| RECTORS
OF MAULDEN |
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NOTE: The Christian
Church dates from the Day of Pentecost, ten days after the Ascension into
Heaven of its founder, our Lord Jesus Christ. The Conversion of the
English commenced in AD597. Most of our ancient English Parishes had been
formed before AD900. Probably, therefore, Maulden has had its Priest and
Parish Church for more than a thousand years. The names of its earliest
Rectors are not now known. The Register of Institutions to Benefices at
Lincoln supplies most of the names in the following list, the Archdeaconry
of Bedford having for centuries formed part of the See. |
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SUCCESSION
OF RECTORS |
| Date
of Institution |
Name of Rector |
Name of Patron |
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| 1269 |
GERARD DE ELY |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted July
7th |
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| 1274 |
SIMON ABEL DE
BEDEFORD |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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(No date given) |
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| 1287 |
M. RALPH DE
LUFFENHAM |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted July
7th |
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| 1298 |
HUGH, Son of
RALPH DE S. LUFFENHAM |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted
September 20th |
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| 1311 |
ADAM CONRAD |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted June
28th |
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| 1314 |
WILLIAM CONRAD |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted March
21st |
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| 1332 |
ROBT. DE
FELMERSHAM |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted
October 14th |
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| 1339 |
D. ROBT DE BECK |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted
January 13th |
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| 1342 |
D. PETER GRAY |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted April
11th |
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| 1357 |
M. JOHN DE
FELMERSHAM |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted April
1st |
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| 1374 |
D. RICH LOVELYCH |
Abbess
& Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted March
24th. Died February 24th, 1415 |
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| 1402 |
D. JOHN ORCHARD |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted
September 24th |
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D. JOHN WELTON |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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(No date of
Institution) |
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| 1449 |
M. JOHN BOTELER |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted
December 2nd |
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| 1469 |
M. BALDEWIN WARDE |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted July
15th |
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| 1492 |
D. JOHN BENDBOWE |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted
January 29th |
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| 1502 |
D. WILLIAM
BARNARD |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted
November 6th |
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D. AUGUSTINE
CHURCH |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Bishop of Linden,
Suffragan of Lincoln (No date) |
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| 1511 |
M. WM. WESTERDALE |
Abbess &
Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted August
28th |
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| 1530 |
M. EDWARD
PHILIPPS MA |
Sir Henry Graye,
Knt, by Grant from Abbess & Convent of Elstow |
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Instituted August
24th |
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| 1543 |
D. WM. TATHAM |
Edward Walton, by
Grant from the late Abbess & Convent of the suppressed Monastery of
Elstow |
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Instituted
October 12th |
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| 1550 |
M. WILLIAM NOBLE
MA |
King Edward VI |
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Instituted
February 20th |
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| 1564 |
EDMUND HEWETT |
Gregory Cary, Esq |
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Instituted
October 4th [Died September 15th, Buried September 17th, 1597] |
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| 1597 |
JOHN HAMMOND MA |
Zechariah Locke,
gent |
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Instituted
February 3rd [Buried February 24th, 1603] |
pro hac vice |
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| 1604 |
THOS. GLOVER MA |
Sir John Carey,
Kt Baron de Hunesdon |
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Instituted May
3rd [Died December 29th, Buried December 30th, 1611] |
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| 1611 |
HUMPHREY MORER MA |
John, Lord
Hunesdon |
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Instituted
January 4th. Inducted January 6th, 1611 by the Rev Christopher Wilson,
Minister of Haynes. Buried December 29th, 1614 |
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| 1614 |
JOHN PARTENTON DD |
John, Lord
Hunesdon |
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Instituted
January 3rd. Buried April 29th, 1646 |
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| 1646 |
LUKE SPENCER |
Arnold Spencer,
of Cople |
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Instituted May
2nd. Buried September 2nd, 1683 |
pro hac vice |
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| 1683 |
THOS. POMFRET MA |
Robert, Earl of
Ailesbury |
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Instituted
February 19th. Also Rector of Luton [Died 1705] |
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| 1695 |
JOHN POMFRET BA |
Thomas, Earl of
Ailesbury |
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Instituted
December 12th. Inducted February 11th, 1695 by the Rev W. Landswell, Vicar
of Flitton [Born c1666, Dies November 26th 1702. Buried December 1st,
1702] |
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| 1702 |
SIMON CAYLEY MA |
Thomas, Earl of
Ailesbury |
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Instituted March
16th. Inducted March 22nd, 1702 by the Rev Richard Alleyn, Minister of
Ampthill (Died same year, no date of death. Buried 1703) |
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| 1704 |
RICHARD ALLEYN BD |
- |
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Instituted April
20th. Inducted April 22nd by the Rev John Stone, Rector of Houghton
Conquest (Buried September 8th, 1733) |
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| 1733 |
JOHN HILDROP MA |
Charles, Lord
Bruce, Baron of Whorlton |
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(St. John's
College, Oxford BA 1705) Instituted October 3rd. BD & DD 1743. Res.
