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Incumbents Board
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Revd Albert Martin
Vicar 1938 to 1960
Revd Gerry Sidebottom
Vicar 1960 to 1982
Revd Harold Jones
1982
Revd Douglas Claypole White
Priest in Charge 1982 to 1998
Revd David Mason
Priest in Charge 1998 to 2005. Officiated until 2011.
Revd Robert Evens
Rector of Sharnbrook, Felmersham and Knotting
with Souldrop.
2005 to 2015
Revd Thomas Sander
Curate 2011 to 2014
Revd Reuben Preston
Rector of Sharnbrook, Felmersham and Knotting
with Souldrop.
2016 to 2018
Revd Paolo Di Leo
Rector of Sharnbrook, Felmersham and Knotting
with Souldrop.
2019
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St Mary's Church
Felmersham, Bedfordshire
List of Incumbents
Right: Robert Grosseteste, Rector of Felmersham (1247 to 1253)
and Bishop of Lincoln (1235 until his death in 1253)
Details on Felmersham Rectors and Vicars are published in
Felmersham - The History of a Riverside Parish
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| Date |
Rectors |
Date |
Curates |
| 1235 |
C.... St. G... |
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SAMUEL ROGERS ? |
| 1247* |
ROBERT CROSSETESTE |
1785 |
HUMPHREY DRAPE |
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1253**
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CAMPANUS DE NAVARIA |
1786 |
THOMAS CAVE |
| 1297 |
ANTHONY DE NIVIANO |
1792 |
ANTHONY DANVAT |
| 1314 |
THOMAS DE PEVESEY |
1792 |
VALENTINE GRANTHAM |
| 1317 |
ADAM DE OKEBOURN |
1793 |
WILLIAM JACKSON |
| 1333 |
JOHN DE BURNHAM |
1794-1802 |
ISACC HURST |
| 1363 |
JOHN DE SCHROPHAN |
1825 |
JOHN LUTE |
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RICHARD CLAREBURGH |
1833 |
E A POWELL |
| 1386 |
WILLIAM PRENTIS |
1845-6 |
H P MEASON |
| 1405 |
JOHN THOMAS |
1856-7 |
THOMAS STEEL |
| 1409 |
JOHN STEYNTON |
1858-9 |
GEORGE METCALF |
| 1416 |
JOHN STOKES |
1861-5 |
JOHN MORGAN BROWN |
| 1420 |
RICHARD SAMPTON |
1866-7 |
T W GODDARD |
| 1423 |
WILLIAM COSYN |
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Vicars |
| 1455 |
RICHARD RICHARDISSON |
1827 |
HENRY DAVIS WARD |
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THOMAS WEDOWE |
1846 |
FIELDING PALMER |
| 1464 |
ROBERT RICHARDSON |
1867 |
RICHARD RAWLE |
| 1469 |
ROBERT HERYSON |
1870 |
EDMUND WODLEY ASHFIELD |
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JOHN THOMAS |
1884 |
CHARLES DOUTON |
| 1506 |
RICHARD COBB |
1889 |
FELIX MAZUCHELLI |
| 1538 |
ROBERT MODIE |
1896 |
WILLIAM LETHBRIDGE |
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Vicars |
1903 |
BRUCE CUMING |
| 1541 |
GEORGE STEPHINSON |
1917 |
LAURENCE RAWDON LEVETT |
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THOMAS SOAMES |
1921 |
SHELDON ROBERT HART |
| 1561 |
HENRY WATTES |
1922 |
CHARLES EDWARD MEADOWS |
| 1562 |
JOHN ROO |
1931 |
EDWARD FISHER |
| 1575 |
TOMAS NICHOLSON |
1938 |
ALBERT LEWIS MARTIN |
| 1578 |
WILLIAM TOFTE |
1960 |
GEORGE SIDEBOTTOM |
| 1579 |
EDWARD STILL |
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Priests in Charge |
| 1591 |
THOMAS BANISTER |
1982 |
HAROLD JONES |
| 1597 |
JOHN HUDLESTON |
1982 |
DOUGLAS CLAYPOLE WHITE |
| 1599 |
HUMPHREY TOTNAM |
1998
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DAVID G MASON
Officiated until 2011 |
| 1600 |
NICHOLAS CRAVEN |
Rectors
Joint Benefice: Sharnbrook, Felmersham and Knotting with Souldrop |
| 1610 |
JOHN AULDCROFT |
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| 1626 |
ISAAC CRAVEN |
2005 |
ROBERT EVENS |
| 1633 |
THOMAS ASHETON |
2016 |
REUBEN JAMES PRESTON |
| 1634*** |
RICHARD HOLDEN |
2019 |
PAOLO DI LEO |
| 1676 |
SAMUEL WEED |
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| 1694 |
JOHN BOLTON |
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| 1707 |
ABRAHAM BAYLEY |
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| 1712 |
THOMAS BOWBER |
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| 1732 |
JOHN GAMBLE |
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| 1733 |
MICHAEL FRITH |
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| 1756 |
JOHN HUTCHINSON |
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| 1792 |
HOMAS WATSON WARD |
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| 1825 |
TWILLIAM HENRY GREENE |
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*Robertus Grosseteste; c.1175 – 1253 was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln. He was born of humble parents at Stradbroke in Suffolk. Upon his death, he was almost universally revered as a saint in England, but attempts to procure a formal canonisation failed. Like all the Rectors from 1235 to 1541 Robert collected the tithes from the parishes where he was Rector and lived off the proceeds.
**It is possible that Campanus de Navaria (1220-1296) was presented with the living upon Robert Grosseteste's death and retained the living until his death in 1296. Campanus de Navaria was a famous Italian mathematician who translated Euclid's theory of ratios from Greek into Latin. Campanus probably never left Italy let alone visit Felmersham. He was Chaplin to Pope Urban IV.
***Richard Holden managed to stay in office during a very turbulent period in the history of the church and state. During his 42 years as vicar, from 1634 to 1676, he managed to survive the Commonwealth Period from 1649 to 1660.
Details on Felmersham Rectors and Vicars are published in Felmersham - The History of a Riverside Parish
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