
From Harston parish magazines
Fraser Watts 08/12/1991 – 16/01/1995 Priest in charge
John Parr 17/01/1995 – 21/03/1999 Priest in charge
Richard Howells 22/03/1999 – 09/05/2000 Curate
Nick Jones 10/05/2000 – 06/04/2003 Vicar
Richard Howells 07/04/2003 – 01/0 3/2005 Curate
Peter Wainwright 01/03/2005 -10/10/2010 Vicar
Richard Howells 11/10/2010 – 05/10/2011 Curate
Brigid Hadfield 09/11/2011- 05/04/2018 Vicar
Susan Bowden-Pickstock 24/02/2019 – 21/08/2022 Vicar
Mandy Flaherty 19/04/2023 – date Vicar
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