RECTORS OF MAULDEN

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.

SUCCESSION OF RECTORS

 Year of Institution

 Name of Rector

 Name of Patron

1269

GERARD DE ELY
Instituted July 7th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1274

SIMON ABEL DE BEDEFORD
(No date given)

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1287

M. RALPH DE LUFFENHAM
Instituted July 7th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1298

HUGH, Son of RALPH DE S. LUFFENHAM
Instituted September 20th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1311

ADAM CONRAD
Instituted June 28th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1314

WILLIAM CONRAD
Instituted March 21st

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1332

ROBT. DE FELMERSHAM
Instituted October 14th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1339

D. ROBT DE BECK
Instituted January 13th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1342

D. PETER GRAY 
Instituted April 11th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1357

M. JOHN DE FELMERSHAM
Instituted April 1st

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1374

D. RICH LOVELYCH
Instituted March 24th.
Died February 24th, 1415

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1402

D. JOHN ORCHARD
Instituted September 24th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

D. JOHN WELTON 
(No date of Institution)

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1449

M. JOHN BOTELER 
Instituted December 2nd

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1469

M. BALDEWIN WARDE
Instituted July 15th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1492

D. JOHN BENDBOWE 
Instituted January 29th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1502

D. WILLIAM BARNARD
Instituted November 6th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

D. AUGUSTINE CHURCH
Bishop of Linden, Suffragan of Lincoln (No date of Institution)

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1511

M. WM. WESTERDALE
Instituted August 28th

Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1530

M. EDWARD PHILIPPS MA 
Instituted August 24th

Sir Henry Graye, Knt, by Grant from Abbess & Convent of Elstow

1543

D. WM. TATHAM
Instituted October 12th

Edward Walton, by Grant from the late Abbess & Convent of the suppressed Monastery of Elstow

1550

M. WILLIAM NOBLE MA
Instituted February 20th

King Edward VI

1564

EDMUND HEWETT
Instituted October 4th [Died September 15th, Buried September 17th, 1597]

Gregory Cary, Esq

1597

JOHN HAMMOND MA
Instituted February 3rd [Buried February 24th, 1603]

Zechariah Locke, gent
pro hac vice

1604

THOS. GLOVER MA
Instituted May 3rd [Died December 29th, Buried December 30th, 1611]

Sir John Carey, Kt Baron de Hunesdon

1611

HUMPHREY MORER MA
Instituted January 4th. Inducted January 6th, 1611 by the Rev Christopher Wilson, Minister of Haynes.
Buried December 29th, 1614

John, Lord Hunesdon

1614

JOHN PARTENTON DD
Instituted January 3rd.
Buried April 29th, 1646

John, Lord Hunesdon

1646

LUKE SPENCER
Instituted May 2nd. Buried September 2nd, 1683

Arnold Spencer, of Cople
pro hac vice

1683

THOS. POMFRET MA
Instituted February 19th. Also Rector of Luton [Died 1705]

Robert, Earl of Ailesbury

1695

JOHN POMFRET BA
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]

Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury

1702

SIMON CAYLEY MA
Instituted March 16th. Inducted March 22nd, 1702 by the Rev Richard Alleyn, Minister of Ampthill (Died same year, no date of death. Buried 1703)

Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury

1704

RICHARD ALLEYN BD
Instituted April 20th. Inducted April 22nd by the Rev John Stone, Rector of Houghton Conquest (Buried September 8th, 1733)

1733

JOHN HILDROP MA
(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)

Charles, Lord Bruce, Baron of Whorlton

1734

EZEKIEL ROUSE BD
(BA St. John's College, Cambridge 1724, MA 1742) Instituted June 6th (Died June 23rd 1747 Buried June 27th)

Charles, Lord Bruce, Baron of Whorlton

1747

WILLIAM TOMLINS
Instituted August 5th

Thomas, Lord Bruce

1756

CHRISTOPHER HATTON MA
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)

Thomas, Lord Bruce

1795

THOMAS BRAND MA
Instituted September 30th

Thomas Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury

1797

THOMAS BRAND MA
Instituted May 3rd

Thomas Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury

1799

JOHN MEYLER MA
Instituted July 3rd (Died June 17th, 1806. Buried June 25th Aged 46 years)

Thomas Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury

1806

WILLIAM RALFE BA
Instituted May 15th (Died May 25th, 1825. Buried June 1st Aged 82 years)

Thomas Bruce, Earl of Ailesbury

1825

CHARLES WARD MA
Instituted July 8th (Born April 28th, 1799. Died March 15th, Buried March 20th, 1879 Aged 79 years)

Charles, Marquess of Ailesbury

1879

HENRY COBBE MA
Instituted June 20th (Died November 13th, 1898. Buried November 17th Aged 81 years)

The Most Honorable Ernest Augustus Charles, Marquess of Ailesbury

1899

CECIL BROMLEY MA
(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)

The Most Honorable Henry Augustus, Marquess of Ailesbury

1913

HANS ADEN BERESFORD MA Hon CF
(St. John's College, Cambridge) Instituted June 4th, 1913. Resigned December 4th, 1922 for Hoby, Leicestershire

The Marquess of Ailesbury

1922

HENRY WILCOX MA Hon CF
(St. John's College, Cambridge) Instituted December 8th, 1922

The Marquess of Ailesbury

1932

DOWELL LLOYD JONES MA
Instituted June 16th, 1932 by the Ven. Arthur Henry Parnell, Archdeacon of Bedford

The Marquess of Ailesbury

1943

JOHN MARTIN THEODORE ROGERS MA
Instituted May 12th, 1943 by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans. Died December 29th, 1943

The Marquess of Ailesbury

1944

COLIN MILLINGTON BA Hon CF
Rural Dean of Ampthill. instituted May 5th, 1944 by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans

The Marquess of Ailesbury

1953

JAMES ADAMS AKC
Instituted August 15th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans

The Lord Bishop of St. Albans

1958

HERBERT RALPH COUSINS
Instituted February 15th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans

The Lord Bishop of St. Albans

1963

PETER GEOFFREY OAKLEY BSc (Econ) Dip Th
Instituted November 28th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans

The Lord Bishop of St. Albans

1973

ROBERT CLIFFORD BUTLER AKC
Instituted June 13th by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans

The Lord Bishop of St. Albans

1981

DAVID LEWTHWAITE BD
Instituted 27 January, 1981 by the Lord Bishop of St. Albans

The Lord Bishop of St. Albans