Rectors of St Edmund’s church, Marske

List of Rectors and Priests in Charge. Taken from information sheets in church.

Name of Rector/PriestDateOther notes (from Wikipedia unless noted)
R. Campellanus de Mersc1225 
Samuel, persona de Mersc1240 
John, persona de Marsc1270 
Philip, de Saperton1294 
Stephen, de Scrope1310Family of Norman origin with Yorkshire connections
Adam, Parson of Marske1343 
Thomas, de Laton1354 
John, de Preston1362 
John, de Cleseby1394Last French name. Henry IV came to throne in 1399.
John Dobley1440 
Richard Bennok1446 
John Place1476 
John Weddel (or Woodall)1531Reformation Parliament 1529 to 1536.
John Conyers1545Family connected to Huttons
Thomas Myer1548 
Matthew Blaymer1552 
Anthony Addison1572Matthew Hutton (1529-1606) was Archbishop of York 1595 to 1606.
John Price A.M.1603Reformation concluded during reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603).
John Jackson A.M.1623He was gt gt grandson of the Matthew Hutton (1529-1606), also Archbishop of York.
Edmund Mauleverer A.M.1646English Civil War 1642 to 1652. Family connection to Allerton Castle, York. Related to sister of Matthew Hutton (1597-1666).
Thomas Hutton1661Nephew of Matthew Hutton (1597-1666).
Henry Stapylton1694Related to son of Matthew Hutton (1597-1666).
Richard Horne – Curate1738See notes below.
Richard Horne – Vicar1747Richard was great great grandson of the Matthew Hutton (1529-1606), also Archbishop of York. Matthew Hutton (1693-1758), Archbishop of York (1747-1757) and Canterbury (1757-1758) during this period.
John Fisher A.B.1803 
James Tate M.A.1808 
William Kendall M.A.1833Catholicism illegal until Relief Act of 1829. Clints Hall demolished c1842.
Thomas William Robson B.A.1855His daughter, Amy, had married the John Hency D’Arcy Hutton, brother of the owner of the Marske Estate, John Timothy. The south window is dedicated to Thomas Robson (see page on church windows).
Thomas Agmondisham Vesey M.A.1879 
Cavendish Moxon M.A.1914 
George Thomas Shettle, L.A.1919 
Walter Haslewood M.A.1924 
Alexander MacIntosh1930 
Edward Lawson Brewis1939 
William Steel1940 
Charles William Clarke1953 
William Michael Case1958 Vicar of Grinton – in charge also of Marske
Arthur William Cave M.A.1964 
H Welby Lee M.A.1969 
Jeremy Nicholas Orkney Horton1973 
William Michael Case1975 Vicar of Grinton – in charge also of Marske
James Richardson1985 Interregnum before James Richardson
Melvin D Gray1988 
William M Simms1990 
John G Haigh1993 
H C Stoker1996 
J Ball2000 
R T Cooper2007 Rector of Richmond – in charge also of Marske