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Rectors of Steventon

By Gerry Dutton - Posted November 2003
Ref Date of Accession Incumbent Patron
1238 A clerk Hugh de Wengham
before 1349 Thomas de Insula
10th Jan 1349 Geoffrey (Walter?) de Brockhampton by resignation of Thomas de Insula Joan, Widow of John de Roches, knight
1366 Thomas de Insula
6/21 3rd Dec 1538 John Bennette by death of John Waser Richard Peckesall Esq.
? John Orpwood Snr ?
5/1 f.5 20 May (5 June) 1661 John Orpwood by death of John Orpwood Snr Jas. Chamberlaine
and John Harwood
6/235 16 (18) July 1695 Richard Deane M. A. by death of John Orpwood John Lewkenor Esq.
6/247 30 March (5 Apr) 1697 Thomas Church M.A. by death John Lewkenor Esq. of West Dean, Sussex
6/366 23 Jan (3 Feb) 1720/21 Richard Wright B.A. Not given
6/390 1 (29) Apr 1727 John Church M.A. by death of Richard Wright Bulstrode Knight Esq. of West Dean Sussex & Elizabeth his wife.
5/1 f.77 10 (29) Nov 1733 David Stratton M.A. by death of John Church Bulstrode Knight Esq. of West Dean Sussex & Elizabeth his wife.
6/484 18 (20) Oct 1737 Henry Haddon B.A. Elizabeth Knight, widow.
6/528 26 (29) Sept 1743 William Payne M.A. by death of Henry Haddon Thomas Knight I Esq. was Thomas Brodnax of Godmersham then Thomas May then Thomas Knight I
6/547 & 5/1 f.113 27 Feb 1744/45 William Payne B.D. by resignation of William Payne M.A. Thomas Knight I Esq.
6/615 25 (27) Jan 1752 Stephen Apthorp D.D. by resignation of William Payne Thomas Knight I Esq.
6/662 9 (12) Nov 1759 Henry Austen M.A. by cession of Stephen Apthorpe Thomas Knight I Esq.
6/687 11 Nov 1761 George Austen by cession of Henry Austen Thomas Knight I Esq.
6/1100 14 (26) Feb 1805 James Austen by death of George Austen Wm Deeds Esq. as sole surviving trustee of Thomas Knight II Esq. deceased.
6/1232 15 (18) Jan 1820 Henry Thomas Austen by death of James Austen Edward Knight Esq. of Godmersham Park Kent.
6/1252 21 June 1823 William Knight by resignation of Henry Thomas Austen Edward Knight Esq. of Chawton House, Hants.
6/1776 28 Apr (1 May) 1874 Herbert Alder B.A. by death of William Knight Herbert Alder B. A.
6/2004 4 Jun (2 Jul) 1886 Henry Christian David Chandler M.A. by resignation of Herbert Alder Herbert Alder B.A.
6/2078 14 (16) May 1889 Edward Alder M.A. by death of Henry Christian David Chandler Edward Alder M.A.
6/2343 18 (21) May 1901 Herbert Edward Watson Steadman M.A. by death of Edward Alder Naomi Sabina Alder of Steventon Rectory, widow.

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