for Wath, Yorkshire 1734. Dean of Ripon 1743 (Died May 18th 1756) |
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| 1734 |
EZEKIEL ROUSE BD |
Charles, Lord
Bruce, Baron of Whorlton |
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(BA St. John's
College, Cambridge 1724, MA 1742) Instituted June 6th (Died June 23rd 1747
Buried June 27th) |
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| 1747 |
WILLIAM TOMLINS |
Thomas, Lord
Bruce |
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Instituted August
5th |
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| 1756 |
CHRISTOPHER
HATTON MA |
Thomas, Lord
Bruce |
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Instituted May
24th (Died February 20th 1795, Buried at Maulden February 28th, 1795) (In
the year 1778, during the Rectorship of Christopher Hatton, one William
Price Nethersole BA, of Hertford College, Oxford, was ordained Deacon on
June 7th, 1778 and licenced as Curate of Maulden on July 12th) |
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| 1795 |
THOMAS BRAND MA |
Thomas Bruce,
Earl of Ailesbury |
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Instituted
September 30th |
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| 1797 |
THOMAS BRAND MA |
Thomas Bruce,
Earl of Ailesbury |
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Instituted May
3rd |
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| 1799 |
JOHN MEYLER MA |
Thomas Bruce,
Earl of Ailesbury |
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Instituted July
3rd (Died June 17th, 1806. Buried June 25th Aged 46 years) |
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| 1806 |
WILLIAM RALFE BA |
Thomas Bruce,
Earl of Ailesbury |
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Instituted May
15th (Died May 25th, 1825. Buried June 1st Aged 82 years) |
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| 1825 |
CHARLES WARD MA |
Charles, Marquess
of Ailesbury |
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Instituted July
8th (Born April 28th, 1799. Died March 15th, Buried March 20th, 1879 Aged
79 years) |
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| 1879 |
HENRY COBBE MA |
The Most
Honorable Ernest Augustus Charles, Marquess of Ailesbury |
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Instituted June
20th (Died November 13th, 1898. Buried November 17th Aged 81 years) |
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| 1899 |
CECIL BROMLEY MA |
The Most
Honorable Henry Augustus, Marquess of Ailesbury |
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(Clare College,
Cambridge) Instituted April 19th by the Right Rev. Father in God, Alwyne,
by Divine Permission, Lord Bishop of Ely, in the Parish Church. Inducted
at the same time and place by the Rev. Gustavus Bosanquet, Rector of
Clophill and Rural Dean of Ampthill, in the absence of the Ven. Archdeacon
Bathurst, Archdeacon of Bedford (Died March 2nd, 1913) |
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| 1913 |
HANS ADEN
BERESFORD MA Hon CF |
The Marquess of
Ailesbury |
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(St. John's
College, Cambridge) Instituted June 4th, 1913. Resigned December 4th, 1922
for Hoby, Leicestershire |
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| 1922 |
HENRY WILCOX MA
Hon CF |
The Marquess of
Ailesbury |
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(St. john's
College, Cambridge) Instituted December 8th, 1922 |
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| 1932 |
DOWELL LLOYD
JONES MA |
The Marquess of
Ailesbury |
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Instituted June
16th, 1932 by the Ven. Arthur Henry Parnell, Archdeacon of Bedford |
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| 1943 |
JOHN MARTIN
THEODORE ROGERS MA |
The Marquess of
Ailesbury |
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Instituted May
12th, 1943 by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans. Died December 29th, 1943 |
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| 1944 |
COLIN MILLINGTON
BA Hon CF |
The Marquess of
Ailesbury |
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Rural Dean of
Ampthill. instituted May 5th, 1944 by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans |
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| 1953 |
JAMES ADAMS AKC |
The Lord Bishop
of St. Albans |
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Instituted August
15th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans |
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| 1958 |
HERBERT RALPH
COUSINS |
The Lord Bishop
of St. Albans |
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Instituted
February 15th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans |
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| 1963 |
PETER GEOFFREY
OAKLEY BSc (Econ) Dip Th |
The Lord Bishop
of St. Albans |
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Instituted
November 28th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans |
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| 1973 |
ROBERT CLIFFORD
BUTLER AKC |
The Lord Bishop
of St. Albans |
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Instituted June
13th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans |
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| 1981 |
DAVID LEWTHWAITE
BD |
The Lord Bishop
of St. Albans |
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Instituted 27
January, 1981 by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans |
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