|
Presented by the
Master of the Knights of the Temple, England and appointed by the Bishop
of Lincoln. |
|
1185 c. |
Godfrey |
Chaplain |
|
1220 |
Richard |
Chaplain |
|
1235 |
John De
Coeul |
Chaplain |
|
1238 |
William De
Eicle |
Chaplain |
|
1274 |
Thomas |
(died
1275) |
|
1275 |
William De
Ryvere |
Priest |
|
1276 |
John De
Hinlege |
Priest |
|
1276 |
William De
Strodis |
|
|
1292 |
John De
Scrouteby |
Chaplain |
|
1303 |
John De
Melles |
Chaplain |
|
|
|
|
Presented
by the Prior of the house of St. John of Jerusalem, England and
appointed by the Knights Hospitallers.
|
|
1314 |
William De
Towesland |
Priest |
|
1314 |
Richard
Sulgrave |
(resigned
1330) |
|
1330 |
John De
Potton |
Priest |
|
1330 |
Thomas
Somenour |
(resigned
for want of exchange) |
|
1343 |
Wiiliam
Miloun |
|
|
1346 |
Richard De
Geynesburgh |
(died of
the plague 1349) |
|
1349 |
John De
Kerebrok |
Priest |
|
1364 |
John De
Farbourne |
Priest |
|
1366 |
Nicholas
De Swynardton |
|
|
1369 |
John Lucas |
(died of
the plague 1369) |
|
1369 |
Richard
Stoghton |
(died of
the plague 1408) |
|
1408 |
Robert
Fossard |
Chaplain |
|
1408 |
John
Barfote |
Chaplain(exchanged
with Walter Lightgrove) |
|
1417 |
Walter
Lightgrove |
From
Redbourn, Hertfordshire |
|
1434 |
Hugh
Fissher |
Priest |
|
1438 |
William
Saycoke |
Priest |
|
|
William
Parker |
died 1453.
(date of admission not known) |
|
1453 |
John
Germen |
Priest |
|
1464 |
Oliver
Dynham M.A. |
|
|
1474 |
John Wylde |
Priest |
|
1485 |
Thomas
Wryght |
|
|
1496 |
Edward Ap
Williams |
Priest |
|
1505 |
Thomas
Hunden |
Clerk
(moved and died in Dunton, Bedfordshire) |
|
1518 |
Rowland
Clark |
Clerk |
|
1539 |
William
Drey |
Chaplain |
|
|
|
|
In
1539, at the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Patronage passed to the
Crown. |
|
1541 |
William
Dynbilton |
Clerk |
|
1554 |
William
Dymelton |
Priest |
|
1583 |
Edward
Noke |
(Presented
by Queen Elizabeth I on 26 October but no evidence of admission found) |
|
1590 |
Henry Howe |
Clerk |
|
1594 |
John
Frauncis B.A. |
Vicar
(died 1623) |
|
1623 |
Jonathan
Frauncis M.A. |
(Installed
as Vicar at the age of Twenty One) |
|
1667 |
Ralph
Trattle |
Curate
(non resident) |
|
1670 |
Anthony
Lane |
Curate
(non resident) |
|
1676 |
Ellis
Price |
Curate
(non resident) |
|
1695 |
Michael
Sheldon |
Curate
(non resident) |
|
1712 |
Samuel
Bradford |
Curate (In
1712 the Vicarage was sequestrated and the Care of the parish was served
by S. Bradford, Vicar of Southill. He was licensed to the curacy on 24
October 1712) |
|
1727 |
Moses St.
Eloy M.A. |
non
resident (tombstone in chancel) |
|
1746 |
John Banks |
non
resident |
|
1749 |
William
Pateman |
(lived in
Georgian house by the "Wrestlers") |
|
1773 |
Thomas
Willams |
Clerk.
(non resident) |
|
1785 |
George
Edward Mossop |
(lived in
Biggleswade. memorial inside organ chamber) |
|
1838 |
John Byng |
non
resident |
|
1850 |
Henry
Addington M.A. |
(had new
vicarage built) |
|
1870 |
Christopher
Cooper Ewbank M.A. |
(Curate
from 1868) |
|
1934 |
Alexander
Thorpe Goodrich M.A. |
|
|
1945 |
Herbert
George Wise M.A. |
|
|
1951 |
John
Kilday B.A. |
|
|
1956 |
John Allan
Ainger M.A. |
|
|
1961 |
William
John Heffer A.K.C |
|
|
1968 |
Gordon
Turvey M.B.E. M.A. |
|
|
1973 |
Robert
Harvey Nokes M.A. |
|
|
1991 |
Graham
Bradshaw B.D. |
|
|
|
|
|
In
1998, the Parish merged with Henlow to become the United Benefice of
Henlow and Langford, remaining a crown appointment. |
|
1998 |
Michael
John Proctor |
|
|
2002 |
John
Morley A.K.C. |
(former
Dean of Nicosia) |
