List of Harston vicars

John Roadley

Harston church by Marian F Allen 1970
(Deacon)

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

 

 

 

 

This page was added on 19/03/2018.

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